September 29, 2006
The last word on the Digital Indaba
From jaywalking: cartoons about a way of life. For the full story - or at least most of it - read the GlobalVoices' indaba roundup.
Posted by aheavens at September 29, 2006 9:45 AM
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Hee hee!
Posted by: Amber Henshaw at September 29, 2006 10:09 AM
Interesting controversy. But I'd like to take the lighter side on this.
Andrew, do you realize the controversial word "Indaba" is just a couple of consonant movements away from creating a whole new word and controversy among Ethiopians? I will let you stew on that for a couple of days and figure out what I mean by it, if you already don't. You may have to ask for help from your Ethiopian freinds. LOL
Oh, and once you figure out what I mean, the possibilities for a great sourse of endless jokes about the word will be endless!!! LOL
Posted by: Chereka at September 29, 2006 6:56 PM
well...here is a consonant movement of the word "indaba"...TO "inbada"...which has a meaning of "let's fuck". Man, the person who wrote is crazy. Anyways..if you read the word "indaba"..."ind..aba"...will have a meaning "Like the Monk/Priest"...so funnily the same word work it out a bit and will have a completely different meaning.
Peace Andrew!
Posted by: t at September 30, 2006 12:29 PM
Many thanks Chereka and t - my pitiful Amharic has just taken a giant step forward.
Posted by: andrew at September 30, 2006 3:53 PM
No problem Andrew.
t, thanks for the other meaning of indaba. I must say I was a bit embarassed for not recognizing that word first. I guess my libido was on overdrive that day. :)
Posted by: Chereka at October 4, 2006 6:00 PM