Where incorrect pronunciations misled us

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• C.Amayaw-Akumfi 11 years ago

  Good job, Idris. I urge you to work closely with a linguist to expand this. I share your bias because like you I am a science student. But I think the same defect occurs among students in other fields of studies. Kudos

  Good job, Idris. I urge you to work closely with a linguist to expand this. I share your bias because like you I am a science student. But I think the same defect occurs among students in other fields of studies. Kudos

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• TT 11 years ago

  Your article is really refreshing. I have had to revise a few things I used to misspell.
  
  Thank you and give us more of those.

  Your article is really refreshing. I have had to revise a few things I used to misspell.
  
  Thank you and give us more of those.

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• Kweku 11 years ago

  This same article appeared yesterday...

  This same article appeared yesterday...

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• Osei Yao 11 years ago

  IF YOU FOOLISHLY ADOPT SOMEONE ELSE'S LANGUAGE, YOU WASTE TIME ON SPELLINGS AND FOOLISH ARTICLES LIKE THIS. CROATIANS, SERBIANS AND OTHER NATIONS SMALLER THAN GHANA USE THEIR OWN LANGUAGE TO TEACH THEIR CHILDREN. 75% OF GHANA ...
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  IF YOU FOOLISHLY ADOPT SOMEONE ELSE'S LANGUAGE, YOU WASTE TIME ON SPELLINGS AND FOOLISH ARTICLES LIKE THIS. CROATIANS, SERBIANS AND OTHER NATIONS SMALLER THAN GHANA USE THEIR OWN LANGUAGE TO TEACH THEIR CHILDREN. 75% OF GHANAIANS SPEAK OR UNDERSTAND TWI. WHY DO WE NOT ADOPT THAT LANGUAGE AS LINGUA FRANCA.

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• Nana Kwame 11 years ago

  If that is the way you think, then it means that 25% of Ghanaians will foolishly adopt the Twi language and still waste the same time on spellings and pronunciations. I think that your rejionder here is the most foolish.

  If that is the way you think, then it means that 25% of Ghanaians will foolishly adopt the Twi language and still waste the same time on spellings and pronunciations. I think that your rejionder here is the most foolish.

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• Nana Kwame 11 years ago

  Correction ( rejoinder)

  Correction ( rejoinder)

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• GHANABA 11 years ago

  That was one of the reasons why Yugoslavia collapsed.The Slovenes,Macedonians etc did not want other language imposed on them.Secondly,where do you think the Latin alphabet used in writing Twi,Ewe,Fanti,Ga comes from...Manhyi ...
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  That was one of the reasons why Yugoslavia collapsed.The Slovenes,Macedonians etc did not want other language imposed on them.Secondly,where do you think the Latin alphabet used in writing Twi,Ewe,Fanti,Ga comes from...Manhyia Palace? The Irish, Welsh, Scots get by with English even though they have their own language.Austrians, get by with German.What would you do if the Nzemas, Grusis,Dagomabas refuse to use Twi? In the United Kingdom.the use of English is through custom rather than constitution.So is the use of Spanish in Mexico.There are over 40 different languages in Mexico.English is not even the official language of USA....Constitutionally,yet it serves them perfectly well.Next time,write Osei Yao without foolishly using someone else"s alphabet.

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• PASQUIN 11 years ago

  CROATIANS is to CROATIA = CROATS
  
  SERBIANS is to SERBIA = SERBS
  
  GHANAIANS is to GHANA = ASHANTIS????

  CROATIANS is to CROATIA = CROATS
  
  SERBIANS is to SERBIA = SERBS
  
  GHANAIANS is to GHANA = ASHANTIS????

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• frank abdul 11 years ago

  this the best opinion that has ever been posted on ghanaweb and please continue to teach us and forget about the arrogant ones who think they know but have forgotten that even if they know there are people like me who really ...
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  this the best opinion that has ever been posted on ghanaweb and please continue to teach us and forget about the arrogant ones who think they know but have forgotten that even if they know there are people like me who really took a lot from this

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