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#1568: Re: #1531: switching to Kreyol? Dorce replies to Bellegarde-Smith
From:LAKAT47@aol.com
Bellegarde-Smith <pbs@csd.uwm.edu> writes:
<< There are risks. If a very light skin Haitian (assumed to be from
the upper-classes) addresses a very dark skin Haitian in Haitian
(Creole/Kreyol), she runs a risk. "Why are you assuming that I do not know
French? Is it my color?" One must navigate these shoals and currents
gingerly!
>>
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Why must one navigate gingerly? If someone is offended by the use of
Kreyol......I say let them be offended. They learned to be ashamed of their
language from the "upper classes." Now let that be done with! My scenario
involves my husband, who is dark skinned and who speaks French and Kreyol but
prefers speaking Kreyol to Haitians (whatever their hue), talking to Haitians
who address him in French. He replies in Kreyol and sometimes neither of
them gives in and we have a very strange conversation with each speaking a
different language. If shame is removed from the transaction, Kreyol should
not cause anyone to have to navigate gingerly or otherwise.
Kathy Dorce'