Chess King non-white, 1mil bail for horrid deeds.

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Date: 15 Sep 2006 05:01:48
From: Roget
Subject: Chess King non-white, 1mil bail for horrid deeds.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/story?id=2429725

Has anybody met this man?

Have you ever had the brilliant immigrant professor whose english
speech you understood less than fifty percent?

Date: 16 Sep 2006 16:06:29
From:
Subject: Re: Chess King non-white, 1mil bail for horrid deeds.

Roget wrote:
> http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/story?id=2429725
>
> Has anybody met this man?

I have met him twice, once in Lowell, MA, and once in Stratton
Mountain, VT. What of it?

> Have you ever had the brilliant immigrant professor whose english
> speech you understood less than fifty percent?

I would not characterize Wamala's English that way at all. While his
speech was noticeably accented, I found it perfectly comprehensible,
almost impeccable, or at least far better than most Americans'. Uganda
was a British colony for about 70 years, and English once was and still
may be its official language, so it's not surprising that an educated
man from there would speak English well.
None of this, of course, has any bearing on his legal guilt or
innocence. If he has done what he is charged with, it is a heinous
offense.

Date: 19 Sep 2006 11:57:03
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: Chess King non-white, 1mil bail for horrid deeds.

<[email protected] > wrote:
> I would not characterize Wamala's English that way at all. While his
> speech was noticeably accented, I found it perfectly comprehensible,
> almost impeccable, or at least far better than most Americans'. Uganda
> was a British colony for about 70 years, and English once was and still
> may be its official language, so it's not surprising that an educated
> man from there would speak English well.

English is still the official language, according to the CIA World
Factbook.

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ug.html

Dave.

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