(FGD 2) They [grandmothers] discourage us from eating crabs because they say when the baby is born, he/she will be hard and stiff.
They [grandmothers] discourage us from eating crabs because they say when the baby is born, he/she will be hard and stiff.
They want to discourage us and make us go home.
We try to get the permission, we process all the paperwork months and months in advance and we usually get the answer a few days before the event––they do everything to discourage us.
This is the most important thing that people can be doing, but so often people try to discourage us -- they argue that it's impossible or crazy -- instead of offering positive support.
At night we go without sleep but in the morning they don't encourage us they discourage us.
"We had the Japanese Embassy from Washington come out and visit us, trying to discourage us … because they had business interests in Indiana, thought it would upset the apple cart," he said.
To me it seems clear that the police are targeting journalists to discourage us from working on investigations they do not like.
The flies did discourage us from lingering along the way (they breed in running water), but were more a nuisance than a torment.
"They're discouraging us from flying," said Met Office research scientist Benjamin Davenish, who says he supports scientists' efforts to cut their carbon footprint.
"The problem is if we are selling ice-cream for 10 Afghanis [about 20 US cents], an Iranian company will sell for 9 Afghanis just to discourage us and get market share, even if they are making no profit".
