GboyegaD: Mine is the British accent and I had some American kids asked me in Church yesterday if I am from London. I also have many of my classmates tell me I talk like a Briton and I reply them that I am a Nigerian and we were colonised by Britain and that is why we talk like them. However, some of these American kids could be annoying particularly when you are helping some of the students one on one.

Who lied to you? Bwahahahahaha

You talk like a Briton in your deluded mind and to Nigerians....

Odenigbo Aroli:

You mean like the Italians New yorkers accent...That one of the coolest accent.

Both the Italian and black NY accents and style of talking... Brooklyn and Harlem!!!

Philly sounds cool as well..

Posh9ky,

What's up? - what accent do you have, sexy?

Yea! I have an american accent while speaking english and a Naija accent while speaking pidgin.

Standard British Accent. Though can easily switch to a naija one when talking to my Nigerian/African friends.

abiL:
Geordie accent is so annoying!

Err don't hate dearie, still better than the yuck-ish Yorkshire slangs you call accent...

I have a (northern England) Yorkshire accent.

mojounited:

Err don't hate dearie, still better than the yuck-ish Yorkshire slangs you call accent...

Alright cöck!

chic2pimp: Standard British Accent. Though can easily switch to a naija one when talking to my Nigerian/African friends.

It means you're forming one. Which one is it?

abiL:
Alright cöck!

Haha, you mad bird? York seemed like a dead city; was there on a tour back in 2010...even Sheffield no correct. You should really consider relocating...

Lesotho accent rocks...bigtime

No gibberish or pidgin english just Plain accent

mojounited:

Haha, you mad bird? York seemed like a dead city; was there on a tour back in 2010...even Sheffield no correct. You should really consider relocating...

I am from Sheffield mate. Don't diss my city!

abiL:
I am from Sheffield mate. Don't diss my city!

Had a folk in Sheffield last year, dude normally ran to us in NCL every weekend for fun-filled activities... I heard you guys got no pubs..?

Errm, you really from Sheffield?

mojounited:

Had a folk in Sheffield last year, dude normally ran to us in NCL every weekend for fun-filled activities... I heard you guys got no pubs..?

Errm, you really from Sheffield?

Yes we have no pubs, just a lot of burial grounds to bury you in

Sheffield is fun-ish (London, Birmingham and Manchester is better), but Sheffield is okay.


Yep I'm from Sheffield.

ABI LUGBOSO! Present, sir!

abiL:
Yes we have no pubs, just a lot of burial grounds to bury me in

Fixed! Well, I wasn't planning to visit any time soon-ish... Guess imma stay faaar away from you then..

Sheffield is fun-ish (London, Birmingham and Manchester is better), but Sheffield is okay dull.

Ah know, right?

Yep I'm from Sheffield.

mojounited:

Fixed! Well, I wasn't planning to visit any time soon-ish... Guess imma stay faaar away from you then..


Ah know, right?

I'll advice you to keep your distance

abiL:
I'll advice you to keep your distance

Seriously? That wouldn't deter me tho...

mojounited:

Seriously? That wouldn't deter me tho...

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brooklyn accent..its fading fast though as I am more based in Lagos now.

i have a cockney accent and igbo accent

abiL:
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Your statements below show that you are using a wrong yardstick to measure people.
If you lived in Nigeria all through high school and most of the university you are bound to speak in a way similar to those around you.
In addition, everyone in the world has an "accent" - even the English speak English with an "accent".
All you have to do is listen to our leaders to realize Nigerians speak differently.
Personally, I have found that those of us from the SW of Nigeria have the strongest tendency to reflect the local way of speaking in our English - not just in how it sounds, but in the thought process. Although not based on any science, yet, I think this reveals how long the SWers have being speaking/living in this particular way - which is also seen in what little of our ancient history has been researched.

Advice: Listen to what you are hearing instead of how it is being spoken
Don't turn yourself into racists, who use how you sound to judge your intelligence.
Unfortunately, they don't apply this same reasoning to the Indian or Chinese, but see nothing wrong in applying it to the African.

As one Japanese professor, forced to give an English lecture in Nigeria, stated in his opening statement: "My speech is not very good, but my head is clear."

afam4eva: The good thing about Nairaland is that it hides the flaws of so many people. People are only judged on how they reason and out it in typing and not how they look and whether or not they have an Accent. I've noticed that so many people that engage in intelligent talks in the politics, culture, celebrity and other sections, they come across as people that are very fluent in real life. That's why you see people drooling over people that they've never heard talk or seen the person's face. Everybody just dey blow grammar but what we don't know is the accent that comes with that grammar.

Now, for the benefit of Nairalanders tell us if you have an Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, American, British etc Accent.

caseless: hahahaahaheeeeeeeee....ele'oo....how u take knw? Na my pple dem...

lwkmd...i get them plenty for here. Na ma pple dem too. church-shurch

I speak like an average nigerian living in lagos(born and brought up in lag) I dnt hav a tribal accent but i love the british accent sha.

mix of New England and southern American accents.
but the funny thing is my voice is kinda child like.

ppl always seem surprised to hear my voice. idky.

shymexx:

Who lied to you? Bwahahahahaha

You talk like a Briton in your deluded mind and to Nigerians....

lol.

Clemzy16: Yea! I have an american accent while speaking english and a Naija accent while speaking pidgin.

cool.
that means you know how to "code switch".

reminds me of my mom
she'd be speaking raw patois all day and as soon as the phone rings
she puts on her best Yankee accent as she says "Hello?..May I ask who is calling?"

shymexx:

Hmmm... Which of the London accents? - North, South, East, or West London? Or just the general one?

east

buoye1: ...Bros na d same category we dey i lived in d same Ilorin 4 mre thn bt i dnt av dia accent,bt ma frndz alwyz tell me abt ma 'H' wateva

.. Well i'm working on mine sha.

lepasharon:

east

That means you've got the cockney lingo in your accent...

shymexx:

Who lied to you? Bwahahahahaha

You talk like a Briton in your deluded mind and to Nigerians....

Who seem more deluded? You have never met me and you sit behind your computer typing the nonsense your brain could produce right?

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