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Where incorrect pronunciations misled us

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  • C.Amayaw-Akumfi 9 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

  • TT 9 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.

  • Kweku 9 years ago

    This same article appeared yesterday...

  • Osei Yao 9 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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  • Nana Kwame 9 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.

  • Nana Kwame 9 years ago

    Correction ( rejoinder)

  • GHANABA 9 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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  • PASQUIN 9 years ago

    CROATIANS is to CROATIA = CROATS

    SERBIANS is to SERBIA = SERBS

    GHANAIANS is to GHANA = ASHANTIS????

  • frank abdul 9 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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