Ralph, You make a good point, unfortunately, language is not

Pertaining to French should not be official, Ralph,

You make a good point, unfortunately, language is not the problem in Haiti, it has never been, and never will be.

The way, you presented your argument and according to many Haitians, it's like if English becomes the official language in Haiti then everything will be fine and all of Haiti's problems will be solved in a blank of an eye. And this is complete hogwash!

Everybody in Haiti, illeterate Haitians, educated Haitians, black Haitians, white Haitians, Ayisyen kribish chode, etc. ALL speak Creole from the time they were born till the time they die.

French, on the other hand, is spoken ONLY by a few Haitians, mostly the elite/bourgeois class solely to differentiate themselves from the masses and "pou fe interesant kaka chen."

Ralph, the other truth about Creole language is that Haiti is not THE only country and place where Creole is spoken.

But Chinese lanaguage only spoken in China, Japanese language is spoken only in Japan, etc..

and yet, these countries are doing extremly well.

Due to their own inferiority complex, Haitians by nature are prone to always appreciate the social custome of white people and try to adopt it instead of appreciating anything Haitian.

The problems, the failure, and the down fall of Haiti are the results of Haiti's leaders incompetence and mediocrity, and the absence of the "know-how" plain and simple.

Whether English, or French, or Spanish becomes Haiti's official language tomorrow that will still not change squat unless they are some so-called leaders with brain, competence, the know-how (le savoir faire), and capable to provide leardership to the Haitian people.

The topic is: French should not be official
This is a reply to Msg 22718
Posted by Tiba on June 27 2010 at 3:33 PM

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Nadege says...

Whatever, Zac. What is it that you're hearing from Haiti? All I know is what I'm getting from the mainstream media. Unfortunately, I suspect more »

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Ralph says...

Well as for everyone here, I completely understand both sides of the argument. As for what I think would be a great solution, might not be more »

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Marjorie Middy says...

You do have valid points on using French in Haiti. But I believe we can embrace both French and Haitian Creole equally. A third language as more »

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Universal says...

Bring Aristide back to teach languages and more »

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Tiba says...

Ralph, You make a good point, unfortunately, language is not the problem in Haiti, it has never been, and never will be. The way, you presented more »

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Bernadette S. says...

Tiba, I agree with you that Haiti's down fall is not language per se but poor administration is the true culprit. However, I have to disagree more »

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Ralph says...

well i sort of agree with some of what you said. First I would like to say that, if another language was spoken in Haiti aside from more »

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Ralph says...

Hello my dear friend. I completely agree with you saying that the administration is the reason for Haiti's downfall. But as that being true, let more »

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Ralph says...

Hello my dear friend. I completely agree with you saying that the administration is the reason for Haiti's downfall. But as that being true, let more »

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Haitian Author Jean Pe says...

French is not Haitian second or First language, period. Just some of us who pretend to speak French think that Creole is not a language, but to more »

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