marieolae: alright, u need my attention, now you've got it. I hope your mind is at rest now?

c fyn gal

iheanyi40: c fyn gal

ose

gebest: when u remember BRIGHTER GRAMMAR, then u dont need to think about d spelling anymore.

lol...u can still mistake the grammar for grammer

marieolae: ose

whch one b ose

iheanyi40: whch one b ose

As in, oshey

DMilanista: yeah, u r right. I mentioned some up there.

Kk..I jux saw them nw..I didn't read through d post earlier...Pardon me..

has anyone said 'expatiate'.....most pple always say nd spell it as 'expantiate' nd 'receive' too most pple spell it as 'recieve'....jst my thoughts tho

RentedReality:

Still trying to figure how to pronounce your moniker. Distant? D'estante'? Dante?

you really don't have to. We are all typing, not speaking.

Some spell it ISREAL instead of ISRAEL, or MICHEAL instead of MICHAEL etc.

prospone instead of postpone

MissMeiya:
As in, oshey

oh alyt I gerrit nw

The Nigerian use of "take"

• "take tea"
• "take alcohol"
• "take cold water"

"To take" tea is an antiquated British short form of "partake". Outside of Nigeria, you will only ever hear it used in such a way among stuffy old British bluebloods. The usage for beverages other than tea, is uniquely Nigerian.

Instead, use:
• "drink tea"
• "drink alcohol"
• "drink cold water"

Ironically, "I don't take X with my Y." is perfectly acceptable universally.

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Alcohol makes you drunk, not high. ("Highs" are for stimulant drugs. Alcohol is a depressant, or a "downer".)

I'm a grammar nerd. I've been dying to say these things for so long.

"Bother" instead of "border". Very annoying.

killercute16: Nice write up op.....jus learnt smtin today.

me too, very intelligent post. At op, am I correct with the spelling of intelligent? I always make spellings mistakes

DrMuzungu: Some spell it ISREAL instead of ISRAEL, or MICHEAL instead of MICHAEL etc.

guilty

MissMeiya: Nairaland spelling and grammatical errors:

Incorrect word: "trend"
As in: "don't derail this trend!"
Correct word: "thread"

Incorrect word: "thread"
As in: "thread carefully"
Correct word: "tread"

Those are the ones I notice most often.

That's the trend on most threads.

tijjanioyan: when did u become doyin okukpe?

Help me ask the teacher

marieolae: ose

You are quite pretty.

believe not belive, conceive not concieve

Nigerians often misspell definitely.

MissMeiya: The Nigerian use of "take"

• "take tea"
• "take alcohol"
• "take cold water"

"To take" tea is an antiquated British short form of "partake". Outside of Nigeria, you will only ever hear it used in such a way among stuffy old British bluebloods. The usage for beverages other than tea, is uniquely Nigerian.

Instead, use:
• "drink tea"
• "drink alcohol"
• "drink cold water"

Ironically, "I don't take X with my Y." is perfectly acceptable universally.

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Alcohol makes you drunk, not high. ("Highs" are for stimulant drugs. Alcohol is a depressant, or a "downer".)

Use to see "in between" instead of "by the way". Need more clarification on dx

The topic as used is one of the demonstrations of our unpatriotism. Why would the op say commonly misspelt words by Nigerians. Are Nigerians the only people that misspell those words?. Nigerians are the most unpatriotic set u people i have seen. Google any thing bad online, u will see all sorts of things written by Nigerians about their own country and leaders.
Nigeria is not really as bad as we paint it.

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Na so your own de do you?...dont forget to take your medication ,okey?

Barcanista not barcanister
phockphockman not fuckfuckman
etc,etc...

nagoma: "Bother" instead of "boarder". Very annoying.

I don't get u bro..Please explain...

I have learnt something this evening... Thank You

Some of these guys use a lot of non-standard words.

How about using advice (noun) and advise (verb) interchangeably. I have seen countless threads that start off with the sentence "Please advice me".

Author Kperogi made mistakes also. First mistake: Those words are not commonly misspelt by Nigerians. Only a few Nigerians who use those words misspell a few of them. Kperogi must have believed he was lecturing kids in the nursery school. Second mistake: Goodluck is a name chosen by two parents for their child. The way the parents chose to write the COMBINATION OF GOOD & LUCK FOR A NAME MUST NOT CONFORM TO HOW THE ENGLISH USE AND WRITE THE TWO WORDS. A PERSON's name can be anything the parents chose to give their offspring. Let Kperogi study names of many Americans. Some of the names are funny, at times meaningless, however, at times were derived from English words.

Nice write up. Meanwhile, the attention of the "antoni-general" has just been drawn to this. Expect charges to be pressed.