Responding to the message of Thu, 27 Mar 1997 13:13:55 EDT
from "TSAHAYE N. MAEKEBAY" <MAEKETN@CHARON.ENGGA.UWO.CA>:
Selamat
You donn't have to prefere Arabic if it is not your choice.At the same time
it is wrong to impose your preference over the others who happen to be
their preference different from yours.When you prefer Tiger over Arabic,I
belive you have your oun reason that led you to prefere it.The same is true
for those who chose Arabic as on official language in Eritrea,and if thire
reason dose not make sense to you it make sense to them.In this kind of
sutiation,what do you do? are you still going to follow your teacher
instruction?
You donn't wont hear about Arabic is used in religioun things?What do you
do if religioun was and is the reason? Do you expect people to create a
reason which is unrelevant to them?
Adam
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> I still have a vivid memory when one day our high school
> history teacher, named Mohamed Nur Faid, told us that Arabic and
> Tigrina are the two national languages in Eritrea. I asked him two
> questions. The first one was "How come Arabic is our national
> language while we do not have people whose first language is Arabic?"
> And the second question was " What is a national language anyway? And
> if a country is going to choose its national language, should it be
> from its own languages our imported one?" Guess what his answer was,
> he asked me, sarcasically, if I am one of those who do not like
> Arabic language to be one of our national languages.
> The whole class divided into two: those who said Arabic should not
> be our national languag and those who supported it be. The argument
> was so intense that our science teacher has to cancel his class and
> spent advising us to agree on big issues and ignore smaller ones.
> Now the issue seems to be back in dehai again. Saleh Gadi talked
> about it but he did not give enough explanations about why and how.
> So before I get into these difficult matter, I would like to ask
> Saleh and others why should I prefer Arabic as my national language
> over Tigre. I do not want to hear that Arabic is used in religious
> things. I need clear and honest explanations.
> I hope some of my used to be high school class-mates are
> following this dicussions.
> Looking forward!!
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