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Is There Any Thing Like Nigerian English? by kingsman66(m): 9:02pm On Nov 24, 2016 |
I went in search of business opportunities
somewhere and as a rule you need must look
for the person in charge of making decisions. I
asked for the general manager but the
administrative staff member of the firm asked
that I come back as the GM was away on an
official trip. I got the contact number of the staff
member. On said day I called him to remind him
of my appointment but she said I should “chill”
as the GM was not in the office yet.
Chill? I was surprised. We didn’t go to school
together, not sure if we were of the same
generation but she asked me to “chill” so I
“chilled”.
The other day I needed to host a show
concerned with depression and sanity and so I
went to a psychiatric hospital. The Chief Medical
Director asked that I be taken to a consultant to
schedule a day for the taping of the show. The
young male chaperon, an administrative staffer,
introduced me to the consultant as “this guy is
from CMD and wants to…” I cut him off. Guy?
He apologised and said, “man” with no “gentle”
I ventured to an insurance company, but the
security details were not in the guard post and
so I walked in, since I knew the office I had
business with. No sooner did I take two steps
than a fellow hollered, “bros.” I turned, walked
back to him and asked if he had called me
“bros”. He lied and retorted that he called me,
“boss.” I smiled.
I discussed these encounters with a friend, a
graduate of English, and he wondered why I
should be bothered, because there is something
called Nigerian English.
Nigerian English? Is there a Nigerian English?
English is English. igbo my native language is
igbo. I doubt if any serious-minded worker will
last long in any organisation if he goes about
asking his boss to “just chill” or addresses him
as “bros”.
I doubt if the unemployed would get jobs in a
Fortune 1000 or 500 company by telling job
Interviewers to “chill”.” |
Re: Is There Any Thing Like Nigerian English? by DanPel(m): 9:58am On Nov 25, 2016 |
Betterment,disvirgin,badness,it has want to rain,tade she is a girl,fetch me water come this are some of nigeria language. FTC... Dedicated to my Crush on nl. |
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