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Rank: Chief Joined: 5/9/2007 Posts: 13,095
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While at it, given we are in an election year, should we say: Voted for Uhuru or Voted Uhuru?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,823 Location: Nairobi
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 All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/11/2012 Posts: 5,222
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masukuma wrote:when growing up - i always felt kenyans spoke "neutral" english... sijui nani alitudangangaya!! we think in swahili and do a quick translation.
sasa unaenda wapi? - now...you are going where?
mwambie akuje - tell him to come
nilisikia dunia ikitingika, wewe uliskia? - i heard the ground shake, did you hear it?
not all of us suffer from this but a number do!
our pronunciation is also "ours"... we don't pronounce the "r" at the end of a word
CaR, (sounds Kaa) War (sounds Wo-oo), Work (sounds like wak), some people cannot differentiate "test" and "taste"; Herd and Heard; "hurt", "heart", "hut" and "hat"! Too much wak! Bora one elewas what the other is semaing, ama?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,823 Location: Nairobi
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Mukiri wrote:masukuma wrote:when growing up - i always felt kenyans spoke "neutral" english... sijui nani alitudangangaya!! we think in swahili and do a quick translation.
sasa unaenda wapi? - now...you are going where?
mwambie akuje - tell him to come
nilisikia dunia ikitingika, wewe uliskia? - i heard the ground shake, did you hear it?
not all of us suffer from this but a number do!
our pronunciation is also "ours"... we don't pronounce the "r" at the end of a word
CaR, (sounds Kaa) War (sounds Wo-oo), Work (sounds like wak), some people cannot differentiate "test" and "taste"; Herd and Heard; "hurt", "heart", "hut" and "hat"! Too much wak! Bora one elewas what the other is semaing, ama? it waks ova hia! just hia! All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/7/2012 Posts: 11,935
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masukuma wrote:Mukiri wrote:masukuma wrote:when growing up - i always felt kenyans spoke "neutral" english... sijui nani alitudangangaya!! we think in swahili and do a quick translation.
sasa unaenda wapi? - now...you are going where?
mwambie akuje - tell him to come
nilisikia dunia ikitingika, wewe uliskia? - i heard the ground shake, did you hear it?
not all of us suffer from this but a number do!
our pronunciation is also "ours"... we don't pronounce the "r" at the end of a word
CaR, (sounds Kaa) War (sounds Wo-oo), Work (sounds like wak), some people cannot differentiate "test" and "taste"; Herd and Heard; "hurt", "heart", "hut" and "hat"! Too much wak! Bora one elewas what the other is semaing, ama? it waks ova hia! just hia! English is a foreign language, why the hullabaloo? Use subtitles then or when necessary!!! In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins - cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later - H Geneen
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,823 Location: Nairobi
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Angelica _ann wrote:masukuma wrote:Mukiri wrote:masukuma wrote:when growing up - i always felt kenyans spoke "neutral" english... sijui nani alitudangangaya!! we think in swahili and do a quick translation.
sasa unaenda wapi? - now...you are going where?
mwambie akuje - tell him to come
nilisikia dunia ikitingika, wewe uliskia? - i heard the ground shake, did you hear it?
not all of us suffer from this but a number do!
our pronunciation is also "ours"... we don't pronounce the "r" at the end of a word
CaR, (sounds Kaa) War (sounds Wo-oo), Work (sounds like wak), some people cannot differentiate "test" and "taste"; Herd and Heard; "hurt", "heart", "hut" and "hat"! Too much wak! Bora one elewas what the other is semaing, ama? it waks ova hia! just hia! English is a foreign language, why the hullabaloo? Use subtitles then or when necessary!!! the point of language is communication - if you don't communicate... it kinda beats the point... you are no different from this dude All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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So how does Kenyan English compare to English (England?) English? I want to correct their grammar since the English is wrong in this announcement of the birth today of a royal baby. The headline should read: The Duchess of Cambridge has delivered a son. I need to teach the Queen of England some English. 
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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hardwood wrote:So how does Kenyan English compare to English (England?) English? I want to correct their grammar since the English is wrong in this announcement of the birth today of a royal baby. The headline should read: The Duchess of Cambridge has delivered a son. I need to teach the Queen of England some English. Yaani the Brits don't use Kgs as a unit? Where did we get it from?
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/17/2008 Posts: 489
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hardwood wrote:So how does Kenyan English compare to English (England?) English? I want to correct their grammar since the English is wrong in this announcement of the birth today of a royal baby. The headline should read: The Duchess of Cambridge has delivered a son. I need to teach the Queen of England some English. Not quite! The wording is correct but rather archaic which is in line with the Royal way of doing things.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/15/2011 Posts: 4,518
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washiku wrote:"Sasa unataka sisi tufanye nini Jameni, What do you want us to do, eeh, eeh," LOL. They doesn't.. famous with kyuks. "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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