Half a loaf is better than none. I commend him for trying and admitting his errors..

I can say that many of use need some brushing to do , including myself. Watch out the bambaras are my gorros! If  brother Edi had a full academic year with (late )Father Little at SAHS he would have been speaking the  perfect Queen's English or "akabilah".

"Aigah nga deh issie akabilah?" I wait for your response to see if you have passed the first course in  " Banjul Ngongoh 101"

After all English is not his mother tongue.

Let's table this for now and see how we can help this brother improve.

Take care and best regards,

Habib Diab Ghanim

oops ! forgot the spell check!!

   

>From: Dave Manneh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Re-Haruna Darbo >Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 13:43:27 +0100 > >Edi, perhaps you didn't understand what I wrote to you. The gist of it goes like >this:- That you Edi I've been told, is one intelligent guy, who for some >twisted reasoning of his thinks he will just write stupid sentences on the L. >That was it my brother, nothing more nothing less. > >Perhaps if you copy and paste the email to the L, people might be kind enough to >translate it into Bambaraa?TillBonka for you. I was not putting you down for >your diction and syntax, but rather trying to tell you to stop being a joke and >write english you are capable of writing,and stop being a twisted idiot. If you >call that morally repugnant or hypocritical then you are even more twisted than >i think.AND with that i end all communictions with you on this baseless ping- >pong game. > > >Good day to you >Manneh > >Quoting Edi Sidibeh <[log in to unmask]>: > > > > >


> >

Better now than ever > cooperation and

> > understanding featuring better Gambia and willingness of her people to

> > commit intellectually> > src="http://graphics.hotmail.com/emthup.gif"

> > width=12>

> > > > > > > >

> >

> >

Thanks Mr professor Lamin Sayang who you "might be", I

> > don’t know, making me mixed you up with a well respected Lamin Sayang in

> > Finland which i really regret and sending my heartfelt apology to you

> > Lamin and wish you will understood my plea. It was really to my surprise

> > before writing the response seeing a bogus comment to my piece by

> > someone who was all along trying to pay back for my comments on his

> > remarks seconded by a similar name of a person I hardly see but respect

> > even though we are living in the same city. Though, we spoke on

> > telephone yesterday I still have to eat my words to you and vomit it on

> > this English professor Lamin Sayang of oxford or whereever graduate

> > instead of Helsinki University. From the bottom of my heart Mr Peter

> > Lamin Sayang of Helsinki, I am sorry. I could write you a privet mail

> > too but it went through public mail and from there it should be taken

> > back and give to whom it belongs not you decent cool brother.

> >

> >

> >

> >

Whether you are trying to show your capabilities in the

> > language by changing my sentence, but I am very sad seeing a professor

> > like you correcting like this which university were you graduated? If my

> > Haruna does not understand my language and syntax, Your quotations and

> > syntax rearangement are even worst just read it. As well dave Manneh

> > wrote me a privet mail saying his brother some Lamin Manneh was reading

> > my mail during his visit to his place and think I could do better on my

> > syntax eros. I responded to him that, let the brother come on board to

> > show us both how to write English Language because Dave is not doing any

> > better in the language, reading his postings. I hate hypocrites and if

> > you think you can do better, be a man and do it on the net that put us

> > together than writing a privet mailrepugnantt shy in making mistakes

> > hence i was just talking of perfection in my previous postings. Some of

> > you people’s attitudes are morally repugnent and it should be clear to

> > you by now that i am not a pushover type. Your pyromania acts are

> > tasteless to decent people on the list.

> >

> >

> >

> >

 

> >

> >

However, Mr Haruna, you have finnish drinking your

> > feverfew enabling you to master your syntax arrangement and correct use

> > of words in the dictionary. Will you please promise never to write

> > "Translational" instead of translation or translating ero. I told you

> > once that you are so honest but I wish you understood my meaning of

> > saying that. feel free and said whatever except insult or using hash

> > word like saying what the hell was I saying or writing, that response

> > will always be hell. If you need a civilise debate I am ever ready just

> > pick phrases I wrote and put me to task as i did to you earlier, showing

> > how honest you are. I am wasting my time to make you and your kind

> > thinkers that like is not as you think it is. Life is more than

> > selfishness. I will therefor continue to use my time in educating you.

> > In fact it will be a waste of time trying to educate you but instead I

> > am giving the to the people's interest in my beloved country. Have you

> > got a problem on that. Moreover, writing this does not have to take me

> > that long knowing were the keys are my friend. Of couse you will see a

> > lot of spelling mistakes and even syntax which should show you the fact

> > that I am not as perfect as you might think you are.  You can call

> > me names but do not cross that boundry. 

> >

> >

> >

> >

You think you are doing more good by being a critic on

> > everyone’s piece that doesn’t flatly condemn the regim bach home, but

> > you know nothing and your cries will never prevail hence it is a selfish

> > cry. Once again Jammeh’s government is really doing fine despite the bad

> > human right record.

> >

> >

> >

> >

Have you ever red the Winter’s heart by Robert Jordan?

> > Saying The wheel of time turns, and Ages come and go, Leaving memories

> > that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long

> > forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. Do you

> > really think you and your comments have impacts on this government? Or

> > are you looking for credit to be proud of after wasting your time and

> > energy saying negative things only against the government with no

> > impacts whatsoever or are you building up hope to your people back home

> > that you have learn something? Well your strategy is not doing any good

> > here for someone to be proud of but yourself. I have seen your senseless

> > and putrid argument with others too and i can be punctilious too when i

> > choose to. You are not a stranger to that hence this was not our first

> > encounter.

> >

> >

> >

> >

Since then, my brother, I stopped reading your pieces

> > but delete them unless they contain my name. Simply because, I am enough

> > with your selfish cry as many people i spoke with agreed. Well my

> > brother, you will hear more of me and if it border you, just bite your

> > nose. I have the same right as you do in this forum. Writing long pieces

> > doesn’t border you but their contents, as well as trying to pay back to

> > the headache on the home work i once gave you regarding your use of

> > words. I know I am not perfect but so are are too.

> >

> >

> >

> >

Hence my contribution is once in a while not like yours

> > and i have work to do too. Moreover, I have the very right to say and

> > support whoever and say whatever in a civilise manner. Lover boy, if my

> > contribution hurt you or increase your migrain, be careful or see your

> > docters because it is going to come like rain and i wish you survive

> > from it.

> >

> >

edi

> > > >

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> > understanding featuring better Gambia and willingness of her people to

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> > > > > >

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