Date:    Thu, 12 Mar 1998 07:44:52 -0500
<br>From:    Jose Adolfo Segura  segura[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CAM.ORG 
<br>Subject: Re: Accent Reduction Therapy - Yoruba
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<br>On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, VicJBurke wrote:
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<br>  My first request to this list serve.  Hope my question is appropriate for
<br> this
<br>  membership!  Thank you ahead of time.
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<br>  Requesting assistance.  Working with a highly motivated individual from
<br>  Nigeria whose native language was Yoruba.  Medical professional with a high-
<br>  profile job who must communicate important information to his patients.
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<br>  Our biggest problem (surprise) is "r" particularly in the following context:
<br>  earth, birthday, bird, fur, etc...
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<br>  Will appreciate any and all suggestions!
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<br>Hi Vichi,
<br>I am not linguistic but etnopsychiatrist, so I need more details about
<br>cultural background, migration trayectory and his actual position and
<br>attitude face to his country of adoption . In others words , I need the
<br>"context" in which sign or symptom is manifested.
<br>Curiously the words you note are symbolically very meaningful :
<br>the Earth  [of origins]
<br>Birthday (!)
<br>Bird ,...[ Liberty too (?)]
<br>Fur , .....[simbolically meaningful , in terms of "enveloppe", ]
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<br>I could associate a lot but if you prefer you could give me details on
<br>private basis. I do not know particularly Yoruba culture, but it would a
<br>very good occasion for me to study a little.
<br>Remember, that any where we go we travel with our "cultural matrix"
<br>no matter which the social-class background is. There are a lot of
<br>interesting theoretical and clinical experience about that,
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<br>salutations,
<br>
<br>Jose Adolfo Segura md
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