we are all blacks anyways

I use to pronounce igbo, ibo until some nuch of igbo educated mumu told me it igbo


[ the last time i check, i was told you had selective amnesia that was why you forgot wat u were taught, well i need to refresh your memory it is pronounced IGBO.]

WE ARE IGBO and WE SPEAK IGBO, all these YOLOBA (oratimi, orushegun aderabu etc, )ndi ala should get that into their skull(s).

gossipmama:

WE ARE IGBO and WE SPEAK IGBO, all these YOLOBA (oratimi, orushegun aderabu etc, )ndi ala should get that into their skull(s).

to be sincere, even tho they say common sense is not common, one will begin to wonder, if its true? but with ppl like you, wat can i say that yes, common sense is not common, damn y u gotta have sense be4 u get common sense?

Donlittle:

to be sincere, even tho they say common sense is not common, one will begin to wonder, if its true? but with ppl like you, wat can i say that yes, common sense is not common, damn y u gotta have sense be4 u get common sense?

now i know the true meaning of your name, DONLITTLE, its shows who u are,

Donlittle:

we are all blacks anyways

we have jews (ibo) among us though the israelis still count them as negroes. . .

From my observation, educated and intelligent Yorubas here do not spell Ibo, for example Katsumoto, Tpia, Sagamite, Seun and Debosky. Only the Yoruba drop-outs do that.

my tongue is gum with ibo,what can i do?

~Bluetooth:

we have jews (ibo) among us though the israelis still count them as negroes. . .

wait? wetin they find reach benin na, jk i mean africa.
y they got to call them negroes?

tubolancer:

my tongue is gum with ibo,what can i do?

What can you do?, good question.
Kiss a transformer with that tongue of yours.

Awon omo Igbo!!

bgees:

Awon omo Igbo!!

Another secondary school drop-out joins the fray.

^You guys don't see that tribalism can be fun. lol!!

Ngodigha:

Another secondary school drop-out joins the fray.

This is a further reason why many of them can't spell 'Igbo'.

Lagos teachers can't write correctly

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-368067.0.html

If their teachers cant write and speak correctly, how do you expect the students to know how to spell?

A Delta Ibo would curse you if u called him/her Igbo? So why is OP Ranting? Go sleep for river niger jor

shebi ibos ppl dey vex wen u call dem ibos afta u b calling us Yoruba anyhow nko,

lol you can even say yaruboooo if you wont who cares

lol, who cares how you say it? everyone from everywhere has an accent. i don't expect someone from china, russia, or even mexico to say Igbo correctly. as someone pointed out Nairaland is NOT vocal, so why are you using pronunciation to justify your spelling of Igbo?
after all, for said we pronounce it SED, does that mean we will spell it that way?
read = REED
island = I LAND
etc. . .

mbatuku2:

This is a further reason why many of them can't spell 'Igbo'.

Lagos teachers can't write correctly

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-368067.0.html

If their teachers cant write and speak correctly, how do you expect the students to know how to spell?

IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO IBO

like we yorubas care mtschewwww! ibo kwenu!

honestly,i dont know what the big deal is on this topic.i pronounce it as ibo because it is more convenient and not to taunt anyone.call yoruba anyhow, who cares

slimyem:

honestly,i dont know what the big deal is on this topic.i pronounce it as ibo because it is more convenient and not to taunt anyone.call yoruba anyhow, who cares

WORD

^^gbam

christ! just add the "G" and let's move on. ppl like wahala sha.

IBO womens look like wrestlers. (no oofeinse)

All said and done, i find the post interesting and i would thank the poster for bringing this up. Irrespective of what people have said so far or will say, I am a[b] Full Blooded Igboman[/b] and I am proud of it. But unfortunately and as usual, the thread have been derailed and tribal war has become the norm here. The word Ibo is not a variation of Igbo, it is not for the people as some erroneously claimed. Both the language and the people are Igbo! Ibo is one of the negative relics of the white man (colonial masters) who could not pronounce words with `gb` hence Ibo instead of Igbo.
This bastardization of words is not limited to Igbo alone. The most annoying of them all is Awka -capital city of Anambra state. When you pronounce that word either in Igbo or English, it cant be Oka (with a dot on top of the O). But the white man, who found it difficult to pronounce the word correctly(which is not surprising), pronounced it the way that situated him and subsequently, wrote it that way.
Back to Ibo and Igbo, non Igbos who do that largely fall into the uninformed and ignorant group(pls no insult intended). The other very few fall into the group either that do it out of spite or simply because they hear others call it Ibo.
Igbos who call themselves Ibos should hide their faces in shame because they  do not know their identity. They are what we call Lagos Igbo ie those born and bred in Lagos and dont go home. I read somewhere in this thread where someone insinuated that Ruggedman et al  call themselves Ibos. I therefore ask, is Ruggedman a true Igbo? Someone who can not speak the language, someone who have not been to his hometown for over 26 years?
I want to assume that anyone who visits nairaland seeks for enlightenment. It will be foolhardy for one, after reading this piece, to refer to the Igbos as Ibos!

ofe nmanumanu
Omo IBO IBO IBO IBO

Why are we stressing ourself on unnecessary things like this. I see nothing wrong by saying ibo instead of igbo. Some dont really know the differece but now they 'll comply to real pronounciation. Igbo not Ibo okay.

WE ARE IGBO and WE SPEAK IGBO, all these YOLOBA (oratimi, orushegun aderabu etc, )ndi ala should get that into their skull(s).

This is really getting funny, especially because i see that the Yoruba people are getting lots of bashing, for what reason i don't know. Its IGBO, so please can we drop this. You are not going to force anyone to say IGBO because na dem get their mouth, though i seriously think calling it IGBO shows that you are knowledgeable.


There are more important things to get agitated about: Killing of corpers, looting by politicians etc we just de fight oneanother

[size=18pt]Ibo Kwenu! [/size]