tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11894178.post6012521028154814379..comments2023-12-18T22:02:39.776+00:00Comments on Ramblings of a Procrastinator in Accra: Ghana Politics 101: When on the Radio DO use popular cliches/catchphrases.... By all Means NecessaryAbena Serwaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05888021677219851484noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11894178.post-90240478276324006722009-11-29T13:04:16.259+00:002009-11-29T13:04:16.259+00:00@Maya Mame; Thanks the compliment. That is so funn...@Maya Mame; Thanks the compliment. That is so funny about your husband on the radio! The 'Herculian task' is another great one I had completely forgotten. In fact, it appears our President is feeling a little overwhelmed by the 'Herculian task' of leading our great nation at this very moment!!Abena Serwaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05888021677219851484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11894178.post-86654602371404345022009-11-27T16:44:51.232+00:002009-11-27T16:44:51.232+00:00Abena Serwaa, clearly, you've been hearing my ...Abena Serwaa, clearly, you've been hearing my husband A LOT on the radio as I've caught him using several of these and often tease him of his supposed Chorkor connections. Just read it out to him and we had a good laugh. My mother also contributes that last year leading the country was described by all as "a Herculian task".<br /><br />Great writing!Maya Mamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285625732016505054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11894178.post-1527277739658396702009-11-27T12:16:38.460+00:002009-11-27T12:16:38.460+00:00@Anonymous: LOL, there is a whole buncha yelling b...@Anonymous: LOL, there is a whole buncha yelling but for some reason I usually can't tear myself away! You are right about the 'outdooring' of like everything. Also, how much sod is actually being cut on a daily basis in this country? You would think there is like hyper-development going on up in here!Abena Serwaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05888021677219851484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11894178.post-16050630957863857662009-11-27T11:10:52.728+00:002009-11-27T11:10:52.728+00:00Ha ha ha. I avoid listening to people talking poli...Ha ha ha. I avoid listening to people talking politics on the radio as much as possible because it just sounds like a lot of YELLING. However, I've noticed a similar trend in the newspapers. Any new product or building is "outdoored". Also anything new that happens in our society is a "phenomenon".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11894178.post-66140996891861450282009-11-25T09:39:47.212+00:002009-11-25T09:39:47.212+00:00@LaTonya: thanks! You are so right about radio bei...@LaTonya: thanks! You are so right about radio being the equivalent of tv in the US.Abena Serwaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05888021677219851484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11894178.post-36421244090622866452009-11-25T09:33:04.452+00:002009-11-25T09:33:04.452+00:00@Anonymous: *LOL* You had me laughing out loud thi...@Anonymous: *LOL* You had me laughing out loud this morning! Speaking of formal language, have always wondered about the overuse of adjusted and alighting. As for the hinterlands, I think it annoys me most since I hail from the 'nebulous hinterlands'.Abena Serwaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05888021677219851484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11894178.post-66526927139476422062009-11-25T08:46:56.382+00:002009-11-25T08:46:56.382+00:00@Kodjo; how could I forget Democratic Dispensation...@Kodjo; how could I forget Democratic Dispensation? That is a classic!<br /><br />@Raine: Hehehehe! That had me LMAO! I'm also shocked that he did not know honorarium since Latin words related to money are quite popular on the radio!!!! Honorarium, per diem...ex-gratiaAbena Serwaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05888021677219851484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11894178.post-51792680694120954352009-11-25T00:57:41.601+00:002009-11-25T00:57:41.601+00:00Thanks for educating me about what is popular is G...Thanks for educating me about what is popular is Ghana. Radio is to Ghana as TV is to America. Internet will bring us closer together at some point. Dejavu! Stay in touch and let me know more about Ghanians. TV in America does not do Africa ANY justice.LBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13677118533415922277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11894178.post-59706707287657527982009-11-24T20:42:43.141+00:002009-11-24T20:42:43.141+00:00Very funny post...made me read about 5 pages of ar...Very funny post...made me read about 5 pages of archives. Keep it up!<br /><br />What I can't stand at all is: "At the end of the day..." This is expression is not limited to politicians, aspiring or otherwise, but generally used in Ghanaian speech. At the end of which day? What about at the end of the week, month, year, decade or century?<br /><br />Other Ghanaian political favorites which you may have overlooked:<br /><br />1. "Socio-economic" blah blah blah (I remember this from the JJ Rawlings days where nothing was simply social or economic)<br /><br />2. "Capacity-building" (basically training...Ghanaians like making things sound unnecessarily complex)<br /><br />3. That nebulous place referred to as "the hinterland" (basically anywhere outside of Accra)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11894178.post-49141208084371352602009-11-24T20:23:18.995+00:002009-11-24T20:23:18.995+00:00This doesn't count but I'd like to share a...This doesn't count but I'd like to share anyway.<br /><br />I listened to a radio interview featuring Ghana's lone 'COWBOY'. <br /><br />The interviewer asked something along the lines of: "Are you being paid honorarium for your services?"<br /><br />In his Gha-merican accent, he yelled (in a 'smart' tone):<br /><br />"What is honorarium?! Do you mean aquarium??? Because what is honorarium??!!"<br /><br />Had a pretty good laugh that day.Rainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11894178.post-23941858452145102562009-11-24T20:15:21.576+00:002009-11-24T20:15:21.576+00:00A lot of them talk about our "democratic disp...A lot of them talk about our "democratic dispensation" - meaning this era of representative democracy.Kodjohttp://princeofadovoria.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com