Listening to Ourselves: A Multilingual Anthology of Kmtyw Philosophy (SUNY Press)-gctid129833

[Heru Djet]

Obadele Kambon;259084 wrote: I've seen. This is not done is Asante Twi, Akuapem Twi or in the Standard Akan Orthography. Unfortunately Kasahorow has added chaos into the mix as following them will confuse you if you read any book ever written by anyone other than them. Again, no orthography other than their proposed one does this and this is the main way to discern someone who does not know how to write from someone who does. The thing about the Wiredu chapter is that even in the same paragraph sometimes he writes correctly and other times he separates so it's not even internally consistent. At least with the Kasahorow people they are consistent (i.e., even a broken clock is right twice a day.)

They even suggested this in a Kiswahili book that they published, which is, as you know, not correct. I do like that their books are inexpensive and widely available. I also like their mission. However, their deviation from the standard orthography is somewhat confusing.

I'm re-reading their book on "Modern Haunited snakes" now and have noticed that they propose a simplified system for noting plurality of nouns and for creating adjective-noun agreement. However, both are non-standard approaches. Apparently they had a consultant from Nigeria. I'm wondering how intelligible this approach would be for people who haven't learned from their texts.

[Agya Yaw]

Obadele Kambon;259084 wrote: I've seen. This is not done is Asante Twi, Akuapem Twi or in the Standard Akan Orthography. Unfortunately Kasahorow has added chaos into the mix as following them will confuse you if you read any book ever written by anyone other than them. Again, no orthography other than their proposed one does this and this is the main way to discern someone who does not know how to write from someone who does. The thing about the Wiredu chapter is that even in the same paragraph sometimes he writes correctly and other times he separates so it's not even internally consistent. At least with the Kasahorow people they are consistent (i.e., even a broken clock is right twice a day.)

I have the Kasahorow dictionary. I think I told you about it [MENTION=1]Obadele Kambon[/MENTION]. It confused me to no end when I first got it a few years back. I had to put it down. Now that I know more I can discern what's good and what's not.