Sms use of ma for my. Methinks no need. As they say,if it's not necessary to change then it's necessary not to change. ur for your ok.

Ecs 11.2 Give portions to seven,yes to eight,for you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.

What is with Kenyans - though in all fairness... not among the folks who went to the better schools...

Is it correct to say 'I took tea' coz I was taught 'I had tea'

Or 'How is you'... it is 'How are you'

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

'Let's don't discuss that here.' Uh?

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..

'My name is Mr Mogaka...' sorry guys from Keroka but it's quite common with you.

@jerry;

people don't understand the need for abbreviations. 'MY' is 2 letters long,but so is 'MA'. Perhaps the reason is that it is faster to type 'MA' on the cell-phone keypad than typing 'MY'......what really annoys me is when people carry these abbreviations into emails....come on; the computer keyboard is large enough to type with both hands!!!

Speaking of abbreviations,I heard a person trying to spell out the initials CBA (Commercial Bank of Africa) thus:
'C' for cat,
'B' for boy,
and 'A' for Africa!!!

This is nothing to do with grammar....

You how you try to dictate a number over the phone and the other person can't get the right digits? Well,try saying the digits in Kiswahili,or your mother tongue; your partner will get them right the first time.

So,magwiji wa lugha,what do u call someone from Trinidad & Tobago? Trin? Trinidadian tobagonese? Trintosh?


What about ivory coast? Cortedivorean? Ivorian?

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We say a Trinidadian and an Ivorian!


Immorality: The morality of those who are having a better time!

@Wendz ... learn the numbers one to nine THEIR mother tongue and use it...

You cannot borrow what is already in the form of being borrowed.

I took a loan.