Gleaner: Letter of the Day-Nationalising Creole? You've Got To Be Kidding!...Unedited and Unvarnished

Whenever I feel there is nothing I have not yet heard, I am humbled to discover there is no limit to man's stupidity, and every day brings a new inanity.

Good money, I am sure, has been spent 'educating' these language experts, who must have nothing to do with their expertise but to sit down and dream up schemes that could only make sense to them.

Poor countries like Jamaica seem to view education as not a means to an end but the end itself, and we spend limited resources educating persons who will remain ignorant regardless of the amount of formal education they receive. Professor This and Professor That, bumptious self-serving people who never earn an honest bread working at an actual job, dream up schemes like nationalising a language. I guess that means anyone trying to use the language should pay a fee. My, we are going to get rich collecting royalties!

"We are all part of a linguistic experience with much more in common than separate," said Professor Ian Robertson. Yes, you noble sage, it's called English. You are advocating the Tower of Babel experience.

He continued: "We have become a blob of people, because we have lost a sense of self, because we have no language, and we are also immature because we have no 'nationalised language'!" What utter rubbish! The world has recognised the wisdom of learning English, and we are trying to further isolate ourselves in ignorance! I suppose this is to help dispel the colonial mentality.

I sincerely hope that our Government is not spending money to help foster this madness.

We would be better off converting the University of the West Indies into a vocational school, considering that most of its graduates contribute very little in tangible returns to their respective countries. Electricians, plumbers, carpenters and the like are much more beneficial to societies such as ours.

May the good Lord deliver us from these educated men, who are hell-bent on making a virtue of ignorance!

CARLTON REYNOLDS

Well said Carlton. A lot of people feel the same way but don't want to ruffle certain feathers.We have a hard time teaching and understanding English so we want to do patois in schools? Sorry, doesn't make sense.

Please note that the original message was not submitted by Mr. Reynolds. He has decided to obstain from this website as previously posted. But I must say, sometimes the great philosophers of the world are heard when they are quiet...Whether you love to hate him, or hate to love him Mr. Reynolds always says what is on his mind. And sometimes we need to hear things we do not like...

Here we are discussing the virtues of proper English and what does mista no name do? Obstain?

My name is Mista. My name is NOT Mister. SO 'Say What', you need to know what you are talking about before, not after, you criticize.

Eh eh mista no name, read my post again....mista. Teacher would have said "pay attention".

What did I spell a word wrong? Geez Say What, I read your post over and over. I must be really dumb in comparison to you. Does anyone else have any idea what she is talking about??

May we respectfully ask Mista No Name and Say What? to either take this topic to email between yourselves or agree to disagree and move on. 'Cause its run its course here...

Thanks for your understanding,
-TBNet

TBnet, I find your intervention on this thread curious, to say the least.

All right, TBNet. Goodbye Mister Mista

(I accidentally deleted the original posting of this and have reconstructed it. So if its slightly different from the original, my apologies -Eric}

Mi unastand, mi no wan fi be problem

Curious, I wonder if it has to do with Mr. Reynolds.

Hey Carlton I found your sound estimation on this quite refreshing do these so call clever people ever think the consequences. all over the world it is vital for commercial reasons the english language
be used do i take it they are living in adream world best wishes n.l james43@gmail.com