[kictanet] The Sheng Question

[Daniel Waweru]

Githiora's linguistic analysis of Sheng attached to this email.

I can't understand why people get so het up about Sheng. I remember a piece
by Peter Mwangi in the *Nation* about five years ago in which he claimed,
apparently seriously, that Sheng had no grammar.

Daniel Waweru
www.kenyaimagine.com
Art and analysis; debate and opinion.


On 27 February 2012 11:18, James Mbugua <jgmbugua at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sheng will go nowhere and formalization is a waste of time.
>
> The 1billion Chinese and the 1billion Indians and 600million Europeans
> and nearly 800million Africans do not and will not speak it.
>
> English as we all know is the language of business and Vision 2030
> requires us to monumentally grow our export and services sector which
> requires international interaction.
>
> Sheng, like Nigerian and Jamaican pidgin is in safe hands with touts
> and DJs. They will keep the flame alive.
>
> Regards
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:02 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I believe that if we are serious about turning sheng into a formal
> language
> > then we need a site like http://www.urbandictionary.com/ if we are to
> > harmonise across the country or region.
> >
> > As I keep repeating, annoyingly, I grew up in eastlands (mimi sio mbabi)
> and
> > one thing I know is that sheng is not homogeneous beyond 100 meters of
> where
> > you are standing.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Robert Yawe
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