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< July 1 2010 at 2:03 AM >
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 me, Jean Pe, Creole is a normal language.

The other creole languages in the world may be a dialect, but Haitian Creole is definitely a language.

A language spoken by more then 7 millions people, how come it's not a language?

Now, You said "if we as Haitian made it mandatory to educate our own to SPELL properly and READ properly, creole would not be necessary."

I guess that you referred to French language.

Well, let me ask "why not instead take time teaching the people their Creole language properly and make is an official only language in Haiti?

As I said before, "Haitian people do not speak French".

The language is not function in Haiti.

French is merely use in Haiti by some people who try to make themselves stand out; to make believe that they are more educated.

You see the problem is being the kind of people most of us are. For example, almost anything bad they say about Haiti or Haitian people, we just let go and accept it and then they all become what they think of us.

So that's how it came about Creole is not a language.

Because we've heard that for too long and we accepted it as being true. But it's not a true fact. n1hc.com

The topic is: French should not be official
This is a reply to Msg 22779
Posted by Haitian Author Jean Pe on July 1 2010 at 2:03 AM



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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 plausible for many. I believe the first thing we should do as Haitians for Haiti should be, we should use the > >
Ralph, 27-Jun-10 10:26 am
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 a non-native tongue could be studied from grammar school and on. Marjorie Middy > >
Marjorie Middy, 27-Jun-10 1:29 pm
Bring Aristide back to teach languages and communications. > >
Universal, 27-Jun-10 1:40 pm
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 i > >
Tiba, 27-Jun-10 3:33 pm
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 with you with French usage in Haiti. True, French is spoken mainly by very few as a main language. Everyb > >
Bernadette S., 27-Jun-10 10:16 pm
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 Creole. They would be some kind of unity between the have and the have not. Second, Businessmen in Haiti could vent > >
Ralph, 30-Jun-10 9:53 pm
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 us not forget that the people of Haiti also has some blames with the lack of education and the lack of > >
Ralph, 30-Jun-10 10:29 pm
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 us not forget that the people of Haiti also has some blames with the lack of education and the lack of > >
Ralph, 30-Jun-10 10:35 pm
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 me, Jean Pe, Creole is a normal language. The other creole languages in the world may be a dialect, > >
Haitian Author Jean Pe, 1-Jul-10 2:03 am
orthography is not the problem since creole syntactically is closer to English than French. That is why the yankee learn creole faster than French or Spanish. Go to the following sites and translate any text you want from French to Spanish then to I > >
Zeb, 1-Jul-10 3:04 am
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