tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441013.post114483688862579661..comments2023-10-31T14:52:29.094+03:00Comments on A KENYAN URBAN NARRATIVE: LINGUA NAI-ROB-USPOTASHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17637299042933431094noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441013.post-1167918734794305012007-01-04T16:52:00.000+03:002007-01-04T16:52:00.000+03:00Hi. Stumbled on this blog as I searched for knowle...Hi. Stumbled on this blog as I searched for knowledge out there..<BR/><BR/>Whoever says sheng is not a language should be next after Saddam..Simple question - where did Swahili come from?<BR/>Even the bureaucrats up Community (Hill) are thinking of teaching the lingo in 8 minus 4 minus 4!!<BR/><BR/>Potash, I do agree with Essequibo - you are a literatus burning with something...I'll be reading to discover!<BR/><BR/>....as I reach for that bottle of viceroyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07679918847404995954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441013.post-1146323931497299432006-04-29T18:18:00.000+03:002006-04-29T18:18:00.000+03:00@Cirdan I really think your post argued in a more ...@Cirdan I really think your post argued in a more educated way what I meant to say in my psuedo intelluctual rant:<BR/>To quote you:<BR/>"communication between Sheng and non-Sheng speakers occurs, so Sheng has a syntax and semantics."<BR/><BR/>@Keguro:Now because linguistics is not a hat I can wear quite well, I guess that post will have to wait. I really have been thinking on sheng because my yuppie friends who cannot even speak swahili have been trying to convince me as to how it is not a language.<BR/><BR/>@Njeri...lol. Two people were mentioned on this post and they ended up reading it. Like I always say, this is not fiction. And I mentioned the Karen chick...which has to be you..because Mwaura's article mentioned..".wale madame wa Karen..."POTASHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17637299042933431094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441013.post-1146047107281583232006-04-26T13:25:00.000+03:002006-04-26T13:25:00.000+03:00hey potash,jus thot to check out wats new.nicely p...hey potash,<BR/>jus thot to check out wats new.<BR/>nicely put.i hear u.<BR/>njeriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441013.post-1145907326445928822006-04-24T22:35:00.000+03:002006-04-24T22:35:00.000+03:00Potash, you're right. I posted about Mwaura's sill...Potash, you're right. I posted about Mwaura's silly rant a while ago, and came to much the same conclusion. I've linked to your post from mine.Cirdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06161072165681849178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441013.post-1145457876275585112006-04-19T17:44:00.000+03:002006-04-19T17:44:00.000+03:00Wabbz,Well and how does it feel to be a yuppie...y...Wabbz,<BR/>Well and how does it feel to be a yuppie...yet another yuppie that comes alive in my blog. It should go to prove to the world that this story is true.POTASHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17637299042933431094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441013.post-1145438081999056522006-04-19T12:14:00.000+03:002006-04-19T12:14:00.000+03:00Well I finally checked it out 'The yuppie looked m...Well I finally checked it out <BR/><I>'The yuppie looked me in the eye. Potash isn't street Philosophy an oxymoron? '</I><BR/><BR/>nice... written it makes more sense than when you said it out loud, how is that? <BR/>WabbzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441013.post-1145260797091999792006-04-17T10:59:00.000+03:002006-04-17T10:59:00.000+03:00@Ess: It would be too long a story to break down. ...@Ess: It would be too long a story to break down. I am not angry, just a shade pissed, but it isonly a passing cloud. A phase. Distemper like a dog.<BR/><BR/>@ACO: Welcome back to my side of the world. Thought I had lost you somehow. Yes masks are of the essence to get by in a world where Lingua Franca was shipped in by the Imperialists. <BR/>But 'Babi' That is a word I do not use. It is one word that I cannot find a proper meaning for, so I will not use it. Imagine I have been tagged Babi...and I am hood...please!<BR/><BR/>@Pro: maybe 'sustainable development' is a three dimensional word.POTASHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17637299042933431094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441013.post-1145123778710749122006-04-15T20:56:00.000+03:002006-04-15T20:56:00.000+03:00Just one problem, the high brow papers will not ch...Just one problem, the high brow papers will not change the world,what with their love for three dimensional words like empower etc.Prousettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04367325529770099956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441013.post-1145123017351281712006-04-15T20:43:00.000+03:002006-04-15T20:43:00.000+03:00Nice post!Reminds me how when I go to some Kenyan ...Nice post!Reminds me how when I go to some Kenyan bashes here Kenyan folk assume some poor imitation of an American accent towards me even though we are from the same country.They sneer and think I am a trogoldyte because I speak sheng with the Kenyans that I know.Liitle do they know that my english vocabulary and education is far more extensive then theirs but for me it is just a mask to be worn for the masquerade.I dont have to be burdened with it all the time.But I guess instead of being a babi I have chosen to embrace the secret language of deviance.What's the punishment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441013.post-1145041359353398332006-04-14T22:02:00.000+03:002006-04-14T22:02:00.000+03:00(loving the mention of the marijuana ceiling)You d...(loving the mention of the marijuana ceiling)<BR/><BR/>You do write with a vengeance...<BR/><BR/>a vengeance against what? Maybe you can tell me. Yes, it is beautiful.<BR/><BR/>But more important are the truths behind the words; sometimes sublte, sometimes explicit - always potent. I enjoy your work.<BR/><BR/>Hello again.Essequibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360395255471807600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441013.post-1144944009206150412006-04-13T19:00:00.000+03:002006-04-13T19:00:00.000+03:00Thanks Rombo, well faith is your responsibility ....Thanks Rombo, well faith is your responsibility . Let no one shake it.POTASHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17637299042933431094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441013.post-1144941552102309992006-04-13T18:19:00.000+03:002006-04-13T18:19:00.000+03:00Potash, you write beautifully. sometimes, you teas...Potash, you write beautifully. <BR/><BR/>sometimes, you tease my faith a bad name, but always you beautifully.Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00161682859673971406noreply@blogger.com