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#3948: Something silly
From: archim <archim@globelsud.net>
Since I've got my sermon for tomorrow all prepared, I have a bit of
time this evening to be silly. (Silly in a silly way, of course!) I
have been following the numerous postings regarding the proper
spelling of words and places in Haitian Creole (Kreyol) for several
weeks, and I am quite dizzy now. (That goes with silly!) So I offer
the following news release:
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Popwinz, 27 me 2000 (Wooterz)
Lote jew, lair m-tay alay wizitay cwadebokay, m-tay gain yune pan
kawateer lair m-tay passay cwademisyon. M-tay anweta poo yune
wandayvoo, ay m-tay komenzay nevay. M-tay nevay pasake wandayvoo tay
tray anpotan, ay lee tay aveque layveq key tay wizitay la. May, mesee
a bonje, layveq lee pat fashay, ay lee tay axseptay-m la aveq bwa
ouver.
M-tay tray kontann pasake layveq lee gran shef-m ay see lee
komenzay fashay avek-m, lee kapab fay ampeel pwoblem pou-m. May layveq
lee tay tray janteel ay lee tay bam gwo baynaydikshon pou komensay
noovo laykol na tee veelaj pray cwadebokay.
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Of course the above is silly, and it is not in any way meant to be
disrespectful to our wonderful Kreyol language...which I speak and
read fluently, but don't write so well! I've been trying to learn to
write better, but everytime I feel like I've got it down correctly,
someone changes it! And the someones who change it usually don't live
in Haiti! (Pretty-much like the someones who think they know how Haiti
ought to operate!!!)
Please forgive this silly (and somewhat dizzy) old Greek Orthodox
Priest if you are offended; it was not meant to be offensive. But, it
might be fun for you to read-over the past several weeks' postings
concerning the proper way to spell "youn" in Kreyol, or whether the
place with the wonderful waterfall is Saute d'Eau or Sodo or Sewdough,
or whatever other way you wish to try it. Maybe you will come to the
conclusion that it has been an exercise in futility, and join the
group which is seriously working to make Kreyol uniform. After that,
maybe I will learn to write Kreyol better, as will many others!
Arkeymandright Meeshel
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(In English because I would never presume to write it in Kreyol for fear
that I would be corrected by foreigners!)
"The other day, when I went to visit Croix de Bouquets, I had a flat tire
when I was passing through Croix de Mission. I was late for a rendezvous, and I
began to get nervous. I was nervous because the rendezvous was very important,
and it was with the bishop who was visiting there. But, thanks to God, the
bishop was not angry, and he accepted me with open arms.
I was very happy because the bishop is my boss, and if hebegan to get angry
with me, he could make lots of problems for me. But the bishop was very kind and
he gave me a blessing to start a new school in a little village near Croix de
Bouquets."