Saturday, January 17, 2009

Say what?

So no one seems to be able to pronounce my name here. The "a" sound in Allie is impossible for Senegalese people to pronounce, so I have become Lahly, Arly or at best, Ali (like Mohammed Ali). My host father has given up and declared that he was going to give me the Senegalese name of Aysha. My little brother just calls me "ma toubab," which means "my foreigner." At this point, I pretty much respond to anything. :)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

HAHAH. my foreigner? love it. and Aysha... that's pretty, i guess.