<div><font face="'times new roman', serif" size="4">Githiora's linguistic analysis of Sheng attached to this email.</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div>
<font face="'times new roman', serif" size="4">I can't understand why people get so het up about Sheng. I remember a piece by Peter Mwangi in the <i>Nation</i> about five years ago in which he claimed, apparently seriously, that Sheng had no grammar.</font></div>
<font size="4"><font face="times new roman,serif"><br clear="all"></font></font>Daniel Waweru<br><a href="http://www.kenyaimagine.com">www.kenyaimagine.com</a><br>Art and analysis; debate and opinion.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 27 February 2012 11:18, James Mbugua <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jgmbugua@gmail.com">jgmbugua@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Sheng will go nowhere and formalization is a waste of time.<br>
<br>
The 1billion Chinese and the 1billion Indians and 600million Europeans<br>
and nearly 800million Africans do not and will not speak it.<br>
<br>
English as we all know is the language of business and Vision 2030<br>
requires us to monumentally grow our export and services sector which<br>
requires international interaction.<br>
<br>
Sheng, like Nigerian and Jamaican pidgin is in safe hands with touts<br>
and DJs. They will keep the flame alive.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:02 PM, robert yawe <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi All,<br>
><br>
> I believe that if we are serious about turning sheng into a formal language<br>
> then we need a site like <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/" target="_blank">http://www.urbandictionary.com/</a> if we are to<br>
> harmonise across the country or region.<br>
><br>
> As I keep repeating, annoyingly, I grew up in eastlands (mimi sio mbabi) and<br>
> one thing I know is that sheng is not homogeneous beyond 100 meters of where<br>
> you are standing.<br>
><br>
> Regards<br>
><br>
> Robert Yawe<br>
> KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>
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