maninmood:

Lol I used to pronounce google as goggle. Changed that after being laughed at, in class.

Christmasdon: .. Yes! I think a pan nigerian accent is any one who is much educated. Like 10 o clock radio network news u see an hausa, igbo, yoruba man/woman presenting news. You hardly hear their accents. Check it out and see.

delors: Bottom line is, a good number of Nigerians abroad speak better English than these guys but we have a very serious accent that hinders free flow of communication. Even Indians find it hard to understand us. they speak more clearly and pronounce better than we do.

In which country !!!!!!!!

Diasporan:
Please can i get a clarification on why Americans make use of Antai instead Anti?My 18 years old cousin laughed at me in public when i said /G^gl/ instead of /Gu:gl/(Google).He was lucky the father was nearby.

Christmasdon: ..another issue and dust raised. Is it pronounced gawgle or guugu (Google)

delors:
bros, you are not the only. We plenty like that for this thread...almost all of us...I dare anyone to disagree Even me don pronounce Chewing gum as chin gum (and one yeye Chinese correct me. I swear i for woose the guy slap that day if nor be for say 911 dey very easy to dial for their phone).

Truckpusher: Even Americans too has accent ....when somebody subtitutes water for warer what was that

babe_online:
YA THAT IS TRUE. The America is gawgle(or guwgle) while the British is guugu.

maninmood:

Another one again? What is guwgle? Can you just let me stick to guugu for now, please? Or do you want those arrogant briticos laugh at me again?

maninmood:

Another one again? What is guwgle? Can you just let me stick to guugu for now, please? Or do you want those arrogant briticos laugh at me again?

drake2005: Canadians might speak like Americans but they write like British. That's a hell of a country.....double confusion They still write "color" as "colour", "labor" as "labour" e.t.c., but pronounce them as Americans do.

some-girl:


In which country !!!!!!!!

drake2005: Canadians might speak like Americans but they write like British. That's a hell of a country.....double confusion They still write "color" as "colour", "labor" as "labour" e.t.c., but pronounce them as Americans do.

Christmasdon: ..another issue and dust raised. Is it pronounced gawgle or guugu (Google)

babe_online:
ODE!

delors:
Winnipeg babe nwanne? Which one come be ode now?

apache77: I always hear people say Nigerians who travel abroad always come back with a fake accent, even if its only one month they spend in London or America. Is this true? Do Nigerians try to speak like foreigners?

What i think is that the biggest problem you face the minute you step into obodo oyinbo apart from the cold is your accent. Our accent is so thick foreigners cant make out head or tail what we are trying to say. So from immigration right to your next door neigbour, you struggle to communicate- nobody hears's your type of English. Our slow drawl is a big problem, not just to Americans or british but even to arabs and asians.

The quickest way to be heard is trying to speak like these people (americans or Brits) who cant hear you. Asians and arabs ahve grown up watching american movies and mingling with the Brits, so their ( Brits or American) type of accent is hearable and hence universal-much like the dollar is the globally accepted currency everywhere. So for you to be heard, you a naija boy or girl just stepping into America must speak like them.

Over time, if you stay there long enough, you start speaking like these people and substitute your Naija accent for theirs. Some people manage to retain their naiaja accent and use that when home only to switch to their americana accent when they go back.

Do you agree with me? or there is a more profound reason? Share your thoughts

delors:
American accent is about the most recognized in the world. Ever wondered why so many British actors learn American diction before becoming professionals?

A_K_O:

TheBeat FM doesn't seem to get this. They have a penchant for OAP's that sound a certain way. One or two people with an accent is okay but when much of your line-up sounds a certain way, it's clear there is an editorial policy that says foreign-sounding = better. It's a revolting, post-colonial policy.

That (rant) being said, living abroad can change the way you speak, and then people misjudge it as a fake accent. It must be frustrating to speak in your Naija accent and have to always repeat yourself because people don't understand.

Lilimax: I detest fake accents. I only speak their accent(American) when I'm in their midst but always speak my Nigerian English(especially pidgin)when I'm in the midst of my Nigerian friends. There is no need of faking it...

braveheart2012: This particular issue annoys the heck out of me. Why do Nigerians assume every Nigerian with a British or US accent is faking it? It's just bloody ignorance. I don't doubt that some Nigerians acquire fake "accents" after a two-week vacation abroad. However, many Nigerians that school, work and live abroad acquire new speech patterns after a few years.

I was born and raised in Nigeria (and I speak perfect, fluent Yoruba) but I have been abroad for more than a decade. These days I have to fake it to sound "Nigerian" when I am speaking English with my Nigerian friends. Unfortunately, I don't hang out with Nigerians often (and I rarely watch or listen to Nigerian media); when I am not with Nigerians (i.e. about 95% of the time), I use my normal Americanized accent. My normal speech patterns have changed so much that I now switch to Yoruba when talking on the phone with my parents or family back home just to avoid coming across as fake/arrogant. My American accent isn't fake, it's just how my speech patterns have evolved after spending more than a decade abroad. All my 100% Naija friends that have been in the US for as long as I have also speak the same way. If you move abroad before the age of 25, your accent will change dramatically after a few years of intense interactions with your host culture. There is nothing fake about that.

PS - It's truly ironic that most Americans don't think I have an American accent at all but Nigerians and other non-Americans think my accent is American. My accent is a mix of British + Nigerian + American. I don't care if it's a mixture of 10 accents... as long as can communicate clearly and effectively.

Mogidi:

What you're saying doesn't make sense. Are you really saying to be a professional actor in UK you need to learn American diction. I thought Uk was the home of Arts, theatres, shakespeare etc. I can understand them learning American diction if they want to work in the US but learning it to become professionals is new to me.

babe_online:
Toronto guy thats the truth nau

delors:
Na wah o. U call me ode when i nor offend u. BTW what's up with July 1? Family or fireworks?

mruknaijaboy: I dont think nigerians talk in a foreign accent to sound more clear,i think they try and speak in other accents to think theyre cool and they think they will get more respect

look how many nigerian rappers who rap in a american accent and have only studied or been on holiday to america, theres Vector, Ice Prince, M.I, Lynxxx,Skales, Yung6ix, these are all people who havent spent more than 6months abroad except for M.I who studied at university in america but thats only 3 years and thats not enough to justify rapping in a american accent when your born and bred in Nigeria.

only rappers who dont rap in american accent at all are Olamide & Erigga, respect to those two for embracing Nigerian accent and culture, Phyno does american accent abit but there are alot of songs where he mixes it up with alot of igbo & pigin so respect to him too,

And there are quite a few artist/celebrities who have fake accents when they speak, Toke Makinwe,Iyanya, Ice Prince, Lynxxx,Wizkid, Dr Sid and i cant think of others right now but i always wonder why do they speak like that, do they think they will get more respect with a foreign accent?

theyre are only a few celebrities with authentic foreign accents in Nigeria, people like Seyi Shay,Emma Nyra,Toolz and others and probably a few more because they were raised in another country for the majority of their life

In the UK and USA people laugh when they hear nigerian artist rapping in a foreign accent & trying to talk in foreign accent

I think its a inferiority complexx, Nigerian musicians/celebrities should be more proud of Nigerian accent,culture and everything else that comes with it