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Thought you might find this amusing. When we were vacationing in Zanzibar last November, we toured a local spice farm. I bought a few packets of spices and spice mixes, like this one:

<https://photos.app.goo.gl/dhUVKbP8GiNeRYYVA>

It's funny, but I'm not making fun of whoever wrote that.

Kiingereza chake ni bora zaidi kuliko Kiswahili changu.

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On Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 4:34:27 AM UTC-10, Silvar Beitel wrote:
> Thought you might find this amusing. When we were vacationing in Zanzibar last November, we toured a local spice farm. I bought a few packets of spices and spice mixes, like this one:
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> <https://photos.app.goo.gl/dhUVKbP8GiNeRYYVA>
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> It's funny, but I'm not making fun of whoever wrote that.
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> Kiingereza chake ni bora zaidi kuliko Kiswahili changu.
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Pilau in Hawaiian means "dirty."
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On Tue, 1 Sep 2020 07:34:20 -0700 (PDT), Silvar Beitel
> wrote:

>Thought you might find this amusing. When we were vacationing in Zanzibar last November, we toured a local spice farm. I bought a few packets of spices and spice mixes, like this one:
>
><https://photos.app.goo.gl/dhUVKbP8GiNeRYYVA>
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>It's funny, but I'm not making fun of whoever wrote that.
>
>Kiingereza chake ni bora zaidi kuliko Kiswahili changu.


Common in any country where English isn't the first language.
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On Tue, 1 Sep 2020 07:34:20 -0700 (PDT), Silvar Beitel
> wrote:

>Thought you might find this amusing. When we were vacationing in Zanzibar last November, we toured a local spice farm. I bought a few packets of spices and spice mixes, like this one:
>
><https://photos.app.goo.gl/dhUVKbP8GiNeRYYVA>
>
>It's funny, but I'm not making fun of whoever wrote that.


Yes, funny
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