JaMerican pride
As a 'JaMerican', I take some pride in the facts that my grandfather helped with the banana trade, taking sailing schooners from Kingston to Port Limon, Costa Rica and New Orleans.
His son, my uncle, remained on our island and continued landside working for/with United Fruit Company. My mom left our island in 1918 with three of her sisters.
That's why I love Jamaica, have visited four times - 1956, 2004, 2005, 2007 - and it will always be in part of my heart.
- Edna Brown ptlroofers@comcast.netBel Air, MD.
Patois student
Is this professor serious? Is she advocating that kids learn the Bible in Patois?
Should a student write a thesis in patois? Would she read it? Should they write in Kingston Patois or St Elizabeth Patios?
Please stop me because this is ridiculous. Jamaica's native language is English, not Patios. Patois is broken English, but still English.
Picture this: A child, who has studied in Patois, and goes overseas to study in the United States, is asked to write a short paragraph about himself.
The student writes everything in Patois. The college admission committee reads the information provided. What would they think?
Dr Silvia Kouwenberg, please stop articulating an argument that cannot stand up to any logic.
- Horace McFarlane horace781@aol.com
Yonkers, New York
Haitian Creole
In 'Haitian dancers fire up north-coast clubs', Haiti is referred to as a French-speaking country.
In fact, Haitians speak Haitian Creole as their native tongue, and the best-educated and elites learn French as a second language.
Haiti is no more French-speaking than South Korea is English-speaking.
- Tom Clowes
tclowes@gmail.com
Tucson, AZ
The Mico
Stop misnaming my school!
There is a 'THE' in front of the name. It is not Mico University College.
It is The Mico University College and the 'THE' makes a whole lot of difference, like the place that it is found in a dictionary, encyclopaedia.
- Timone, timonericards@yahoo.com,
1 St Lucia Road, Kingston
Via Go-Jamaica
