Gothamist: What Does This Say?

rosie

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:28:04 -0500

it\'s \"faro\" he\'s taking over downtown NYC and lately... nj. this guy is a genius!

s i f e*

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:19:10 -0500

FARO.

jerky

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 19:21:18 -0500

Wow that scribble really shows great talent. Give loser pharoh a crayon and teach him how to draw!

that english girl

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:54:52 -0500

no i know this one. ive seen it so many times. i says "will you marry me and have my babies? ill give you heaps of free t-shirts saying i love weiners" ive told him to wait for me so many times......

the rambling rainbow

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:34:41 -0500

this is an awesome new deal and fuck anybody who differs, they just dont understand the phamous faro thats rattling their cages

the rambling rainbow

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:33:34 -0500

they just dont understand the phamous faro thats rattling the cage

pm

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:31:50 -0500

this says faro is making me comment on this page.

hyaku nana

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:22:58 -0500

yo faro this is hott! you are poppin up in crazy spots on the internet! i'm lovin the dumb comments! mummification in full effect. egypt love!

EPS

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:32:41 -0500

Looks like there are alot of Vallone supporters in the house. Stay up Faro!

Paul

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:38:53 -0500

I'm putting in my vote for far'oun as well, meaning pharoah. Btw, lots of Egyptians are christians, and most arabs in the US are christians (some 70%, though that number changes). So, first, to assume any arab hates the US is stupid. Second, to assume all arabs are muslims, especially arabs in the states, is statistically incorrect.

revs

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:28:27 -0500

thats dope ..

virid

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:58:52 -0500

This image confirms that it's indeed the work of Faro: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034351576@N01/128393206/

ugh

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:41:08 -0500

just because you can't read arabic characters doesn't mean they aren't legitimate. this does not equal scribbling with your pen, even if you're too ignorant to parse what it does equal.

streetwatcher

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 07:55:20 -0500

it is FARO.

Rico Starr

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 06:45:06 -0500

I just moved here from Iraq only a few months ago. It literally means "resolve to help", but it has been used as a motivational saying in Baghdad to rise up against the invading Americans. It would mean something like "join forces and help fight the intruders". It's a powerful saying that is becoming more and more popular.

ggh

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 03:07:58 -0500

The ink nearly ran out on my pen and I actually just scribbled that exact same character as I was testing my pen on the back of a discarded envelope.

MushEE

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:08:03 -0500

not U.P.S. "ups"! like "gettin up". well these people are just basically hating . and btw. u aint funny

-ed

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:41:28 -0500

"he has MADDDDD UPPPPPPSSSS!" Is that in addition to a few cans of spray paint and an inflated ego and warped sense of self-worth?? BTW, I have some nice UPS's too. They're made by APC, and do a hell of job protecting against brownouts and powersurges.

kaijumakesmoney

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:26:53 -0500

thats my homeboys tag. basically means FARO. stupid bitches. he has MADDDDD UPPPPPPSSSS!

expert

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:07:17 -0500

I am expert arab. it said oscar mayer.

james

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:04:28 -0500

it probably means "pharoah". im sure its by FARO, the nyu-kid street artist du jour. his mummy characters and wheat pastes(some with arabic script) are all over greenwich village and soho.

slackbot5000

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:47:01 -0500

"Mazal Tov"? Now that's funny. Lawrence, you infidel.

mark

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:23:21 -0500

at first i thought it said 'jesie' but it's actually by a kid named faro. i love the tag.

Bob A Booey

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:22:43 -0500

I think it reads "lets blame Jews and Christians for all of our problems and not shower for two months."

-ed

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:21:28 -0500

It think that's Arab for "Jesus Saves".

svrwx

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:58:29 -0500

Gee, I can't imagine why anyone would hold a trace of anti-Arab humor-bias in New York City. And yeah, it is funny how the NY media danced around the racial/religious identity of the Pakis/Afghanis that killed the financial analyst with a call of 'get Whitey'. Get over the political correctness hipsters. Yes, THEY are here, and some of them DO want to kill the infidels.

nefertiti

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 20:48:13 -0500

It says 'fara'un': it means Pharaoh.

lawrence

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 19:26:22 -0500

Duh! It says "Mazal Tov!"

Jen

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 19:18:10 -0500

Red Nun: your logic is comparable to "you smelt it, you dealt it." I'd say it's not racist to notice racism, it's over-sensitivity, which runs rampant and just ends up contributing to the insults. People really need to chill. Make jokes, but don't be unnecessarily mean to strangers. And don't take things so personally.

paki

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:45:01 -0500

i'm so used to racist comments, that I am pretty numb to it now. sad.

Pepsiholic

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:23:50 -0500

It says "ashlee's nosejob is pretty good"

The Red Nun

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:08:37 -0500

the very fact that you brought up racism, defines you as a racist. good luck with that. most, if not all of what was said, is called sarcasm... let me translate further: a joke! relax and drink some tea or smoke the nargila or play some sheshbesh... sheeeeesh!

edEx

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:04:41 -0500

i checked with a friend: "pharo" in arabic it's pronounced far'on

hr

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:43:49 -0500

diabolix: waaaa!!!! quit throwing around the term 'racist' as a knee-jerk reaction to anything which may be deemed offensive ... and also may be deemed to be sarcasm.

infidel

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:20:46 -0500

Loosely translated it says: "Jim Dolan sucks camel dick" and the little swoopy add on at the end adds "death to america".

NYCgal

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:13:25 -0500

Looks like "Fir`aun" to me, which mean "Pharaoh".

kw

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:08:00 -0500

Every set of comments on Gothamist has to have at least one racist outburst. Glad to see the losers aren't slacking.

J

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:07:23 -0500

Who said anything racist? Quit throwing that term around... Until the arabs that killed that kid on 19th street after yelling "get that white mutherfucker" get the same hate crime charge that the italian kid got howard beach you have no grounds to be doubting people speculation.

zazzy

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:04:01 -0500

hmm someone's arabic script writing completely sucks. i've seen grafitti in the middle east which is actually legible. this is a piss poor attempt at conveying any type of message. the first letter alone (from right to left) could be an F, M or W.

diabolix

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:57:05 -0500

Umm, what's up with all the racist comments about the Arabic script? Just because our media shows the most inaccurate and negative depictions of Arabs, do we need to lower ourselves to the level of bigotry and hate? Given the nature of the script, it's rather difficult to read but it looks like it is fraawan (or fraawin or fraawon-no vowel markers so can't tell) or fraawaz (or fraawiz or fraawoz) now what that means is anybodies guess as I don't know this word. It may be a dialectical word from any of the Arabic speaking regions that isn't the classical Arabic that I know.

George

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:54:25 -0500

Are the people who post comments here truly as bigoted and immature as they appear? You can't even look at arabic script without throwing a fit? Do you even realize how much of the English language is traced back directly to arabic?

The Old Man

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:48:21 -0500

FRAH-GEE-LAY Huh. Must be Italian.

treehugger

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:47:18 -0500

according to my sources the literal translation reads - 'red sox suck !!!'

Ali

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:46:56 -0500

It appears to say "far'oun" which is Arabic for "Pharoah." But the dot on top of the first letter is smudged, which is why others have come up with different readings.

exEx

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:29:10 -0500

DEATH TO INFIDELS (I presume the writer means death to america and her allies)

Rorschach

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:14:08 -0500

It's not Arabic. If you tilt your head to the left, it looks like an ass taking a nasty dump, from the perspective of being in the toilet water, looking upwards.

demdukeboyz

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:03:17 -0500

enuff, it says, Mancock juice

pinboy

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:01:01 -0500

It can also read as "Mazoun". Meaning Suckers.

Lee

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:00:07 -0500

it says "Brightliner is a homo"

pinboy

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:53:00 -0500

It reads "Qara 'Aun". Loosely translated as Resolve to Help.

paki

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:50:59 -0500

the second part usually means "Help"

Johnny Blaze

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:50:54 -0500

whatever it is, it's freakin' stupid.

paki

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:48:48 -0500

It's Arabic script. I believe it reads "waz-A-oon" or "waz-A-wan" Not sure what it means. Looks pretty though

camphero

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:48:08 -0500

it's so simple, Gypsies, tramps and thieves.

Buzzard

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:44:08 -0500

It actually says "die infidels"

Brightliner

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:39:29 -0500

It says, "I am a loser who has to paint my 'street art' by skulking around after dark when nobody can see me, because my 'art skills' are too pitiful for anyone to pay me for them." Loosely translated, of course.

run lola run

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:39:14 -0500

fuck your yankee bluejeans

inspecterj

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:33:48 -0500

I'd say either jesie, jesje or jejisi