Hola vs Asalamualaikum

1. Where you guys from?
2. Buffalo.
1. Buffalo eh. Nice.
2 and 3. Yeah yeah.
1. Sorry to say man, but that place is run down.
3. No that’s cool, you’re right.
[laugh]
1. You like Toronto?
2. Oh man, this place is live.
1. This is an American city.
3. Oh yeah for sure.
1. What are you guys doing here?
2. There’s a music festival this weekend.
3. Yeah just checking that out.
1. Nice. So what do you think of Donald Trump??
2. [Expletive]
[laugh]
1. What’s your background?
2. Latino.
1. Ohhh, so you know all too well.
2. Yeah. [smile]
1. You guys have a lot of Muslims in Buffalo I heard?
2. Oh yeah, his friends are all Muslims.
3. [nod] Yeah.
1. For real?
3. Yeah man. Like literally all of them except this dude.
1. Can you tell I’m Middle Eastern?
2. I thought you were Latino.
3. I can tell.
1. Really?
3. For sure.
1. Pakistani, Muslim.
2. It’s funny you mentioned that. There’s the Muslim shop owner around the corner from me. Everytime I go in there, I say hola! and he say’s Asalamu Alaikum.
1. Wicked!
[laugh]