a friend has used the expression 'I've reached my harrar' meaning that he's reached his limits of patience/ability/energy. Of course when I asked him how to spell this word he didn't know and I can't find it in the dictionary or google, though there is a city in Ethiopia named Harar, and it is a walled city, and perhaps the expression comes from someone not being able to conquer that city. There is also a city in France that is called Hyeres, which is pronounced long e yar, so maybe that is where the expression came from. My mom thinks it could be from someone trying to write here in a southern accent, as in 'I've had it up to here' (h'yar) but that isn't quite the same meaning. When I used the expression a friend asked if I had learned it from AWAD, so I thought I'd write to you to see if you have any idea where this expression originated, and what from. My friend is from southern New Jersey, and maybe it is an expression that comes from there.
Thanks fo any thoughts you might have.