>> THERE WAS RECENTLY WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS A HABOOB IN
TEXAS.
SOME TEXANS WERE NOT HAPPY THAT THE WEATHER SERVICE
REFERRED TO THIS TERM.
IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE A DUST STORM.
THE REALITY IS THAT A DUST STORM AND A HABOOB ARE A LITTLE
DIFFERENT.
THAT IS WHY THEY REFER TO IT AS A HABOOB.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET MAD AT YOU.
>> I KNOW, I SHOULD LEARN HOW TO PRONOUNCE EVERY SINGLE
CITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
THEY GOT A LOT OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
FOR THIS.
LET ME GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES.
>>NOT EXACTLY A FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR.
>>I KNOW.
AMAZING.
THEN ANOTHER PERSON SAID ñ
>> I'M PRETTY SURE NIMROD IS A FOREIGN WORD.
>> ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO WEATHER EVENTS, WE ALMOST
USE NOTHING BUT FOREIGN WORDS.
FOR EXAMPLE TSUNAMI WHICH IS A JAPANESE WORD.
OR EL NI—O WHICH IS DEFINITELY NOT ENGLISH.
>>DON'T WORRY, IF TRUMP BECOMES PRESIDENT HE IS BANNING EL NI—O.
HE IS GOING TO BUILD A WALL AROUND THE PLANET.
>>LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT ONE THING.
LET ME GIVE YOU SOME DETAILS ON WHY A DUST STORM IS
DIFFERENT FROM
A HABOOB.
>>THIS WHOLE STORY MAKES ME GIGGLE.
FIRST WE HAD HABOOB, THEN WE HAD EXTREME BLOWING CONDITIONS.
>> THANKFULLY IT HASN'T COME TO THAT POINT YET.
BUT IT IS MORE THIS ANTI-MUSLIM FEEL THAT WE HAVE IN THE
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
PEOPLE THINK THAT WE ARE USING WORDS LIKE HABOOB AND ARE
PROMOTING TERRORISM.
>>THEY ARE SO STUPID.
WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT ENGLISH IS HOW RICH A LANGUAGE IT IS.
TRUMP WOULD SAY IT'S GOT MANY, MANY WORDS IN IT.
A LOT OF THAT IS TAKEN FROM OTHER LANGUAGES.
FOR EXAMPLE
THEY MIGHT SAY DOWN IN TEXAS, BOB OVER THERE THINKS HE IS THE
BIG CHEESE AROUND HERE.
BIG CHEESE IS ACTUALLY DERIVED FROM
A PERSIAN WORD.
>>REALLY?
>> IT DOESN'T REFER TO A BLOCK OF CHEESE.
IT REFERS TO CHIEF, WHICH COMES FROM PERSIA.
IT IS FROM FARSI.
YOU GO DOWN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, IT IS FILLED WITH
FRENCH WORDS, GERMAN WORDS, AND MIDDLE EASTERN WORDS AS WELL.
WHY WOULD THEY USE A MIDDLE EASTERN WORD IN CONTEXT
LIKE THIS?
BECAUSE A LOT OF HABOOB'S HAPPEN IN THE DESERT IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
JUST LIKE TSUNAMIS HAPPEN A LOT IN ASIA.
THAT IS WHY THE WORD COMES FROM THERE.
PLEASE JUST TRY TO BE A LITTLE EDUCATED.
>>BUT IT IS SO HARD.
IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT THE IGNORANCE SURROUNDING THIS
ISSUE.
IT'S MORE ABOUT THE HATRED SURROUNDING THIS ISSUE.
IT IS WEIRD BECAUSE THAT HATRED MANIFESTS IN RIDICULOUS
WAYS LIKE THIS.
THAT IS MY BIGGEST PROBLEM.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT A HABOOB WAS DIFFERENT FROM A DUST STORM.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN I AM A MORON.
BUT IT IS THE HATRED SURROUNDING THIS ISSUE THAT IS MORE
TROUBLING TO ME.
>> THEY DON'T DO IT ABOUT OTHER WORDS THAT COME FROM OTHER
PLACES.
FOR EXAMPLE, ARMED TO THE TEETH.
TEETH IS AN AREA IN SCOTLAND, AND PEOPLE USED TO BE ARMED
TO THE TEETH AND THEY USUALLY HAD TO GIVE THEIR WEAPONS
TO THE AUTHORITIES WHEN THEY GOT TO THE TEETH BECAUSE THERE
WAS NO WEAPONS ALLOWED IN THE TOWN.
SO YOU WOULD BE ARMED TO
THE TEETH.