Comments on GUYANA: Big Boss Man.

thank you. i learn a lot from your comments

2008-07-08T04:36:00.000-04:00

thank you. i learn a lot from your comments

Hyndm, I'm glad you asked...it gave me the opportu...

2008-07-07T20:00:00.000-04:00

Hyndm, I'm glad you asked...it gave me the opportunity to think, to not sit back and be complacent. That's why I said I wrote that long bit of explanation, I was talking to you, but talking out loud to myself too.

i respect the thoughtful, considerate, and compass...

2008-07-07T15:46:00.000-04:00

i respect the thoughtful, considerate, and compassionate writing style you share through the blog. no disrespect intended.

I actually wrote the above mostly for myself, come...

2008-07-07T14:20:00.000-04:00

I actually wrote the above mostly for myself, come to think of it....

Hyndm, perhaps some locals / Guyanese overseas bel...

2008-07-07T14:14:00.000-04:00

Hyndm, perhaps some locals / Guyanese overseas believe I'm supposed to be 'representing' my culture. Which is not reeeeally so. Most times I write to find a way for myself, exploring here, to find a way to live in peace / harmony with where I am.

Here's why I try to let readers understand the local dialect rather than let them 'work' to understand:

I love my readers dearly. I want to lead them gently into my part of the world, and I want them get my point, and quickly. A blog is in competition with THOUSANDS, millions, of blogs worldwide, readers are reading fast, sometimes just zipping through...you want to grab a person's attention, and hold it. [Learnt this from working in the media...let's say, I'm media oriented in my training as a writer].

Besides, this style might sound easy to read to me and you and others, but to a non-local, this style may be tough enough to understand, why make it harder?

I'd like to think that what I write transcends the local. I want readers to see beneath the words I write rather than have them 'work' at figuring out the local dialect. It's interesting how many non-local readers see the symbols and metaphors and other figures of speech, and connect them to the human experience. I truly appreciate them for doing this.

Having written for various media AND for ads, I've come to understand this too...a blog style is different from book style which is different from tv style which is different from movie style.

Oh...something I almost forgot...you know how those ole time story tellers would pause to explain a word, a phrase, a thought? That's what I hope I'm doing too...imitating them in some way. I've had enough ole time story tellers in the family to learn from.

sorry...i get that point, totally agree. no i mean...

2008-07-07T10:54:00.000-04:00

sorry...i get that point, totally agree. no i meant the expanding on local terms for non-locals. i mean, why should they not work a little to understand?

Hello Hyndm, there are some things I cannot say [o...

2008-06-30T15:57:00.000-04:00

Hello Hyndm, there are some things I cannot say [on the blog] for fear of...well, in a not so safe place like this, it's better to not say much...is this what you meant by 'exposition'?

Love your political insights!!z I wonder though if...

2008-06-28T22:09:00.000-04:00

Love your political insights!!z I wonder though if your literary flow is constrained by exposition? I don't mean to exclude anyone, just a thought.

Jean-Jacques, one-upmanship, power...they all want...

2008-06-16T12:51:00.000-04:00

Jean-Jacques, one-upmanship, power...they all want it.

Hello Marc Lane, welcome, and please forgive MY bad manners for not saying thank you earlier.

Walmart at it again, Mr. Nighttime?

“Mm-hm” (I agree with your mom)One-upmanship I thi...

2008-06-10T16:03:00.000-04:00

“Mm-hm” (I agree with your mom)
One-upmanship I think is the word - many people having been born "with a competition" in their hearts -
one of our human flaws.

There are (many) exceptions tho, thankfully!
J.J.

PS: Now you got me in the mood for Chicken curry and roti

Please forgive my poor manners. You have a lovely ...

2008-06-09T23:43:00.000-04:00

Please forgive my poor manners. You have a lovely blog.

A plague on all Bossmen. I love roti and curry. Ha...

2008-06-09T23:36:00.000-04:00

A plague on all Bossmen. I love roti and curry. Had it been me one of us would've been swimming.

GG-If you liked that Tesco story, you're gonna lov...

2008-06-09T12:03:00.000-04:00

GG-If you liked that Tesco story, you're gonna love this:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/25/walmart.insurance.battle/

Olivia, the first time I discovered that rivers ca...

2008-06-09T05:43:00.000-04:00

Olivia, the first time I discovered that rivers can be small was when I saw the Thames. Small rivers can be great fun too, I have a friend in one of the Caribbean islands, he used to live on a hillside, and at the bottom of his garden was a small river. Imagine, a river in your garden! With huge rocks in the shade that you can sit on.

Mr. Nighttime...

Hayden...

soon after I read your comment I saw this on tv: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/apr/18/tesco.medialaw

[still haven't figured out how to do links in the comment box...sigh]

When Mum first went to London and saw the River Th...

2008-06-07T22:24:00.000-04:00

When Mum first went to London and saw the River Thames she said, "That's not a river, that's a ditch!"

If there is any one consistent to human history, i...

2008-06-07T02:46:00.000-04:00

If there is any one consistent to human history, it is that the strong will always prey on the weak. It is the thing that still links us to our animal nature, whether we like to admit it or not. Big Boss and security boy are like the lion and the hyena. The hyena often gets left with the scraps that the lion doesn't want......

big bosses are the same world over. little bosses...

2008-06-06T23:21:00.000-04:00

big bosses are the same world over. little bosses like that too, only worse. want to pull their hair out.

HAHAHAHAHA, Mopsy, what a nice idea.

2008-06-06T19:19:00.000-04:00

HAHAHAHAHA, Mopsy, what a nice idea.

Too bad the security guard did not have enough tim...

2008-06-06T17:51:00.000-04:00

Too bad the security guard did not have enough time to put some caster oil in the curry and roti,and then gave it to Boss Man [Wat ah scraven dag he is]....mopsy

john. g. YES. He does, he really does sound like M...

2008-06-06T15:52:00.000-04:00

john. g. YES. He does, he really does sound like Mugabe.

Sounds like Mugabe!BTW, could do with your advice ...

2008-06-06T14:45:00.000-04:00

Sounds like Mugabe!

BTW, could do with your advice over at mine!

Sab, that really is the problem. We can't do anyth...

2008-06-06T14:44:00.000-04:00

Sab, that really is the problem. We can't do anything about it.

I think I'll go drink some tea and have honey with raisin buns.

Thanks Linda [trouble with only words, you can't s...

2008-06-06T14:35:00.000-04:00

Thanks Linda [trouble with only words, you can't see me grinning!] Imagine a hard wooden seat and you're sitting for ages :-D

Krimo, yes, that's how they all look, they must all patronise the same fashion house for dictators or something. Aiyee, after reading your Algeria post, you make me want to go there too.

Hello Shari, welcome, and thank youuu for visiting!

Pat, I only wish. Oooh now I want cake and honey. With tea mmmm, did you read Krimo's post on Algeria? And the posts on Marrakesh? siiiigh.

CG, yes, how did you know? One long suck teeth, the closed-mouth, tight-lipped kind.

Unfortunately too many selfish 'Bossmen' are in po...

2008-06-06T14:21:00.000-04:00

Unfortunately too many selfish 'Bossmen' are in positions of power and they couldn't care less about the rest of humankind. The big problem is that there doesn't seem to be anything anyone can do about it.

I have no idea what precisely it means to sit on s...

2008-06-06T14:02:00.000-04:00

I have no idea what precisely it means to sit on something that corns you bahind, but I get it EXACTLY and will make every effort to avoid this situation. Your writing really makes me chuckle. It is delightful.