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		02/26/03 02:03:35 AM
What is your name?		James Peel
Where are you from? (Optional)		UK
Do you have any comments?		Dear Chris, thank you for your help with my language question, best wishes, James.
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		02/25/03 03:17:06 PM
What is your name?		PATRICK GABRIEL JIMAJA
Where are you from? (Optional)		Bénin
Do you have any comments?		DEAR CHRIS, FRIEND OF BENIN, MY MOTHERLAND, I'M VERY GLAD BY VISITING THIS WEB SITE. IT'S A WONDERFUL JOB YOU ARE DOING!!! THANKS. JE ME RENDS BIEN CONPTE DE TOUT L'EFFORT QUE VOUS ABATTEZ POUR FACILITER L'APPRENTISSAGE COMBIEN COMPLEXE DE LA LANGUE FON. EN VOUS REPRESENTANT MES VIVES FELICITATIONS, JE VOUS ASSURE DE MA FRANCHE COLABORATION DANS CETTE NOBLE MISSION LINGUISTIQUE. PATRICK GABRIEL JIMAJA
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		02/23/03 02:34:41 PM
What is your name?		Renee
Do you have any comments?		I am a student wh o was recently assigned a project on Benin. This was the most helpful website. All the pictures add a lot of pizzazz to the final presentation. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

		02/19/03 11:43:11 AM
What is your name?		L. Marie Wood
Do you have any comments?		This is an excellent site! As an author looking for an authentic dialect for her next novel, this site has been most helpful. Thanks! L. Marie Wood Author of Crescendo www.lmariewood.com
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		01/30/03 09:38:19 PM
What is your name?		Tiffany Zenith Ivins
Where are you from? (Optional)		Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Do you have any comments?		Yes! I am in love with a Beninese man names Enagnon Claude Toze from Porto Novo. We talk to his family on the phone and we can best understand each other in broken French. Instead of working on French, I've wanted to perfect my Fon since this is the language of all the good secrets! I am very grateful to you and hope this will make frienship and romance even more spicy and rewarding for me, Enagnon & all the Tozes!!
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		01/30/03 01:58:09 PM
What is your name?		Jim Lipsey
Where are you from? (Optional)		Tampa, Florida
Do you have any comments?		Chris: I stumbled across your Fon Is Fun site in an effort to learn more about this wonderful, new (to me) singer named Angelique Kidjo. Her song No Worry, from the Oremi album has been getting a lot of “airplay” recently on www.smoothjazz.com. A couple of years ago, my employer loaned me a CD which had a compilation of songs by various African musicians. Though I understood none of the languages, I enjoyed all of the music and Kidjo’s Batonga quickly grew to be one of my favorite songs. I didn’t bother to look for any of her recordings locally, because I assumed (maybe too quickly) that they wouldn’t have been deemed “commercially viable” by the major distributors. When I heard No Worry coming from my PC’s speakers I immediately recognized her voice and thought to myself, “Mawu! Enyo Din!” (Courtesy of Fon Is Fun, of course.) I started searching the internet, learned Kidjo is from Benin, and then began searching for translations of her lyrics into English. I found your site fairly quickly and have been trying to soak up the language for the last two hours. The maddening part is that, unlike the Beninese, I have a deadline tomorrow morning and now I have to work even later tonight. Why did you have to make your website so darned intriguing?! Anyway, just wanted to let you know I appreciate your obviously intensive effort in putting the website together, and helping others who otherwise couldn’t to explore our world. A parting question: do you know if anyone has translated Kidjo’s lyrics? Edabo, Jim Lipsey Tampa, Florida
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		01/07/03 03:57:41 PM
What is your name?		Susan Pike
Where are you from? (Optional)		Chatham, Massachusetts (Cape Cod)
Do you have any comments?		We have a friend locally (Bolanile Talabi) that imigrated to Cape Cod with his wife about 5 years ago. I wanted to find out more about Benin and was so impressed with your photo journal! Thank you for being a Peace Corp Volunteer. You made a difference in peoples lives and came away with a different soul.
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		01/07/03 01:00:05 PM
What is your name?		aurélie
Where are you from? (Optional)		france en provence
Do you have any comments?		Je me suis entrainée toute la soirée à parler Fon du mieux possible, je m'épate moi-même. Je vais au Bénin durant trois mois cet été en stage dans un orphelinat dans le sud, j'espère que ça va amuser les enfants de m'entendre parler ainsi L'appel du pays se fait de plus en plus sentir, chaque soir je gambade dans les rues de Cotonou de Porto Novo, je m'endors m'amusant avec des enfants béninois... C'est magique... Merci de contribuer à ce rêve......
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		01/07/03 07:20:18 AM
What is your name?		EZ.
Where are you from? (Optional)		France
Do you have any comments?		Merci à toi. J'avais besoin de renseignements sur le Bébin et sur la langue Fon car par le biais de Plan International France je parraine une petite Béninoise, Zohounchi. Encore merci et bravo.
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		01/03/03 11:45:31 AM
What is your name?		D
Where are you from? (Optional)		USA
Do you have any comments?		I am searching for ANY copy(need not be the original vinyl)of Angelique Kidjo's first LP,entitled PRETTY (1980). Approximately 200,000 copies were sold in West Africa . Any leads or suggestions will be genuinely appreciated.
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		12/31/02 08:38:11 PM
What is your name?		aboenionhou
Where are you from? (Optional)		france,bordeaux
Do you have any comments?		well, of course it's a wonderful site; in particularly for guys like me,from benin,who tries to learn fon by themself,despite they have no one to learn with. sorry for my english.GOOD SUCCESS .and don't forget french speakers for your site.
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		12/31/02 06:11:15 AM
What is your name?		Claire Rainville
Where are you from? (Optional)		Vancouver Island ca.
Do you have any comments?		For all interested in Fon and Benin there is a forum on the web site http://www.opays.com . I have received answers but very slowly, in african time! Would anyone know what language their radio programs are?
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		12/31/02 05:57:58 AM
What is your name?		Claire Rainville
Where are you from? (Optional)		Vancouver Island ca.
Do you have any comments?		Hello, I have to thank you for your very informative web site, Iam so happy to have found it... I sponsor a young Aja school boy in a Lalo village community and have been sending graphics with french or english words, now I heard that fon and aja are both understood so Iam sending him a copy with french and english transalations of all your work. ! This way he will at least learn french . Happy New Year from Vancouver Island Ca. Claire
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		12/24/02 04:25:14 AM
What is your name?		Inge
Where are you from? (Optional)		Belgium
Do you have any comments?		Hi! I love the work you've done... This is one of the bettre sites on Bénin I've visited. Next year (probably March) me and my Beninese boyfriend are going to visit his Mother in Ouidah. He hasn't seen her for thirty years, he left his country when he was six and never returned. I'm thrilled I can learn a few words 'Fon' before going to visit. It will be a great adventure and all tips anyone would like to give are more than welcome! Merry Christmas and a Happy Newyear! Inge
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		12/18/02 04:33:37 AM
What is your name?		Idris
Where are you from? (Optional)		Lyon, FRANCE
Do you have any comments?		Afongandjia! J'habite en France et je suis d'origine Béninoise, et plus précisément yoruba! Je n'ai pu allé que très peu de fois au Bénin et je ne connais que quelques mots en Fon! Votre sîte va me permettre de m'améliorer dans cette langue qui m'avait l'air si difficile à apprendre! Maintenant, ce n'est plus qu'une partie de plaisir grâce à vous! Merci ou plutot "echeoun" comme on le dit chez nous! J'aimerai que vous me teniez au courant si d'autres sîtes du même genre existent pour promouvoir les différents dialectes béninois! Merci d'avance! Bonne continuation! Odabo!
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		12/11/02 10:38:14 PM
What is your name?		tj
Where are you from? (Optional)		colorado, usa
Do you have any comments?		i am going to be in benin for a few months and look foward to putting your well put together site to work. i shall let you know how it goes. thanks so much for my only good resource for FON!!!

		12/08/02 07:18:31 AM
What is your name?		Patrice
Where are you from? (Optional)		Brest / France
Do you have any comments?		Bravo pour ce site, il est interressant. Nous avons mis en ligne un site pour une associaion de développement du Bénin (http://avod.fr.st). Nous souhaiterions un échange de lien Je suis en train de préparer un autre site pour mettre en place un dictionnaire de Fon/français/anglais (avec une base de donnée)bous pourrions travailler ensemble pour la construire. Contactez moi Ha fon gangi
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		12/02/02 04:22:38 PM
What is your name?		Sébastien TRHO
Where are you from? (Optional)		Je suis de Zê, mais étudie à Lille ( France)
Do you have any comments?		Ton site ma beaucoup émerveillé!! Je vais utilisé tes leçons pour apprendre à parler le fon à mes cousines qui sont nées ici en france. J'ai une amie du corps de la paix qui a habité dans ma famille à zê; elle est actuellement à washington; si tu veux je vais te donner ses coordonnées.Tu peux introduire l'adresse de mon site dans tes liens. Merci.
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		11/25/02 06:28:57 AM
What is your name?		HOUNDEKON Vigninou Thomas
Where are you from? (Optional)		Benin, actually in Benin
Do you have any comments?		I thinks you have a so good ideas by building this web site. Please can we work together in order to correct some of the orthograph. For example you may write Awanou ka ka instead of Ahouanou ka ka. Thanks
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		11/21/02 06:10:37 PM
What is your name?		ZAPPALA
Where are you from? (Optional)		california usa
Do you have any comments?		great website !!! i have been to the smallest country in africa,the gambia,and would love to go to benin because its more traditional,and since im a batchelor i will be looking for a traditional wife.the women in the gambia are very suave and wear the finest garments and 21 karat gold,even in the village !!! i stayed with the wolof tribe,and the women are very very dark and very tall.the photos you took show some gorgeous women also.i would love to correspond with some in the benin village,but i realize they cannot read and do not have postal service .any women from africa that would like a pen pal,or anyone who would like to share photos please contact me on my e mail,i hope to return soon !!!
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		11/13/02 11:42:42 AM
What is your name?		Marc, Ewa, Jeremie...
Where are you from? (Optional)		France / Benin
Do you have any comments?		Hi, Chris ! We are a band called Ewa & Gleta Blou ( gleta blu !), based in Bordeaux, and formed by Ewa, a Beninese singer and musician. Congratulations for this site, so useful for the non-beninese musicians who sing in Fongbe !Thanks a lot ! We'd like to send our latest record ( which is the first on too...) " Kaleta " ; can you give us your adress ? A na dogbe towele nu mi. Gletanule. P.S : a little information about " Counting money in fongbe ": the word " kpon " or "kpoun", used for 25 francs, comes from the english "pound".
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		10/26/02 01:00:39 AM
What is your name?		Anonymous Surfer
Do you have any comments?		hello Christopher, my name is Raymonde Hounnou, I live in France but my parents come from Benin (Bopa and Grand Popo). I'm 28 year old and never talked a word of fongbe in my whole life (except "a fon gangi a?","yovo, yovo, bonsoir" and a few others).My mother is half Cap Verdian and we usually speak the language her mother taught her. I've discovered a week ago your web site ("par hasard") and I wanted to thank you personnally for this wonderful work. Congratulations and thanks a lot. PS:you can't imagine my father's surprise as I asked him at phone "Toche e do xwegbe a?"

		10/22/02 08:04:02 AM
What is your name?		Kathy Mahler
Where are you from? (Optional)		Iowa
Do you have any comments?		I LOVED your photos! I am an elementary school librarian. My niece just arrived in Benin for her Peace Corps stint. I recently sent her a letter and a "Flat Stanley" (a third grade project in which a young book character gets squished by a bulletin board and becomes flat...(odd premise for a children's book). The good news, Flat Stanley gets to travel to all sorts of places. Our students mail Stanley with a letter. Recipients hopefully send information, pictures, artifacts etc. of where they are. I told my niece she did not have to send photos because I wasn't sure if she had access to developing. (I also enclosed some money for postage since I know you PCV's are cash poor). I knew I could find photos on the internet. Sure enough...I found yours! The photos are wonderful. Thank you for taking the time to post them and share them. I'm sure your life has changed with your experiences! Sincerely, kathy m
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		10/15/02 12:31:55 PM
What is your name?		bob
Where are you from? (Optional)		writing from aurora, il
Do you have any comments?		loved the pages and photos...my younger brother Charlie just went to Benin in July to begin his stint in the Peace Corps teaching English and AIDs awareness..he has been writing us an e-mail journal so it was nice to see some photos, especially taken from a former Corps volunteer, to complement his writings...I have a much better idea now of what he is experiencing...we miss him but I think he will come out of that experience a much better man...what a world we live in, huh?
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		10/04/02 07:28:02 PM
What is your name?		Manny Hernandez
Where are you from? (Optional)		Groton, Ct.
Do you have any comments?		My wife and I lived in Benin from 95-98. I will probably visit in 2003 and see my friends once again. Has anybody been in Benin recently? Chris where do you live and are you planning to visit Benin anytime soon? I love your wav. files!!!!
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