tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333594859459488779.post399176988379537865..comments2023-10-26T14:59:02.041+01:00Comments on Flowerly Smile: Studying in mother tongueMauahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05023725207465310832noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333594859459488779.post-64800043550738947112008-03-20T10:10:00.000+00:002008-03-20T10:10:00.000+00:00Bomesh, I have the same problem with my sis and br...Bomesh, I have the same problem with my sis and bro who moved to SA and now think that they speak proper English. Half of the time I dont understand what they are on aboutxxxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410322110638991778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333594859459488779.post-27282626438135229502008-03-19T14:46:00.000+00:002008-03-19T14:46:00.000+00:00In relation to Bomseh's comment, it took a while f...In relation to Bomseh's comment, it took a while for my flatmates to stop laughing when I referred to that household feline as 'cat' rather than 'ket'.Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00243678486782780526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333594859459488779.post-26197818436815538422008-03-19T12:14:00.000+00:002008-03-19T12:14:00.000+00:00In Kenya we are blessed with people who speak good...In Kenya we are blessed with people who speak good English and teachers who strive to teach in details. When I came to South Africa, I used to laugh out loud when speaking to the natives. Their English is soo not English. How can black be blek and when u say black they refuse to understand you until you blek it? Now I don't laugh, I just speak to them in broken English, si the purpose of language is communication?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333594859459488779.post-65805475316173210872008-03-17T09:38:00.000+00:002008-03-17T09:38:00.000+00:00It was abit of a shock when i realised that they c...It was abit of a shock when i realised that they can hardly spell or write well gramatically and yet they look down on some of us who will soon take over their country.<BR/><BR/>I was quite insulted when one of my lecturers was suprised that i could write a comprehensive coursework and I thought to myself is it because I'm black?<BR/><BR/>About my mother tongue, am not brilliant but I can hold a conversation couldnt write thoughxxxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410322110638991778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333594859459488779.post-37893324997137341682008-03-17T05:59:00.000+00:002008-03-17T05:59:00.000+00:00Does it matter that some of us speak 'better Engli...Does it matter that some of us speak 'better English' than the natives? I think that's kinda sad.Proud Kikuyu Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722115487090667454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333594859459488779.post-47246422716380510842008-03-13T15:59:00.000+00:002008-03-13T15:59:00.000+00:00@candy...true dat. evryone i meet here does not kn...@candy...true dat. evryone i meet here does not know how to spell simple words like couch...yet they speak english.<BR/>and yes you are right, if we gave ourselves the chance to spek and study in our won language we would ahev great development. think along the lines of Germany, Russia. you know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333594859459488779.post-5085307045014106842008-03-12T14:49:00.000+00:002008-03-12T14:49:00.000+00:00Hi all. Often you hear things like 'we was in the ...Hi all. Often you hear things like 'we was in the pub last nite', 'pass me them cups', 'me friend and I' from uni grads. Even a std one child in Kenya knows better.<BR/><BR/>Kiuk, whether born here or the moon, my son has to speak it. He might save his life once.<BR/><BR/>I think we wasted a whole generation of grannies and aunties who were well educated but not school learned.Mauahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05023725207465310832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333594859459488779.post-89144573702843965892008-03-11T13:50:00.000+00:002008-03-11T13:50:00.000+00:00aa ee ii oo uu...........Englishically we are lost...aa ee ii oo uu...........<BR/><BR/>Englishically we are lost. Cos they made us think that somehow you need to speak good English to succeed.<BR/><BR/>i agree with you on some of the development we'd have......<BR/><BR/>bring this to parliament maybe......we need to re-learn.joyunspeakable2011https://www.blogger.com/profile/11629278234680114096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333594859459488779.post-88586800006143911192008-03-11T09:45:00.000+00:002008-03-11T09:45:00.000+00:00Its very interesting where your mind wanders off t...Its very interesting where your mind wanders off to when unleashed by constraints of language.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333594859459488779.post-52497920769020473572008-03-11T06:20:00.000+00:002008-03-11T06:20:00.000+00:00My aunt would have had an MBA and one of our house...My aunt would have had an MBA and one of our househelps, who was super intelligent, would have made a great accountant.<BR/><BR/>At least where I am, they can be excused cos' its not their mothertongue. I wonder how superb they would be if it was. You see a local who can speak English at the level of perhaps a standard three kid in Kenya yet he scores extremely well in exams.Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00243678486782780526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333594859459488779.post-50650483366510848242008-03-10T23:40:00.000+00:002008-03-10T23:40:00.000+00:00Still don't understand why even uni graduates here...Still don't understand why even uni graduates here can't spell.candyboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10327253382980449840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333594859459488779.post-82425171811291106312008-03-10T20:26:00.000+00:002008-03-10T20:26:00.000+00:00I couldn't write in kiuk to save my life.... but I...I couldn't write in kiuk to save my life.... but I can speak it. I can write a little english but I can barely speak it. Such is lifeKKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05345266124450058730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333594859459488779.post-56857699470828103582008-03-10T16:33:00.000+00:002008-03-10T16:33:00.000+00:00Thats an interesting concept. I once heard it from...Thats an interesting concept. I once heard it from someone who studied in England that "Don't think that just because someone speaks English well that he is literate its just that its his mothertongue"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com