27 July 2009

i am also fine!

i believe i have mentioned how much i hate the word obruni. the
children here chant it and yell it and call it after us anywhere and
everywhere we go.
the amount that i hate being called obruni is equal to the amount i
love hearing three other words: "i am fine." those exact same
obnoxious children, when they are not shouting obruni, can be so
polite and proper. greetings are very important in ghana; everywhere
you go, you greet everyone. often in twi WO HO TE SAYN, and then
respond ME HOYAY.
or, just say how are you? and the littlest children respond, as
politely and properly as can be, in their cute ghanaian english, i am
fine!

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