Gainako,
This is another area we need expert help. I grew up with Bandeh as in
Lamin Bandeh or Cherno Bandeh just to start reading Baldeh at school.
Whether it is the Fula /Fulbe finding their own voice I do not know but
it is worth looking into.
BambaLaye you ask my Mandinka folk to pronounce CHEmistry or a
Banjulian to say TH. Thats another story.
Malanding
Abdoulie Jallow wrote:
> Yoro:
>
> The "P" in Arabic is pronounced as "B." The letter "F" is the equivalent of
> "fa" in Arabic.
> You're right, out of the 28 alphabets in Arabic, there is no equivalent for
> "P" thus they pronounce "P" as "B" or "ba" in Arabic. Have you talked to a
> Middle-Eastern in English lately?
> Try to have them say "piss off"...they might spit in your face or pull a
> sword at you -:))
>
> -Laye
>
>
> On 5/22/08, Y Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Baldeh is a last name certainly. There might be 'Bandeh' as well, just
>> because of the pronounciation difficulty. I am convinced that it should be
>> Baldeh, which is the same as Bah.
>>
>>
>>
>> On the other hand, one cannot rule out that a surname 'Bandeh' might exist.
>>
>> A little observation:
>>
>> For e.g.
>>
>> Some non-Fulbe from my home village pronounce 'Baldeh' as 'Bandeh.' There
>> are numerous alphabets that are in 'hal-pular' that I don't find in english
>> and others. It might be the same for others as well. In a similar vein,
>> arabic doesn't have 'p', instead they use 'f' for the work of the 'P'.
>>
>> The above is just my observation and not from any book . I will keep an eye
>> to it, and probably further to ask my matrilineal uncles who are Baldeh by
>> surnames. May be others might come to your aid as well if you state what led
>> to your question.
>>
>> Baldeh-bolong!
>>
>>
>> YJ
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 17:35:11 -0400
>>> From: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: Is it Baldeh or Bandeh?
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> Probably both. I know people who have the last name Baldeh and others
>>>
>> with the last name Bandeh. it could also be, that somehow along the line,
>> one of these last names changed due to mispronunciation and just stuck. Or
>> that they just completely have nothing to do with each other. i am not an
>> expert on this, but that is my take, Hopefully the Baldeh's can shed some
>> light on this
>>
>>> Fatou
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Sent: Thu, 22 May 2008 11:59 am
>>> Subject: Is it Baldeh or Bandeh?
>>>
>>>
>>> Folks,
>>> Is the surname Bandeh or Baldeh? Can anyone help?
>>>
>>> Malanding Jaiteh
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