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Prince Charles taking Arabic lessons
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Published: 14.03.13, 21:28
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1. Well if doesnt learn to speak Arabic....
shadoil ,   Jerusalem   (03.14.13)
He wouldn't have any subjects in his kingdom, would he?
2. A bit too late charlie
john   (03.14.13)
A bit too late charlie?
3. And next he'l be learning Yiddish & Ladino
Moshe ,   Usa   (03.14.13)
4. his loyalties
DavidR ,   USA   (03.14.13)
It is clear who he is loyal to in the ME. Should he not be learning Hebrew also? As a (so called) world figure the things he does are interpreted politically. What about his spiritual leanings? It would appear he wants to read the koran rather than Torah! O' how the brits have fallen. They went from a world empire while supporting Israel and the Jews to being a small island state after turning their backs on Israel.
5. You'll need it, Chuck
ASTRONAUT ,   SC, USA   (03.15.13)
Because Arabic will soon replace "jolly old English' as The Mother Tongue. Pip, pip, eh?
6. With situation in GB as it is he better.
leo ,   usa   (03.14.13)
7. He can learn lots more
BK ,   USA   (03.15.13)
With that cushy gig he's got, paying gazillions, he has all the time in the world to learn the language of Britain future--Arabic. As a hobby, he might try Swahili and Urdu as well. He's got nothing better to do.
8. #5 Where did you learn your English? Mary Poppins?
Adam ,   Sydney, Australia   (03.15.13)
pip pip, eh, jolly good. Who the hell speaks like that anywhere apart from what an American believes they sound like.
9. Charles the royal snake.
Avi ,   Israeli   (03.15.13)
We all know how much the English love ISRAEL.
10. Actually the second most spoken language in UK is Polish,
Ziv   (03.15.13)
learn that Charlie.
11. #4 hows your Hebrew David? Everyone in Israel speaks English
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12. The language of the future masters for..
ben zeev ,   be olam   (03.15.13)
Englandstan. So yes, Chucky you are on the right track..Cheers, Hip Hip .....
13. Arabic Lessons
ltrail ,   United States   (03.15.13)
Prince Charles would be better of restricting the rise of muslim influence in the UK, rather than appeasing them by trying to learn Arabic. Or is it just too late, Prince Charles? Oh well, the UK is now just another Muslim state.
14. simple
solomon ,   bklyn   (03.15.13)
There are more people in the world that speak Arabic, than speak Hebrew.
15. @5 Astronaut - Thinking of France?
David N. ,   Haifa, ISRAEL   (03.15.13)
Why? Arabic is not widely spoken in Britain. Out of 60 million citizens, less than 250,000 are Arabs, and may younger, British-born Arabs speak poor Arabic and cannot read or write.
16. @6 Leo UK is not swamped as of now
David N. ,   Haifa, ISRAEL   (03.15.13)
Might be a problem in the future, but the UK is barely 3% Muslim, most of whom are not Arabs. And not all the UK-born children and grandchildren even speak Arabic. Why do so many Yanks think that Britain is somehow 10% or 20% or more Muslim, and that they're mostly Arabs? Yet I concede that a problem is brewing, if still in the future. The English, Scots, Welsh, even N.Irish do not seem to have many babies anymore. I'd say in one more generation, maybe two . . .
17. @#8 suck it
Dirk ,   Thailand   (03.15.13)
Put another shrimp on the barbie and suck it...
18. Yeah, good luck
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.15.13)
The Prince of Wales is barely functional in English. Good luck with Arabic, Chuckie. No wonder Lilibet is hanging on to the throne as long as she can ....
19. Royal visit?
Miche Norman ,   Hod Hasharon   (03.15.13)
The royal family is about the same as the BBC - travelling to the Arab World that they love so much - yet in 65 years of Israel's existence - apart from a lightening visit by Charles to Rabin's funeral there has been no vist here - despite the fact that Charles' grandmother is buried here!!
20. To: No. 8
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.15.13)
It seems to me that you are the one that needs remedial classes in English. Your spelling and usage are sorely lacking. You might want to spend a fair amount of time in learning sentence structure, too. Yours is -- well -- pathetic. (Sorry, but that's the truth.)
21. To: Avi at No. 9
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.15.13)
Please do keep in mind that Charles was recorded on tape telling his current wife that he wished he was a tampon so that he could be between her legs. Doesn't that say it all?
22. Isnt Urdu spoken more than the actual
Peggy ,   UK/Israel   (03.15.13)
Arabic language, of which there are many dialects, depending on where the arabs hail from. He isnt interested in Israel, only Islamic ME countries, especially the emirates, as those royals always have been. They are ok for the UK, bring in the tourist and the Brits still love them and forget their connectiontions to things unsavory to them.
23. @21 I bet you loved that sentence for your own fun too
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24. British Love Affair with the "Exotic Arab"
UKLoveOfthe"Exotic' ,   Jerusalem Israel   (03.15.13)
The British have always had a love affair with the "exotic"Arab I.e. Lawrence of Arabia & Glubb Pasha Arab money and influence (oil ) has been almost the backbone of UK economony for generations everyone in power has some connection to the Arab Oil States Prince CHarles long ago expressed his love of Islamic Architecture and culutre and rumors were about in the past he was to convert his former wife Princess Diana was the mistress of the Arab billionair Dodi Fiaz owner of Harrads and wanted to marry him which meant of course she would have had to become Moslem BBC has huge Arabic department and tv and radio stations financed by UK Foreign Ministry pull out Arab monies from Uk and all hell would break out there !
25. Polish Language in England?
Pole ,   Poland   (03.15.13)
Yahoo! The Polish language is winning in England ! It is the second most spoken ! But so far it stands only at just over 1% ...
26. Princes and Languages
Sherlock Holmes ,   London England   (03.15.13)
European princes and monarchs have always been expected to speak a few languages. The Queen speaks fluent French and earlier sovereigns have spoken fluent Latin, Italian, French and German. For most royalty today the lingua franca is ironically English, not French.
27. UK becoming Islamic society
Chris ,   Arizona, USA   (03.15.13)
Go figure, prince charles learning Arabic. May that be due to the rapid spread of Islam in Great Britain? Watch, he'll soon convert to Islam too. Good Luck UK. Your gonna need it.
28. Charles-Arabic
Ezra ,   Florida   (03.15.13)
Why is there so much criticism of the Chuck-Chuck? Aren't all citizens of any country supposed to learn the local language?
29. To No. 14
BK ,   Virginia, USA   (03.15.13)
There are more people in the world who relieve themselves in a hole in the ground than use flush toilets.
30. To: David R at No. 4
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.15.13)
Actually, the Brits have never quite forgiven the Jews for kicking them out of Palestine. Then again, we've never quite forgiven the Brits for passively allowing the slaughter of six million Jews and putting much of the remnanats into concentration camps on Cyprus. Once we booted their asses out of Palestine, the rest of the British Empire toppled like dominoes. I'm very proud of the fact that it was the Jews who pushed the first domino. They had it coming.
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