Comments on: A Rwandan Name http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/lrogoff/blog/2009/08/07/a-rwandan-name/ Survivor Corps in Rwanda Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:04:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lauretta http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/lrogoff/blog/2009/08/07/a-rwandan-name/#comment-56 Lauretta Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:11:08 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/lrogoff/?p=239#comment-56 Hi Kamaliza, I just want to let you know that when a rwandan tells you that you are big/fat, it is a compliment not an insult.Kabera was not trying to be rude at all.I'm a rwandan who lives in a western country, i once told a friend(muzungu) of mine that she has a big bottom (as a compliment) and she sent me a message telling me that i was very rude!!!! Culture shock or what????? By the way, Kamaliza is a beautiful rwandan name. Thanks, Lauretta Hi Kamaliza,
I just want to let you know that when a rwandan tells you that you are big/fat, it is a compliment not an insult.Kabera was not trying to be rude at all.I’m a rwandan who lives in a western country, i once told a friend(muzungu) of mine that she has a big bottom (as a compliment) and she sent me a message telling me that i was very rude!!!! Culture shock or what?????
By the way, Kamaliza is a beautiful rwandan name.

Thanks,
Lauretta

]]> By: Michael http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/lrogoff/blog/2009/08/07/a-rwandan-name/#comment-32 Michael Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:28:43 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/lrogoff/?p=239#comment-32 Hilarious. Same thing happened to me, sitting in La Gallette and a friend telling me I looked fat. He considered it a compliment. Hilarious. Same thing happened to me, sitting in La Gallette and a friend telling me I looked fat. He considered it a compliment.

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