Carolyn's sins of commission
Published:Thursday | May 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM
THE EDITOR, SIR:
I HAVE been reading Professor Carolyn Cooper's columns, and I have pointed out several 'sins of commission' by her which have left me bewildered and bemused, and I guess there may be good reasons for you not to publish such glaring misconceptions by one of your columnists.
Her column in the latest edition of The Sunday Gleaner has added another dimension of desperation to her quest to become bilingual!
Talk about blinded by self-importance! The 'Great Ideator' has now enlisted none other than the GREAT CREATOR on her side!! 'Even God speaks patois' thunders the headline, but what follows is nothing short of shameful! Apart from being most irreverent, it is a sloppy piece of journalism. Her attempts to write in her favourite second language did little more than confirm the fact that Patois is no more than broken, misspelt English, despite her attempts to use a 'K' where most writers of Patois would use a 'C', in a futile attempt to camouflage its origins. What I cannot understand is what would drive someone to such extremes for such an unworthy quest. Such zeal correctly applied could accomplish a great good.
I am, etc.,
Carlton A. Reynolds