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Ray
#31 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:59:00 AM
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Our Company is covered by PHOENIX Assurance. We have an Accountant who pronounces the word as Pho-e- nix instead of Phynix.
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Shak
#32 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:59:00 AM
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Looks like many of the murderers of the english language are from the slopes. Has anyone noticed how even the simplest person on the streets of kisumu speaks nearly perfect english?

smile
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mukiha
#33 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:01:00 PM
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Incidence instead of incidents...but the worst is incidences!
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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mukiha
#34 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:03:00 PM
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@shak; you mean as they eat the fiss from the lake?
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mukiha
#35 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:05:00 PM
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@Djinn: I wake up at 5.45,the get up at 6....
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The Real Shaft
#36 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:06:00 PM
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only in Kisumo...

what is the plural of orange,orange,orange....???

the answer we get in class is ....

orange,orange,orange,.......

ssss,ssss,ssss.....

the s's come at the end of the sentence.....

near perfect.....

matek...tek.....

I'm the real Massey F.....shut your mouth
I'm the real Massey Fergu...... Shut your mouth....
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Shak
#37 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:12:00 PM
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Hey! I didn't say all watu wa githumo speak perfect english. I was just comparing them with our people from the slopes. I've never heard an ordinary son or daughter of the slopes say something close to decent in english. Usually it's broken swa mixed with kuke.

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Magigi
#38 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:13:00 PM
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...How do you do? answer: I am doing fine....
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mukiha
#39 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:15:00 PM
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Philip Ochieng should read this thread. There is enough material for one month in his Saturday column
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karis
#40 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:17:00 PM
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There is no any other .......
'She seems contented' - WTF!! It should be 'She seems content'
I borrowed a lift..!!!
'Kenya regained it's glory' - This is a very common mistake! The apostrophe in this case is used as an abbreviation,not denoting ownership. It should be 'Kenya regained its glory'
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