Ghana's fondness for creative language

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• Kofi 10 years ago

  I swear on my fathers grave, I will anas you!

  I swear on my fathers grave, I will anas you!

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• Military Man 10 years ago

  "Since the phenomenon of "dumsor" is not exactly a Ghanaian invention, and indeed our Nigerian cousins would claim a much longer and deeper experience of unreliable power supply, I can expect some resistance to our claim to c ...
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  "Since the phenomenon of "dumsor" is not exactly a Ghanaian invention, and indeed our Nigerian cousins would claim a much longer and deeper experience of unreliable power supply, I can expect some resistance to our claim to copyright the word that describes the phenomenon"
  
  Liz,
  
  I think there should be no resistance to any Ghanaian claim to copyright the word.
  It's a merger of 2 Ghanaian words from some of our akan dialects so what's the issue here?
  
  Nigeria can never claim copyrights infringement to the "dumsor" word.
  
  It's NOT the phenomenon but the word and the "dumsor" word is as Ghanaian as our Ghanaian names.
  
  Nigerians I think have their own name for the phenomenon. They can copyright that name if they want.
  
  Just saying.......
  
  Interesting read, though. Good job.

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• Jasmine 10 years ago

  "As some people might have heard, we have been in some turmoil here recently as a result of alleged goings-on in our judiciary."
  
  Ohene, very hypocritical as usual. You just missed the occasion to keep quiet.

  "As some people might have heard, we have been in some turmoil here recently as a result of alleged goings-on in our judiciary."
  
  Ohene, very hypocritical as usual. You just missed the occasion to keep quiet.

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