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Tiba my blogging friend, I have to again caution you with how

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Pertaining to learn French/to Tiba and Lloyd, Tiba my blogging friend, I have to again caution you with how you phrase your thoughts.

I know that you don't mean to say that all Haitians are "lazy," and yet that is what you did say. I know you meant to say that many Haitians today are not taking responsibility for the mess they've made of the country, but I know that you know that there are many of us who would do things very differently given the chance to do so--including you my non-lazy Haitian blogger friend.

Lloyd, I hope you do not get upset, but I feel I must point a fundamental flaw in your argument about language.

You see, if you reread what you yourself wrote, than you will see that instead of contradicting me, you actually proved my point.

You said that the Dominican republic has no language issue and that is why they are prospering.

Well the fact is that they have no language issue because they have not created a language issue like we have. However, just like us, their language is the language of their old masters the Spaniards.

What they have done is simply educate their people properly--just like Jamaica, Martinique, Reunion, Dominica, Trinidad, Cuba, Barbados etc.--all countries that use the language of their masters.

The topic is: Go back to school and learn French!
This is a reply to Msg 13326
Posted by Linda on February 15 2009 at 1:05 PM

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El Caribeno says...

Il faut dire cela à Tiba et Linda qui, quand ils parlent sur ce glog concernant haiti, c'est comme s'ils parlaient de Jamaiqie et more »

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Robert M. St Fleur says...

Je suis cent pour cent d'accord avec vous Mr. Bastien; le francais reste simplement une langue, une facon de communiquer aux autres. Cela n'a rien more »

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Llyod Benneth Le Bourru says...

On ne fait que promoter la langue d'un de nos oppresseurs.On n'est plus dessalinien.Si on est laid,c'est la faute de notre more »

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Linda says...

Lloyd, this argument about "the language of our masters", which if I remember correctly is from the author Frantz Fannon, is outdated and can more »

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Tiba says...

Linda, I hope everyone here would read your post on this language issue and understand that this is nothing but a scapegoat Haitians are using more »

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Llyod says...

Linda,i always manage to respect your opinion even when i desagree with you.I've been around the world and base on my observation that most of more »

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Yves Salamanque says...

Hello Mr LLOYD Well said. I was fustige sur ce site parceque j'ai suggere que les Haitiens parlent leur propre langue car ici en France les more »

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Greg Peters says...

Vous avez completement raison. Haiti est completement isolee. Le Creole Haitien est seulement parle par les Haitiens. En Martinique presque tout more »

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Greg Peters says...

En realite, si Haiti avait un bon programme d'education, la seconde langue d'Haiti serait l'espanole a cause de la proximite de la more »

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Linda says...

Tiba my blogging friend, I have to again caution you with how you phrase your thoughts. I know that you don't mean to say that all Haitians more »