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Mrs Khalid Kadri wrote:

Thank you for welcome. I live in Gambia and would like to know about Morocco. I have read and heard a lot of good thongs about Morocco, I wonder how the life would be there.
Cheers to all,
Mrs Kadri

As a potential future expat, I would be interested in hearing those good things that you've read & have been told.

Kacem fes wrote:

This is my number xxxxxxxxxxxx give me yours

Kacem. This is all a fantasy. He is not an English teacher as he states. This is obvious to anyone who is a native English speaker. He makes grammar mistakes and doesn't know how to post in lower case. On another thread, he is copying and pasting from other people's posts and pretending they are his own.

Moreover, he is not "from" the UK. In his profile, which is certainly false, he says that he is from Bangladesh.

I don't know what he thinks he can gain from this behaviour, but if I were you, I'd forget about this meeting.

In addition, you shouldn't leave you number on a public forum.

KCM2014 wrote:

Hows it hanging lads, craig from sussex here, just got to morocco, casa, things are pretty good, the houses are massive and the food is to die, for big problem though i can't understand a word anyone is saying, any info on learning darija here.
nice meeting you all by the way

I would say be careful of any "help" offered via PM. There will be chancers pretending to be professional teachers of Darija. This forum is infested with scammers. Just be careful on this forum, and also in Morocco. You can use this forum to ask about prices and so on, and build up some knowledge, so you don't get ripped-off during your visit.

KCM2014 wrote:

Thanks mate, noted

I'll second the advice you received. I have met 3 people off the Morocco forum as a one to one meeting and I don't do it any more. 2 were good-time girls, one was a rent boy. They had profiles alleging that they were either expats or in good jobs. Each meeting was distressing as I refused to pay for their coffees and cakes and whatnot. The lad actually got threatening with me when I wouldn't pay for "the scanner my Mum needs in Rabat". On the other hand, dinners with expats and ORGANISED by verifiable expats (not locals) have proven to be successful ways of networking, learning and making friends. It has to be a meal, not a suggestion of coffee as the fraudsters won't risk forking out 300 or 400 dirhams for a meal with wine and so on. Nor is fraud a trade conducive to being plied where there is a group. Unfortunately, there is far more activity in the francophone forums of meetings for meals, but I take it you don't speak French.

I would never accept offers of "help" that arrive unsolicited in your mailbox, even if it's for something as simple as "I'd love to show you round". If someone has a service to offer (to teach Darija, for example), they can do it openly on the forums, where you can insist publicly on seeing proof of their qualifications . I'd be wary of offers from anyone at all who has no, or a short, record of posting here if they appear as a post on a thread.

Lastly, be wary of people simply chatting to you in the street or at a café. Many, indeed the majority, will be out to separate you from your money. Foreigners are seen in Morocco as wallets on legs or as cashpoints by a large section of the population.

XB23 wrote:

He speaks French, according to his profile.

You're right. I guess I was misled by him saying he didn't understand a word anyone was saying and I assumed that he didn't speak French from that.

laduqesa wrote:

XB23 wrote:

He speaks French, according to his profile.

You're right. I guess I was misled by him saying he didn't understand a word anyone was saying and I assumed that he didn't speak French from that.

I think he was referring to the Darija that was being spoken, rather than French. As I had the same problem as well. But less so. Because he is half-Moroccan, so I assume they talk to him automatically in Darija, rather than French.

XB23 wrote:

The dumb one is you, marianacardoso.

- You can't tell the difference between someone being serious or sarcastic. It was a joke, so relax. I know the reasons behind why people type the way they do. I've used the internet long enough to see all the varieties out there. And "LOL" is abbreviation for "Laughing Out Loud".

- Secondly, while English isn't the only language in the world, this my friend, is an anglophone forum. So naturally we are expected to type in manner that speakers of English would understand. It would be quite foolish for an Indonesian to come on here with their "wkwkwkwkwkwkwkwwk" don't you think? It's best they kept that to themselves or on a forum where it could be understood!

I'm sorry if anyone was offended. Feel free to remove my posts, Mods.

She's not dumb, that post was interesting, you however are very rude.
Who are you to come insulting people here, use this forum to say nice things, please.

alicedaisyspoon wrote:

She's not dumb, that post was interesting, you however are very rude.
Who are you to come insulting people here, use this forum to say nice things, please.

Errrrrrrrrrrr.... She is the one that came on here & called me dumb, and I replied in the same manner she treated me. Get your facts right before you post.

Thank you.