What is the difference between the word من فضلك and the word that was used in this lesson for please?

I guess you mean the difference between (min fa9'lek من فضلك) and (law sama7t لو سمحت). The phrase (min fa9'lek من فضلك) is used like when you say in English (do me a favour please), while the phrase (law sama7t لو سمحت) literally means (if you permit-allow) like in being polite to ask for something. So both can be used instead of each other when you want a favour or to ask for something.

Thanks so much! That's exactly what I was trying to say.

Bit of irony in this lesson. Some of the finest shirts I see on the shelves at our local Brooks Brothers are made of Egyptian قطنية. And, have never heard of any mens' clothes made of القماش ياباني.

I believe that silk fabric, perhaps brocade, is still made in Japan and could form part of a men's waistcoat, aside from traditional Japanese garments, although I imagine it would be prohibitively expensive except for the very rich! Aside from at a Shinto ceremony, like yourself, chazyouwin, I've never seen them in shops!

They presumably produce cotton fabric as well which would also be expensive so I imagine that the Gulf states are the few places where people might be able to afford it!

By the way, why is there no extra lam in التي and the masculine equivalent? Is there a shaddah in the word?