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FundamentAli
#91 Posted : Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:45:00 AM
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Forget about grammar. No parent in the world today has time to teach their kids how to speak their language properly. I wonder what kind of teachers we have nowadays because they are also responsible for the mess.

Grammar and pronounciation are two different animals. You can pronounce something differently but still be grammatically correct. Grammar is about how you construct sentences. It is about how the words in the sentence relate and whether they follow the rules and phonetic systems of the language.


Fundamentals + Sentiments = Position
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ecstacy
#92 Posted : Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:52:00 AM
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alot instead of a lot
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leona
#93 Posted : Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:20:00 AM
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People who ask 'you're how?' or 'Kwani he's like how'? grrrrrr!

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't..
Nevermind what haters say, ignore them til they fade away - Just live your life
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mukiha
#94 Posted : Thursday, March 26, 2009 12:08:00 PM
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Saying this (pronounced 'thiss') people instead of these (pronounced 'thiizz') people...
Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
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Goals
#95 Posted : Thursday, March 26, 2009 12:18:00 PM
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me i am,
as in what do you mean,
us guys
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mukiha
#96 Posted : Thursday, March 26, 2009 12:34:00 PM
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This 'me I' thing came from a corruption of the phrase 'Me? I don't agree......'

Then Kenyans dropped the question mark some time in the early 1980s..... Me I was in secondary school and it used to drive me up the wall...then I was sucked in!!!!!

BTW: There is an interesting book called 'I Know It When I See It' by John Guaspari. It's about management of quality and it uses the story of a fictitious company that makes punctuation marks. Very interesting reading...
Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
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Seles83
#97 Posted : Thursday, March 26, 2009 1:16:00 PM
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read my posts to know true Kenyans

Failure inspires winners...winners are made not born
More monies, more problems...
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Brewer
#98 Posted : Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:38:00 PM
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@kanda,and they use which language to discuss thier kenya languages.
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jammo
#99 Posted : Thursday, March 26, 2009 3:32:00 PM
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@mukiha.... What's english for 'mimi nilienda...' ...directly... Isn't it 'me i went...'?? The 'me i' is a 'mis-english' ..or rather uneducated attempt to speak english..a culture prevalent at (or is it in?) the coast..n most swahili speakin regions. Me i have made my point.

The race is not always to the swift..nor the battle always to the strong..nor food always to the wise..nor riches always to the intelligent..favor is not always to the skilled..or learned..but time and chance happens to all. Ecl9:5..
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VituVingiSana
#100 Posted : Thursday, March 26, 2009 6:50:00 PM
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Whooping when they mean whopping

It was a whopping loss not a whooping loss...

And what about the loosing when they mean losing...

I will loose money on Equity if I buy at 14/- (WTF???)

Kwani we are discussing loose change?

Greedy when others are fearful,Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase WB
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett
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