Post by rcksthill on Feb 7, 2013 15:19:43 GMT -5
Bones
Kweyol 101 for Kelly
I will place a bet that on any given week day, if one stands under the CDC, opposite the market, and listen to passersby speak, you will hear more than 50% converse in creole.
The strength and beauty of creole is seen and heard when Haitians, Dominicans, Mauritians, Lucians, and Seychellois, meet on campus, the bus/train/boat/taxi/office etc.
Lucians who can't converse in creole don't know what they are missing.
LoL
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James 4:17 “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.”
From: Trevor Blanchard <tblanch01@gmail.com>
To: smcaa2010@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, 7 February 2013, 14:54
Subject: Re: Kweyol 101 for Kelly
In all fairness to that reality Andrew, much of that 50% is composed of a conscious decision
to speak only in English.
The strength of Kweyol, can be seen in people like myself who because of absence,may struggle
to keep a Kweyol conversation,but are excellent as listeners with equal benefits as a fluent speaker.
The irony of that strength is that it, the Kweyol dialect does not functionally survive beyond the
shores of Saint Lucia.
Bones
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 10:46 AM, andrew magloire <magwa685@msn.com> wrote:
What qualifies kweyol/patois as a second language when 50% of the population
cannot use it to communicate?
magloire