Who is the first high learned man to rule Ghana? Your answer obviously is the Professor of Law, J.E.A. Mills. The History students should jot this down. This is a greatest achievement for Ghana to be blessed with the man of the letters. A dream much waited.

Professor Mills evidently did not acquire his title by virtue of
working as a clerk in Law Firm perhaps in France. Professor Mills has
demonstrated in one thousand and one ways his flexibility over the
queen´s language. And his dynamism in the use of the English Language
promulgated his campaign message to both the lettered and
half-lettered.

Read these statements: "A government that attaches premium to
formation rather than substance worships mediocrity" and "Our policies
must put emphasis on the exigencies of the time". These statements
were made by the Professor. Don´t they sound very academic and
professorial to your ears? These are two of the million good speeches
of President Mills whose middle name is English.

Who and who were not there when he made his inaugural ceremony speech
extempore? No sheets of papers in hand! I mean offhand! That´s
unprecedented!

Let us come to the issue itself: just few months ago, President Mills
delivered his maiden address to parliament. It was eloquently and ably
delivered with the usual flair. However, just as it occurs in our
everyday spoken language, he mispronounced "economy" as "ecomini". The
phenomenon of mispronunciation otherwise known as "slip of tongue" has
happened to anyone who ever lived. For that matter I regard this
"ecomini" as something not worth discussion within the domain of
little brains.

Surprisingly, this "ecomini" has made a lot of waves within so-called
lettered people, radio stations, newspapers and all the rags. Radio
stations have edited this speech with background instrumentals which
is played as breakfast for listeners. I hardly read news headlines on
the internet without the "ecomini" and newspapers see this word as a
market gimmick. Now, we have several remixed and reloaded versions of
the "ecomini" with all genres of music used as ringing tones and that
is really the most annoying!

I do not blame all these people in the province of the "ecomini
fooling", because I can simply describe them as dunderheads. If slip
of the tongue or spoonerism or marrowsky is new to these goof-offs,
then I pity them. I will humbly refer them to read more on "Reverend
William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930), Early 20th Century British
Educator".

More so, Queens of England, supposed Mothers of English, have many a
times mispronounced words that were later married in the English
Language. Mispronunciation existed donkeys years before these teasers
came to life. So, why the fuss about Professor´s "ecomini"! I assume
they can think beyond this "ecomini", right?

This is a gross disrespect and disparage to the presidency, the
highest authority of the country which does not bring anything
meaningful to us as Ghanaians. The manipulations and transmissions of
the "ecomini" are just unacceptable! However, P. W. Botha declared
that "Calling someone monkey does not make him a monkey". So, the
"ecominiots" can continue wallowing in bliss of ignominy. Prof remains
Prof.

Now let us go down the memory lane: consider this sentence, "Me and my
boss........" Who made mountain out of this egregious grammatical missile?

If this statement was made in England, there was no way the speaker
could escape trial at the Grammar Court of Subject Misplacement. Get
the rule! The rule states that when you have two subjects with "I",
put the "I" second and follow it with a singular verb. "My boss and
I......" is correct. Besides that "Me and my boss......" was
screamingly colloquial and the niggers in America will avoid it.

Listen to this bombshell: "The Abudus and the late Ya-Naa are one".
The same speaker made this statement without a pinch of guilt. The
Grammar Court of Proximity Rule wished he had made this statement in
England. Get the rule! The Rule of Proximity states that a singular
subject near the verb must take a singular verb and vice versa. Let us
take the corrections: "The Abudus and the late Ya-Naa is one" or "The
late Ya-Naa and the Abudus are one"

These are legitimate statements made by a man who evidently had
problems reading scripts written for him. These statements were not
slip of the tongue but an affliction of acute "grammartitis" and
"vocabularaemia". Who fussed it? Who instrumentalised it? Who remixed
it? Are these "ecominiots" proving that little minds discuss events?
Please, you can do better!

These "ecominiots" ought to stop the "ecomini" noises or I will call a
press release on Jak´s syntax blunders. Hogwash!

Salaam!

Credit: Abdulai Hanan R. Confidence
NTC, Tamale
TEIN (P.R.O.)
[confidencegh@gmail.com]