Eish

[Arabic] from an echo which is heard here; if the name Um Heish be called aloud, the echo is the last syllable "Eish," which, in the vulgar dialect, means "what?"

Travels in Syria and the Holy Land John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

Eish, I nearly approved this comment: You know, I have to tell you, I truly savor this webpage and the useful insight.

Friends don’t allow comment spam on their friends’ blogs « Digital immigrant 2010

On Friday I am off to Rustenburg South Africa to sleep in a tent Eish! in this coldness!

I'm MIA Lauri 2010

On Friday I am off to Rustenburg South Africa to sleep in a tent Eish! in this coldness!

Archive 2010-06-01 Lauri 2010

We discuss everything as we're heading home... the headlights just don't seem to be bright enough for how dark the night is....how many funerals are going on, Eish!

That Blue Sky Megan aka Mmapula Reamogetse 2009

We discuss everything as we're heading home... the headlights just don't seem to be bright enough for how dark the night is....how many funerals are going on, Eish!

Archive 2009-08-01 Megan aka Mmapula Reamogetse 2009

Both Eish! and 123 Blog Myself attended the event.

The South African Blog Awards 2008

Eish, dunno if I have patience for that. .but I will persevere!

Writers! Don't Say No-one Never Does Nuffink for You!!! Sharon Bakar 2005

"Eish, what can we say," was the mantra of Bafana Bafana players as they pushed their way through a crowd of booing supporters at

ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

The Egyptian photographer Moataz Nasr tells the story of his country's people through a series of poignant pictures, among them, photos of "Eish," the flat bread that is so vital to the Egyptian people.

NYT > Home Page By AIDA ALAMI 2011