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hakuna matata by odikomo1(m): 7:37pm On Feb 01, 2015 |
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Re: hakuna matata by tdayof(m): 7:42pm On Feb 01, 2015 |
odikomo1:op wait let me laugh first 3 Likes |
Re: hakuna matata by Craigston: 7:53pm On Feb 01, 2015 |
Registrar: Craigston. Me: Present. |
Re: hakuna matata by Moana(f): 9:40pm On Feb 01, 2015 |
Hehehe they want to keep it a secret |
Re: hakuna matata by tpiah01: 3:29am On Feb 02, 2015 |
odikomo1: Oju e le sha! Hope all is well with you? You look like you swallowed a sour lemon. Are you a terrorist militant by any chance. Turn to Jesus please |
Re: hakuna matata by optimusprime2(m): 9:29am On Feb 03, 2015 |
odikomo1:Trust me After consistently speaking a language like French, German or Turkish for 6years plus, your accent or way of speaking can never-I repeat, **Never!!** be the Same... so dude sometimes and most times, its not intentional- personally, I have forgotten how to speak pidgin English and it still baffles me that I have forgotten how, like I understand pidgin but my brain has just gotten the whole thing Tumbled up and constructing a sentence in pidgin is a huge challenge for me now. Last week I saluted a Naija brother "How far now?" and he got soooo excited and started cracking pidgin(Mind you, I have not attempted pidgin in 5years now) and because we were surrounded by fascinated white people who were listening to the loud unique language, I wanted to showoff my culture too by sustaining the conversation in pidgin but I suddenly realized pidgin became really difficult, like trying to freestyle a hiphop rap line, I was like; "I had been wan started to check am Yani..." and thats it! thats where I got stuck; I started mixing up slangs/words that were not pidgin in an attempt to speak it, and I was frustrated because I knew I had lost my touch(You see I have this way of saying either "Yani" or "aslínda" when speaking generally and it was creeping into the pidgin too) secondly my accent is sorta bent now(It can't support pidgin easily -so I'v noticed), due to my constant French and Turkçe. Apparently the guy noticed and switched to proper english in order for me to make sense and make the conversation easier for me, and the instant he did, (and I knew why he did) I felt so fake an African especially since I clearly wanted to showoff that day but could'nt-I am very sure he would have laughed at me sore when he left. In such a case, would you blame me or many others in my situation?? Abeg don't talk about this case joor, you have no idea. 1 Like |
Re: hakuna matata by holyboss: 5:10pm On Feb 03, 2015 |
U dey mind dem Like if u tink such ppl r crazy #ProudlyNaija #ProudlyWest #ProudlyYoruba |
Re: hakuna matata by tdayof(m): 5:54pm On Feb 03, 2015 |
holyboss:Yoruba? you be Fulani na |
Re: hakuna matata by holyboss: 6:06pm On Feb 03, 2015 |
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Re: hakuna matata by bebe2(f): 6:28pm On Feb 03, 2015 |
Minus me oo But na true sha, Some pple go call me after getting my contact off nairaland, wanting to send money to Nigeria and go dey for British accent. mesef no dey carry last, once I hammer them with bad Rate , dem go return to pidgin English |
Re: hakuna matata by optimusprime2(m): 11:11am On Feb 04, 2015 |
holyboss:it depends |
Re: hakuna matata by optimusprime2(m): 11:22am On Feb 04, 2015 |
bebe2:it depends, to me, London is not a genuine tongue twisting place. Due to the fact english is the order of the day and tooo many Nigerians are in the UK who are still abreast with their way of speaking. Try living 7years in Portugal, Romania or Croatia basically somewhere unenglished, then check your accent or pidgin aptitude after then. No one will tell you that you are scarded. |
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