Okay so I just posted a blog. If you haven't read the one underneath, you need to scroll down and read it first before you read this one........
....done?
Alright. Now, I just re-read my blog after I posted it. I realized that I wrote something super ironic to the story I was telling. Something Africans do is put the world "really" at the end of sentences. Sometimes it means they are asking a question, sometimes, it adds expression, sometimes it is just in a weird part of the sentence and it would make more sense to me if it was in a different part of the sentence. Well this paragraph, I did just that and here it is....
"So my warning to you Canadians back home is this: If you ask me how I am when I get home and I say, "I'm FINE!" in sort of surprisingly abrupt sounding tone...I am not angry really. I am just speaking African-Canadian-English.
I laughed when I read it. Maybe you had to be there. ha, I dunno.
I didnt even notice. This may reflect my poor English skills, but I hope it reflects that I know 'African-Canadian-English'
ReplyDeleteit's like our 'eah' - it can mean a whole multitide of things only us Canadaians get!!!
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It's so good to hear your updates, Adam! You're in our thoughts and prayers back home. Hope that everything continues to go swimmingly for you!
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