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Language and Communication Quotes in Three Cups of Tea

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Quote #10

"The smugglers were Pashtun and Kais was a Tajik, so he was going to be suspicious of them no matter what." (23.54)

Traveling through these remote regions is both similar to and different from traveling across the U.S. While people in the South might have different slang terms than people in the North (soda becomes a coke in the South, for instance, no matter what brand you want), people in different regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan can speak such distinct dialects it's like they're speaking a different language.