Generally speaking, an emirate (Arabic imarah, plural imarat) is
a territory that is administered by an emir, although in Arabic
the term can be generalized to mean any province of a country
that is administered by a member of the ruling class.

Lost me: Explain why the above would piss off your average
American anymore than your average Canadian.

I think you've been listening to too many Canadian anti-American
stories.

Wear your Fly Emirates shirt, and if anyone makes racist comment
any time you are in the US - you win the argument.

Les.

> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 09:36:08 -0000
> From: classy_1
> Subject: raciest !
>
> "Fly Emirates" thing
> still pisses the yanks off a lot, when they actually know what
an
> Emirate is!
>
> look mate i am from kuwait ( near and similar to emirates in
case you
> did't know ! ). i have a blues supporte probably before you
were born.
> did go to the us last year and drove to philadelphia to see
thier
> game
> against ac milan and took the kids with me and paid 300
dollars ( all
> in support of the blues.. just like the emirates air lines
have been
> for the past donkish years ).
>
> blues for ever
>

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