'PLEASE' SEES 80% RISE ON TWITTER ARABIC
Arabic Coffee being served to guests. The introduction of 280-character on Twitter last year has revealed the true character of Arab tweeples. There has been an 80% rise in the use of the word 'Please' and a 50% rise in the use of the word 'Excuse Me' in Arabic tweets, according to Twitter. If you are familiar with Arab culture, you'd know that Arab hospitality is renowned for its warmth. Guests are honored in most of the Arab communities contrary to the media-created perception that have turned all good Arab people into a crazy bunch of rabble rousers and trouble makers. And Arabs are generally polite. The sentence may sound like it's straight out of Ripley's Believe It or Not. Believe me, it's not. Culture, tradition, and religion play an important role in an Arab's daily life, and all direct Arabs toward being polite and to be a good host. Even the three Abrahamic religions of the Middle East stress in politeness and hospitality. And n...