Why do Nigerians talk too much without really thinking?

I have observed that Nigerians talk too much. Rather than keep quiet, they feel that they have to respond to every situation with noise instead of thinking about how to remedy things.

I will give an example: today in my cyber-cafe one idiot was stealing my time. I just restarted his system from the server. Instead of being ashamed of stealing he came up to me to ask why I did not inform him that I wanted to restart his system. [He threatened] that he was going to disrupt work in the cafe for three days, that would stab at least one person each day, [et cetera]. Some guys started begging me to give the idiot some free time; I just laughed at their faces, telling them that we pay way too much attention to adults tantrums in this country.

This talking without reasoning is worse within (some) families. I know when my neigbour's wife wakes up everyday from the noise she makes while cursing her children, especially the girl that still wets her bed. She starts with "atole, oloriburuku, omo ale, koni da fun hen, oma ku baje" bla bla bla <translation: bed-wetter, bad child, your life will not be ok, spoilt shild!>

And like Fela said, it is only in Nigeria that the government openly comdemns hers people. I know that this may sound cocky, and I really do not want people who enjoy the benefit of having an opinion without the benefit of thought to contribute to this topic as they may just make a lot of noise without adding anything to the topic.

You r right. Nigerians talk too much. And most of them curse alot..i mean big cursing...they will curse ur future...and ur generations. And they make "empty" Threats.

lmao

Hot Angel have mercy on him please

Let me give you an outsider's perspective (a little over the top):

[list]
[li]Nigerians do talk a lot[/li]
[li]they are very loud - why all that shouting on the telephone?[/li]
[li]everybody is talking aloud at the same time during a group conversation, the one talking the loudest is leading the conversation[/li]
[li]friendly words are a waste of your breath, you need all your breath to talk louder, they may not hear you[/li]
[li][variations on the same theme][/li]
[/list]

Now on a serious note: this was the one cultural difference that took me most time to adjust to.

No she's not angry at me, no she's not giving me orders, it's just her manner of speach

nferyn:

No she's not angry at me, no she's not giving me orders, it's just her manner of speech

TRUE!

Nigerians may be talking too much in some people's perspectives, but situation must have caused that.

But i think I'm reserved and I'm a Nigerian.

That is stereotyping, Nigerians don't talk to much they are just opinionated, we like to speak what we feel and how we feel. nothing wrong with expressing yourself.  Come to America and  see basket mouth cursing.  American will curse you out over a Pennie

It's all manner of speach. Different cultures have different habits. There is no judgement here, but you need to have the perspective to acknowledge and appreciate the differences.

And yes, it is stereotyping, I clearly pointed out that this was exaggerated - satire people

nigerians are loud generally. that's one of the things i miss about mon pays

Umm--Not only Nigerian People talk out loud and curse and do all that ish u guys mention..

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mingiix:

Did i hear you say Nigerians are a loud bunch?Well. There is a very simple explanation to this. Poverty.. Before the Babaginda era(when corruption was finally legalised), Nigerians were a soft -spoken and well respected people. Please ask yor parents if you are less than 35yr old.
Remember the last ephemeral fuel scarcity in the UK? Did u hear the shouting and cursing (none was a nigerian though)? This just illustrates that stress and pverty will bring out the animalistic tendency in humans.And Nigeria is surfeited with both.
I will want anyone to prove me wrong.

that's soo wrong. i'll prove you wrong. but not now, i have stuff to do.

slowpoison:

Why do Nigerians talk too much without really thinking?

I have observed that Nigerians talk too much. Rather than keep quiet, they feel that they have to respond to every situation with noise instead of thinking about how to remedy things.

I will give an example: today in my cyber-cafe one idiot was stealing my time. I just restarted his system from the server. Instead of being ashamed of stealing he came up to me to ask why I did not inform him that I wanted to restart his system. [He threatened] that he was going to disrupt work in the cafe for three days, that would stab at least one person each day, [et cetera]. Some guys started begging me to give the idiot some free time; I just laughed at their faces, telling them that we pay way too much attention to adults tantrums in this country.

This talking without reasoning is worse within (some) families. I know when my neigbour's wife wakes up everyday from the noise she makes while cursing her children, especially the girl that still wets her bed. She starts with "atole, oloriburuku, omo ale, koni da fun hen, oma ku baje" bla bla bla <translation: bed-wetter, bad child, your life will not be ok, spoilt shild!>

And like Fela said, it is only in Nigeria that the government openly comdemns hers people. I know that this may sound cocky, and I really do not want people who enjoy the benefit of having an opinion without the benefit of thought to contribute to this topic as they may just make a lot of noise without adding anything to the topic.

yeah. it is really ture. Nigerians talk alot. jst chk me out. i jst cnt stop talking. that is why i am going to say this to u "quit whining" cos that is exactly what u r doing. u r tired of the noise ur neighbor's wife makes every morning, then be a nigerian and tell her to shut up. u r pissed by someone stealing ur time, then be a nigerian and use that mouth to tell him to get outta ur shop and quit whining

@janami
why did you revive the thread ,its dead

because i was findin it difficult to sleep without lettin my tots known.

Silence is the best answer for a fool.