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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by skyfall: 6:46pm On Sep 16, 2014

The most rampant and worst one now is using something like Yoruba's (possessive) when they meant to write Yorubas (plural). Igbo's when they mean more than one Igbo person.

This is very embarrassing when even learned people use it.

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by eunisam: 6:47pm On Sep 16, 2014

nawao.dis na true chaa

Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by unclebenz(m): 6:47pm On Sep 16, 2014

Good job

Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Nobody: 6:48pm On Sep 16, 2014

How about people who use "Am" in place of "I'm". Iti boribo taking over Nigerians.Lol.

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by san316(m): 6:49pm On Sep 16, 2014

Ok. The one i notice is how we interchange it's and its. The first means 'it is' while the other is a possessive pronoun. Some people instead of saying 'married woman' they say 'marriage woman'. And for me, i have issues spelling words having vowels 'I' and 'E' together. Eg, deceive, recieve, concieve. *i'm not sure if i spelt them correctly.

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by marieolae(f): 6:50pm On Sep 16, 2014

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by emmymdk: 6:50pm On Sep 16, 2014

Am guilty of Number 1 and 2

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Jarus(m): 6:50pm On Sep 16, 2014

MissMeiya: Ohhh this is one I HATE. Nigerians switch the words "would" and "will".

Example: I will like to visit.
Example: I would be there soon.

Will is indicative. Stating a FACT.
I will be there soon.

Would is subjunctive. Stating thoughts or beliefs, or hypothetical statements.
I would like to visit.

It makes me twitch inwardly whenever I see or hear it.

I must confess this confuses me too.

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Nobody: 6:51pm On Sep 16, 2014

kerosine. The right spelling is kerosene.

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by 9jamustchange: 6:51pm On Sep 16, 2014

You don't crack your head like coconut when thinking hard to solve a complex problem; you actually rack your head.

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by epospiky(m): 6:52pm On Sep 16, 2014

Aha! Just learnt something today. deft slap not dirty slap as commonly used. Please is it afterall or after all? 'Afterall' we learn daily.

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by cirmuell(m): 6:54pm On Sep 16, 2014

hatux: The one I recently notice is some peeps using 'there' in place of 'their'... For crying out loud' they aren't the same...

some times that happens when people post in haste.

Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by princealbashir: 6:56pm On Sep 16, 2014

What of 'Your' instead of You're

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Nobody: 6:56pm On Sep 16, 2014

fairheven: U sayin,good and luck can not co-exist?Are u indirectly saying,mr.president is not good luck but,bad luck? Doyin Okukpe over to you

But really,I want to ask...if we have an American-English,Australian-English an Canadian-English,then why cant we have Nigerian-English?

Start it.

Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by luvly101: 6:58pm On Sep 16, 2014

*the same, not thesame...*after all, not afterall. e.t.c.

Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by momentum85(m): 7:00pm On Sep 16, 2014

convenant keeping God instead of covenant keeping God.

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by hatux: 7:01pm On Sep 16, 2014

cirmuell: some times that happens when people post in haste.

Dohr! How many letters word is 'their' and 'there'

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by daniquaver(m): 7:01pm On Sep 16, 2014

This english tin sha...no b our tin

Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by EbuGeneral(m): 7:02pm On Sep 16, 2014

HANDWORK IN PLACE HANDIWORK. FOR EXAMPLE, THE HANDWORK OF SATAN. THE HANDIWORK OF SATAN CORRECT.

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by bigblangston: 7:02pm On Sep 16, 2014

Expatiate not Expantiate

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Nobody: 7:02pm On Sep 16, 2014

cirmuell: some times that happens when people post in haste.

I love your understanding of 'in haste' and not 'in a haste'. In a hurry is correct though. The problem of 'their and there' is huge and I wonder how people compose outside forums.

People use 'expantiate' instead of expatiate. There is no 'n'.

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Nobody: 7:02pm On Sep 16, 2014

Noted

Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Nobody: 7:03pm On Sep 16, 2014

daniquaver: This english tin sha...no b our tin

Is that what you tell your kids?

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by fairheven: 7:06pm On Sep 16, 2014

2ndOGA:

The poster is merely implying that you can't join the two words together. i.e It's Good Luck not Goodluck.

Common,of course I was kidding,u can see that in my second statement.

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by aletheia(m): 7:06pm On Sep 16, 2014

A pet peeve of mine are those who cannot spell their names properly e.g:

Micheal is wrong. Michael is the right spelling
Isreal is wrong. Israel is the right spelling
Racheal is wrong. Rachael/Rachel is the right spelling

And so on.

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by lordsilver: 7:08pm On Sep 16, 2014

So what you're trying to say is that our Presido doesn't know how to spell his name

Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Abbey2sam(m): 7:09pm On Sep 16, 2014

Chimex388:
lol...u were catch red handed b4 u sharply go corrected urself- i have see who i am better dan....

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by cirmuell(m): 7:10pm On Sep 16, 2014

hatux: Dohr! How many letters word is 'their' and 'there'?

I don't expect you to understand! wink

I guess you haven't seen people use work in place of walk, though not intentional.

Sometimes you just wanna pass your point across so fast you don't even bother to proof-read or double check.

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Mbediogu(m): 7:10pm On Sep 16, 2014

weight not wieght, depth not dept; veterinary not vetinary.

Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Ilaje44(m): 7:11pm On Sep 16, 2014

MissMeiya: Ohhh this is one I HATE. Nigerians switch the words "would" and "will".

Example: I will like to visit.
Example: I would be there soon.

Will is indicative. Stating a FACT.
I will be there soon.

Would is subjunctive. Stating thoughts or beliefs, or hypothetical statements.
I would like to visit.

It makes me twitch inwardly whenever I see or hear it.

The use of "would" as regards Nigerians and "time" in this context is very correct. He believes/thinks he would be there soon. The correctness is in the word "soon".

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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by skyfall: 7:12pm On Sep 16, 2014

Renumeration when they mean remuneration.

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