Imagine if ATM in Naija speaks our dialect
If U are in a sophisticated area like
BANANA ISLAND, here is how the ATM
would communicate;
ATM: Welcome Mr. Adenuga.
-Please, enter your secret number. -How much will you like to withdraw?
Thank you for banking with us, Mr.
Adenuga.
…….but if you are in a place like MUSHIN,
here is how it will respond;
After a guy inserts his card, inputs his pin, ATM: Haaaaaaaaaaaa, Omo Iyami, -tuale
baba
agba, owo meji fun eyan kan
-omo iya ma je ki won ri numba
e...malogo
-se o wa pa? Guy: Mo wa pa baje baje.
ATM: Elo ni k’omo aye po jade?
(guy inputs 10,000)
ATM: (dispenses cash).
Omo Iya, ma jeun lo ntie.
In a place like IBADAN. An Ibadan woman inserts her card, inputs
her secret code.
ATM: (In Ibadan tone)
-Ekabo Iyami,e ni soriburuku
-e te numba yin ni kanmo kanmo
-So nsure? -Elo le fe gba?
(Woman enters N2,000)
ATM: Iya, ko ma s’owo lapo yin ke!
(Woman enters N2,000 again)
ATM: Se ko nse afise?
-Mo ro pe eti yin di? Mo so pe ko s’owo lapo yin.
(For the third time, woman enters N2,000
again, thinking it was an error on the
ATM’s
part)
ATM: (pauses for a while) mo ro pe ori yin ti buru
-Oma saaro kutukutu ke.
-Alawin laaro ojo aje.
-To ba pe ko o to fa kadi re yo, emi ma a
gbe
je ni. -Alawin osi.kuro ko je ki awon olorire wa
gbowo.
In a place like IJEBU
A woman inserts her card&pin
ATM: Omo alare, -elo ro nfe gba?
(Woman enters N2,391.50K) ATM: Pause for about one minute, trying to
understand the digits.
After about a minute, ATM replies,
ATM: Iya, mo nbo?
E je nsare lo wa shenji wa...
Be honest and tell us how the ATM would have spoken in your dialect?
shangba fo!
ni alarm b blow!

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