Abagworo:

Aha otu onye "enyemeaka n'ochichi" anyi (minister) bu Wogu ma na ufodu ndi ozo nakwa ede ya bu aha Nworgu ma o bu Worgu.

grafikdon:

Too much efulefu  in Igboland. Chai! Alu emee!!!Akwu achaa n'odu igu!!! Nwoke aturu ime!!! I weep in Ekwulobia dialect. All right, ''Umu Ibo" and "Ndi Ibo", make una carry go.

excanny:

I think Abagworo is quite right. Under normal circumstances, spellings are quite irrelevant and do not always determine how a word is to be pronounced. So on that note, I'll agree that 'Igbo', 'Ibo', 'Heebo', 'Ebo', etc are okay[b] if and only if the proper pronunciation is maintained.[/b]

But I think the 'Igbo' is a better guide to the actual pronunciation of the language, people and place.

P.S  Unfortunately the 'gb' in Igbo and in the neighbouring Yoruba 'gb' are very different in sound. But it can be a close guide for anyone who  wants to learn how to pronounce it in Igbo.

alj harem:

thank u

fstranger1:

To me, Alhaji ChukwuEmeka and my dog and to my friend Alhaji Ucheze, it is Ibo!

fstranger1:

To me, Alhaji ChukwuEmeka and my dog and to my friend Alhaji Ucheze, it is Ibo!

nwaigbo_mg:

i have always felt insulted and offended whenever i am addressed with that word "ibo" by my northern friends here in my school in the North, the word sounds offensive and derogatory,

although the word "ibo" may be used by some sub-groups of Igbo, especially in Anambra state.
i belief that is colonial mentality, most of the ways african words are pronouned or written are not indegenous--rather they were imposed on the people by the colonial masters. you know in those days, they colonial masters control the media and printing press so you had to accept whatever they wrote or said, examples are awka, awkuzu, onitsha, oguta, enugu, nkwerre which are supposed to be oka, okuzu, onicha, ogwuta, enugwu nkwere, although they are pronounced correctly by igbos

but now colonialism is over, it now left for us to correct all ills and anomalies inflicted on our culture as a people with a common destiny by colonial masters,

in my area in imo state, i have never seen where elders are chanting "ibo kwenu"
i have not seen people bearing ibokwe, onuibo, obibo, amaibo, oluibo, iboanugo etc,


please, enough is enough, it is not ibo, it is IGBO. UMUIGBO, NDI OGA 'DIRI MMA. LET us correct this misnomer now before it is too late.

UDO DIRI IGBO,

alj harem:

okay brother, but i do not think you should feel insulted

it all means the same thing, ibo, igbo, eebo etc

if you find it insulting, then the educational sector of nigeria has to look to it; because it is spell like that in most schools

EzeUche_:

You know you sound like a fool. The person's post that you quoted was correctly right. As an African, you should agree with him, but you have a COLONIAL MENTALITY. Free your mind.

Abagworo:

@obiagu.You have finally understood my point.Maybe the I.B.O. spelling makes them pronounce it wrongly just like [b]Dapo is spelled D.A.P.O. but pronounced Dakpo [/b]or Your San Hose example.

@boldened
You are right that Dapo is written that way but wrong that it is pronounced as Dakpo. . .we pronounce the same way we write. If it was pronounced as Dakpo, then the spelling would have been D.a.k.p.o.

I think the 'k' you included is from the igbo alphabet/pronunciation cos I remember an igbo friend who wanted to write 'Pelumi' but wrote 'Kpelumi', another friend wrote 'Kponmo' instead on 'Ponmo'. . .when corrected, they both said they thought it is the right spelling cos they spelt it in an ibo way. All the same, if you call someone, Kpelumi, she will answer but will never accept it as a spelling of her name.

@topic
I have asked ibos/igbos this same question but their answers have always differed. Someone even said the pple are igbo while the language is ibo . So I just call whatever comes to my mouth.

Abagworo:

Aha otu onye "enyemeaka n'ochichi" anyi (minister) bu Wogu ma na ufodu ndi ozo nakwa ede ya bu aha Nworgu ma o bu Worgu.

Obiagu1:

A proper noun is a proper noun, you don't change it to suit you. If someone says his name is Whyte, you don't rewrite it for him as White, do you?

Igbo said it is I.G.B.O., so leave it like that. I tire for this kind argument.

grafikdon:

Too much efulefu in Igboland. Chai! Alu emee!!!Akwu achaa n'odu igu!!! Nwoke aturu ime!!! I weep in Ekwulobia dialect. All right, ''Umu Ibo" and "Ndi Ibo", make una carry go.

oludashmi:

@boldened
You are right that Dapo is written that way but wrong that it is pronounced as Dakpo. . .we pronounce the same way we write. If it was pronounced as Dakpo, then the spelling would have been D.a.k.p.o.

I think the 'k' you included is from the igbo alphabet/pronunciation cos I remember an igbo friend who wanted to write 'Pelumi' but wrote 'Kpelumi', another friend wrote 'Kponmo' instead on 'Ponmo'. . .when corrected, they both said they thought it is the right spelling cos they spelt it in an ibo way. All the same, if you call someone, Kpelumi, she will answer but will never accept it as a spelling of her name.

@topic
I have asked ibos/igbos this same question but their answers have always differed. Someone even said the pple are igbo while the language is ibo . So I just call whatever comes to my mouth.

oludashmi:

@boldened
You are right that Dapo is written that way but wrong that it is pronounced as Dakpo. . .we pronounce the same way we write. If it was pronounced as Dakpo, then the spelling would have been D.a.k.p.o.

I think the 'k' you included is from the igbo alphabet/pronunciation cos I remember an igbo friend who wanted to write 'Pelumi' but wrote 'Kpelumi', another friend wrote 'Kponmo' instead on 'Ponmo'. . .when corrected, they both said they thought it is the right spelling cos they spelt it in an ibo way. All the same, if you call someone, Kpelumi, she will answer but will never accept it as a spelling of her name.

@topic
I have asked ibos/igbos this same question but their answers have always differed. Someone even said the pple are igbo while the language is ibo . So I just call whatever comes to my mouth.

excanny:

You are getting it all wrong, funmi. Is the sound of 'p' the same in English as it is in Yoruba? No.

What Abagworo was saying is that pronunciation is always constant while spellings might differ. For example, I could write my name in arabic. The pronunciation remains the same but the spellings, and even the style of writing differs.

But really is it so difficult to spell 'Igbo'? When people say they find a thing offensive, what's there in showing a little respect?

Obiagu1:

Just like Dapo, in Igbo it should be Da"kp"o while in Yoruba, it is Dapo. Like I said, it is a proper noun and no one is at a liberty to write what suits him because the person that bears the name will reject it.
Just like we can't write Dakpo and expect one Dapo to give you a hand shake, so Igbos will not accept Ibo.

My brothers and Sisters, Igbo is a proper noun and you can't change that!

oludashmi:



@excanny
You cant teach me my alphabet
The 'p' in Yoruba pronunciation does not carry a 'k' both in writing and pronunciation.

excanny:

Is the sound of 'p' the same in English as it is in Yoruba? No.

excanny:

P.S  Unfortunately the 'gb' in Igbo and in the neighbouring Yoruba 'gb' are very different in sound. But it can be a close guide for anyone who  wants to learn how to pronounce it in Igbo.

alj harem:
first of all why call me a fool

secondly, what colonial mentality are you talking about, did you not read my post

i said " the educational sector of nigeria has to change to make people aware it is igbo" that if he feels insulted by it

ezeuche, you better becareful; i have tried to let you igbos on nairaland like me but you insulting me,.,. please do not let me go to my old ways,., please brother

uchez2:


@alj Harem, honestly u are a fool! People like u is the reason we don't have peace in this country Nigeria. Idiots and tribalistic nincompoops like u should not be born in the first place!

MsDarkSkin: lol i've even seen "Ebo"

it was on some random site...probably a typo.

One_Naira:

probably wasn't. The Igbos were called and spelled Heebo, Ebo, Eboe, Eboans, Ibo and Iboe by many European historians. The Ibo and Ebo was the most popular ones. The person might have learned about Igbo on History sites and books thus, wasn't aware the actual real spellings. I've met people like that but all are online.

@ OP

It is Igbo. The language, culture, everything is Igbo. Ibo is just an incorrect spelling of the word which majority Igbos find insulting.

Andre Uweh:
May your Days be long.

One_Naira:

probably wasn't. The Igbos were called and spelled Heebo, Ebo, Eboe, Eboans, Ibo and Iboe by many European historians. The Ibo and Ebo was the most popular ones. The person might have learned about Igbo on History sites and books thus, wasn't aware the actual real spellings. I've met people like that but all are online.

@ OP

It is Igbo. The language, culture, everything is Igbo. Ibo is just an incorrect spelling of the word which majority Igbos find insulting.