I am starting a thread on Zamglish or Zambian English. My Zambian-themed novel has characters who speak this vibrant and unique brand of English. The idea of a collection of Zamglish phrases is borrowed from the now defunct Zambian online magazine Chrysalis.

I hope Zambians (and non-Zambians who have a clue what I am talking about) out there will contribute their favourite phrases and help me build a comprehensive collection of Zamglish phrases. It is my sincere hope that together we will contribute to improving communications between those of us who share a common language (she says tongue in cheek!).

To start the collection here are some Zamglish phrases that spring to mind:

What do you make it?                      
What time is it?

How are you keeping up?             
How is life?/How are you?  

Where are you keeping up?         
Where are you staying?

I can’t get you/ I don't get you.     
I don’t understand what you are saying.

As more phrases come back to me, I will add them to the list (see my Zamglish page).

Over to you!

Cherry B

Well the site is coming along and I am almost happy with the layout. A few pages need content adding,  but I am getting there. Now I need to stop procrastinating and get writing!

Cherry B

My website is now up and running though still a work in progress. I am surprised at how additive it is and I find myself thinking about the layout and content all the time, thinking what I can change and what I can add to make it more interesting. Never mind just filling up the pages I have created so far.

I have chopped and changed so much already and no doubt will continue to do so. Probably another displacement activity to avoid actually writing my novels and other work in progress. Yes, I have two novels on the go. The first have been working on for several years now - the one I have always threatened to write and to include everyone I know. Then, there is the one I started writing during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). This one is further along, having attempted to reach 50,000 words during the month of November. I managed 30,000 and the count is now up to 60,000, 40,000 short of my target.

But more about these wonderful works in later blogs. For now, it is back to website designing.

Until next time!

Cherry B