@olawoye - believe me,you're a genius
and i think i'll need whatever it is that you're passing round
my email , victorizet.018@hotmail.com
victor4icon@gmail.com
thanks

thanks dear i learnt alot

Olawoye:

Senate      / S – E – NIT /   - NOT / SI / in first syllable; and NOT / NEIT / in the second syllable

This is the one that has turned my stomach since 1999. I call /SI-NEIT/ a piece of Nollywoodese. Reason, it was shortly after the return of democracy 1999, and a Nollywood movie titled The Senator was released and the actors pronounced it /SI-NEIT/ that it all started. Before my horrified ears respected NTA and FRCN newscasters started saying SI-NEIT instead of SE-NEIT. That, of course, is to say nothing of senators themselves and the rookies that pass for broadcasters at the FM stations springing up like bad mushrooms all over the place. Please tell them its /SE-NEIT/ not /SI-NEIT/!

Note: I do not concur with you on the second syllable. The a between N and T is rendered as the weak form by most dictionaries, that is Ə, but most talking dictionaries sound it EI, so we have SENƏT where the Ə is sounded very much like EI but in a very short form.

Olawoye:

No, but I major in effective communication. I love having communication in its best spirit. Whether I am to speak Yoruba, my mother's tongue , or any other language.
To me, communication has no essence if it is not well composed.

But it is MOTHER TONGUE and not MOTHER'S TONGUE.

Thanks

PS: honoura1@yahoo.com

In nigeria it's common to hear sm1 say "i dunno" while it should be "i don't know" and also u often hear people say "lemme take tha one" while it shld be let me take that one. Lols.

Sege 'o' law! Good job, I hope this stays in the home page for a long time.

People often make mistake with the word "software".[/b]Same goes with "hardware".

I need to buy [b]a software. Incorrect!
I need to buy software.Correct!

@Olawoye.
My email is aroy120@yahoo.com
For the wise, learning is really a lifelong process.

lexzy_baba:

@olawoye - believe me,you're a genius
and i think i'll need whatever it is that you're passing round
my email , victorizet.018@hotmail.com
victor4icon@gmail.com
thanks

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P.S. cheers olawaye.
You have a good understanding of the language.
My guess is that you did not attend one of these run-of-the-mill schools around.
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OKAY OH!!

"Round Up" also = Gather together.

You missed the most glaring one Oga Olawoye: 99.99% of Nigerians, and I bet you do it too, say EXPANTIATE instead of EXPATIATE; which means to throw more light on, to further explain etc, and pronounced ik-spey-shee-eyt

pls am interested. odusdayo@yahoo.com is my mail address. more kudos 2 u.

Thanks a bunch.But any self respecting user of the English language should know these.

good job

our is was is too much, anyway maybe because English Language is not our mother tongue

Nellyon:

Thanks a bunch.But any self respecting user of the English language should know these.

I wonder Sef.

AND ALSO; Since all Nigerians appear to be carrying around a Blackberry these days, they might also want to download the FREE Dictionary.com APP. Unless of course your BB is for show, then sorry oh!

Medlabgirl:

You missed the most glaring one Oga Olawoye: 99.99% of Nigerians, and I bet you do it too, say EXPANTIATE instead of EXPATIATE; which means to throw more light on, to further explain etc, and pronounced ik-spey-shee-eyt[/size]

Thanks for this. But it's ek-spey-shee-eyt not ik-spey-shee-eyt

Oh, there are too many. One would be silent letters, e.g Nigerians pronounce 'Listen' as 'List-in', when it is actually 'Lis-en'.

MyJoe:

Thanks for this. But it's ek-spey-shee-eyt not ik-spey-shee-eyt

My Dear Darling, please go to www.dictionary.com, and kindly turn your speaker volume up. I maintain, its IK

Not to brag, but I had a perfect TOEFL score in 1996 when TOEFL was TOEFL, not now!

I've really learnt a lot from u guys! Kudos

this is my email= chima.imoh@annajulng.com

Medlabgirl:

My Dear Darling, please go to www.dictionary.com, and kindly turn your speaker volume up. I maintain, its IK

You are right about Dictionary.com. But several other dickos, including Encarta, render it EK. I will go with them on this. But that is not to say you are wrong. It is to say there is sometimes no consensus on these things and we should be slow to "correct" others, as anyone who pays attention to grammar will realise.

Medlabgirl:

Not to brag, but I had a perfect TOEFL score in 1996 when TOEFL was TOEFL, not now!

very educative, pls send to, oluolusanu@yahoo.com

NiceHans:

In nigeria it's common to hear sm1 say "i dunno" while it should be "i don't know" and also u often hear people say "lemme take tha one" while it shld be let me take that one. Lols.  

Spoken/oral english is different from written english

Nice one Olawoye.

Let me add the discrepancy between the use of "THIS" and "THESE"

THIS is a boy

THESE are boys

Please notice that "THIS" is used in the singular situation while "THESE" is used in the plural situation. Perhaps Olawoye can explain the above in more academic terms

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Nice work, brother. My email add is standakoolguy@yahoo.com.

Nice work, brother. My email add is standakoolguy@yahoo.com.

MyJoe:

You are right about Dictionary.com. But several other dickos, including Encarta, render it EK. I will go with them on this. But that is not to say you are wrong. It is to say there is sometimes no consensus on these things and we should be slow to "correct" others, as anyone who pays attention to grammar will realise.

Most English words that begin with Ex are actually pronounced IK e.g Example, Explain, Examination. Some pronounced as EK are Extent, Excellent.

i no say na one yoruba idot be this proffesor Magubane

aroy1:

People often make mistake with the word "software".[/b]Same goes with "hardware".

I need to buy [b]a software. Incorrect!
I need to buy software.Correct

I think I have heard Bill Gates say A SOFTWARE that will change the way people. . . .
I've also heard A SOFTWARE on BBC so I don't know where you got that. I'm not saying you're wrong sha o.

op am impressed and interested.

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