Maurice, thank you for the reply. I am happy the way you put it but to be honest, as you complitely kill the A and use the O instead, it might sound good to you but for us English learners, your dialect really disturbs the language test. Not only Kenyans who are good at that, Nigerians are even worse. That is the power of dialect. President Uhuru Kenyatta was NOT to be blaimed if that is the case. He put it the way he wanted and the message was clear.
Again, his English is very classic. I got the reason from you last night on your post.
Thanks.
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CourageAt this point, I think we all feel better. Sivyo kaka ?For example: Coalition It's pronounced such that the O in SHON part of KO-O-LI-SHON is really some very subtle sound between A and O; so subtle that A is almost silent and therefore O is good enough when using Kiswahili as a base.Malima,I agree with you. I'm trying the best pronunciation possible using Kiswahili as a base. Of course it's difficult to get it using Kiswahili alone but unfortunately, Kiswahili is what we're most familiar with.
--On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 6:40 PM, James Malima <james.malima@gmail.com> wrote:
Maurice,When you go to phonetic trancription, I assure you that you are also wrong on how you want the word to be pronounced. I can only excuse you if you agree with me that you put it a Kenyan way but NOT a British or American way. "Coalition" co·a·li·tion[koh-uh-lish-uh n]I also feel better now.James.
Sent from my iPhoneExcuse my typographical errors in the preceding mail. I've now corrected them here. I have to follow my own rules.
CourageNow I feel better.He should have said: Ko-o-li-shonHe said: Ko-a-li-shonThe word is COALITIONLet me take this opportunity to add another word that I've heard Uhuru utter in the past:Anna,I can not excuse Uhuru because he attended university in Boston, US. Also, he attended St Mary's School in Nairobi, a school of multimillionaire and billionaire kids where English was the only language the kids spoke. They did not even speak Swahili or any ethnic language in that school. I could have excused any other politician in Kenya but not Uhuru.
--On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com> wrote:
CourageNow I feel better.He should have said: Ko-o-li-shonHe said: Ko-a-li-shonThe word is COALITIONLet me take this opportunity to add another word that I've heard Uhuru utter in the past:Anna,I can not excuse Uhuru because he attended university in Boston, US. Also, he attended St Mary's School in Nairobi, a schools of multimillionaire and billionaire kids where English was the only language the kids spoke. They did not even speak Swahili or ant ethnic language in that school. I could have excused any other politician in Kenya but not Uhuru.
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 5:03 PM, anna nyanga <luguanna@yahoo.com> wrote:
--My teacher, but President Uhuru did not do english degree, he only used english as media of instruction!Probabily he does not have e only i hahaha!From: Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>
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--CourageThank you.He should have said: e-raHe said (I'm using Swahili as base for pronunciation): i-raI don't want to come across here as being pedantic but I heard President Uhuru Kenyatta say something that I can't excuse. Uhuru attended university in Boston and has no excuse to mispronounce such a simple English word. He was giving a speech at the AU conference in Addis.He wanted to pronounce the word ERA
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