Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

الغريب في الأمر

English translation:

strangely/strangely enough/what is strange is that

Added to glossary by ahmadwadan.com
Jul 27, 2008 06:28
15 yrs ago
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Arabic term

الغريب في الأمر

Arabic to English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters general
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Change log

Jul 28, 2008 08:09: ahmadwadan.com Created KOG entry

Jul 29, 2008 07:54: Ahmad Batiran changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "Religion" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"

Discussion

Bubo Coroman (X) Jul 27, 2008:
I support Fuad's request. I would say "the strange thing about it is that" which is a well-used expression http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&q="the strange thing about... but I have no idea if it fits in your sentence.
ahmadwadan.com Jul 27, 2008:
Sure, thats correct.
Fuad Yahya Jul 27, 2008:
Please provide context (the sentence in the official letter where this expression is used and which shows the intended meaning). The appropriate translation will depend on the context. Never trust an answer suggesting a transaltion without context.

Proposed translations

+1
4 mins
Selected

what is strange is that

HTH
Peer comment(s):

agree abdurrahman
20 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+5
9 mins

strangely/strangely enough

also.

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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080627012148AA...
http://www.eclectica.org/v1n12/tom_famous.html
http://www.skepticfiles.org/skeptic/foob.htm
Peer comment(s):

agree Noha Kamal, PhD. : Absolutely, without a doubt.
18 mins
Many thanks Noha :)
agree amrhonest
45 mins
Many thanks Amr :)
agree Maryse Trevithick
49 mins
Many thanks Maryse :)
agree Abdallah Ali
1 hr
Many thanks Abdallah :)
agree Mahmoud Rayyan
2 hrs
Many thanks Mahmoud :)
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11 hrs

Since there is no context pick any of the following:

Since there is no context pick any of the following:
Bizarre being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected, odd or even a bit weird, extraordinary, Differing from the normal, bizarre, abnormal, peculiar, queer, aloof
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+2
15 hrs

The strange thing in the matter is..

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Peer comment(s):

agree Mohsin Alabdali
5 hrs
Thanks Mohsin.
agree Heather Shaw : The strange thing is (no need to translate matter literally)
7 hrs
Thanks Heather.
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