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Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by ezeagu(m): 11:40pm On May 27, 2011 |
Rhino.5dm: No need to get excited, we're talking about 0.00000001% of the Hausa population, who also see other Hausa as Bananas. |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by olaolabiy: 12:39am On May 28, 2011 |
This is NOT true, at all. Not in London. What do you actually take Yorubas for as far as the UK is concerned? Hausa will NEVER NEVER match Yoruba shoppers in the UK.; even if they rule for 200 years! Now, let me explain the reason you have more Hausas in Edgware Road: This is an Arab enclave in London; where you find Muslims and women in Burka. As a result, Hausas too prefer to mingle there. Go to Oxford street, Convent Garden, that's where you will likely meet rich Yoruba dudes. How many are these Hausas? Debenham probably googled Nigeria's major language and, maybe Hausa came up. I don't think that all the these Hausas buy more suits that Yoruba surgeons alone in the UK. Get your facts right, guys. |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by tpia5: 12:53am On May 28, 2011 |
@ topic good for whoever is shopping there. Never heard of the place since i aint a moneybag. |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by olaolabiy: 1:03am On May 28, 2011 |
And, is Debenham really expensive? It is just a collection of labels. A T-Shirt at Debenham goes for around 25 - 50 pounds max. Not really posh, is it? In fact, you won't see a lot of rich Yoruba/Igbo dudes there. I don't have millions of pounds, thousands sef I never get, BUT, I have picked up one or two T-Shirts there before. And, I always buy my perf from Debenham. |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by olaolabiy: 1:07am On May 28, 2011 |
Hehe, Debenhams? Na im be sey you never see shopping by some Nigeria-based dudes before. I mean 10, 000 pounds - fiam, just like that at Selfridges. Abeg, money dey Naija. |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by Kilode1: 1:26am On May 28, 2011 |
ola olabiy: See confession Bros, so you be government contractor Chopping our money Yanfu Yanfu , chop remain for us o Well done o |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by olaolabiy: 1:29am On May 28, 2011 |
Kilode?!: Hahahaa I wish. Me ke. Na those Naija-based people oo. Dem too get moneeey. Na so dey go carry plenti bags. |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by olaolabiy: 1:40am On May 28, 2011 |
Kilode?!:But, you try well ooo. Se how you cleverly joined my post together sef. GEJ needs your skills oo |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by ektbear: 1:57am On May 28, 2011 |
Hrm. In light of these posts. . . Northern leaders truly are shameless, evil, and selfish b@stards. We'll see an article like this today, then read another one tomorrow about millions of almajiris in Kano, despite its substantial federal allocations Imagine, living like an oil sheikh while your people suffer. Sad stuff |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by Kilode1: 1:59am On May 28, 2011 |
@Olabiy as long as GEJ can dash me oyel block, me sef wan shop for Dedenhams. Better still, I can help GEJ increase revenue, by suing Selfridges, Saks 5th Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Harrods and other luxury goods stores for encouraging corruption and wasteful spending. J/k The same way we jail folks selling cocaine and heroine to incurable addicts. I think those companies can be liable too, for encouraging corruption and causing the death of millions. GEJ needs to start talking to some greedy smart lawyers. Mostly kidding |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by agabaI23(m): 3:33am On May 28, 2011 |
Guys the article was referring to shoppers from outside Britain not those living in Britain. @ola olabiy, Debenhams have a collection of expensive labels. Debenhams own products may be cheap but those other labels are as expensive as anywhere else. |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by denzel2009: 3:46am On May 28, 2011 |
agabaI23: Do they produce their plane ticket before buying stuff there? |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by agabaI23(m): 4:02am On May 28, 2011 |
denzel2009:They ask for vat receipt or vat reclaim forms. |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by denzel2009: 4:26am On May 28, 2011 |
agabaI23:Lol, Mallams don't do that. It's the ijebus and Ibo boys that go through that stress. |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by olaolabiy: 9:43am On May 28, 2011 |
agabaI23: VAT receipts? And, they are rich? I read it when they were about to launch this campaign. All Debenhams wanted was major languages from China, Korea, Japan and Nigeria. Etc. It has nothing to do with Hausa shoppers. Their campaign is about NIGERIAN shoppers. |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by olaolabiy: 9:46am On May 28, 2011 |
Kilode?!: Na im oo. The only thing I need now na my own oyel block. I hope GEJ dey read this. Hola! |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by olaolabiy: 9:51am On May 28, 2011 |
agabaI23:Like how much are you talking about here? Let me give you an example: The perfs I mentioned are not theirs. However, the difference between what they charge and what high-street stores like Superdrug, Perfumery and The Perfume Shop charge is plus or minus 1 pound max. These perfs are sometimes cheaper at Debenhams sef. Go and check this. |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by olaolabiy: 10:01am On May 28, 2011 |
The same Debenhams where a friend bought a 'heater' for 13 pounds? |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by olaolabiy: 10:04am On May 28, 2011 |
This is Debenhams. Some T-Shirts go for as low as 6 pounds sef : http://www.debenhams.com/men/t-shirts-polos/t-shirts |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by olaolabiy: 10:09am On May 28, 2011 |
Shoes at Debenhams: Casuals: http://www.debenhams.com/shoes/men/casual-shoes Formal shoes: http://www.debenhams.com/shoes/men/formal-shoes Trainers: http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Navigate?ps=default&storeId=10001&sfn=Categories&lid=%2F%2Fproductsuniverse%2Fen_GB%2Fproduct_online%3DY%2Fcategories%3C{productsuniverse_164101}%2Fcategories%3C{productsuniverse_164101_164165}%2Fcategories%3C{productsuniverse_164101_164165_164187_ms%2Cproductsuniverse_164101_164165_164188_ms}&catalogId=10001&sfv=Mens+sports+trainers Na here you wan go find Naija billionaires, abi? I dey laugh oooo |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by kbdrim(m): 1:08pm On May 28, 2011 |
southerners and their stupid ignorance and pride, with ur so called education and sense of accomplishment, the smelly hausa's have ruled u for over 35yrs and it took an uneducated yoruba man in obj to deliver u frm their rule, y nt ur educated profs n surgeons, technocrats, mtcheew, u guys r pathetic ignorants, over 80% of southerners dnot even know beyond the ehnic groups, i rather b a student of life rather than study all the books and end up writing petitions against my brothers, the average hausa dude have far more class than an average rich southerner, all they have is noise, so much talk and no substance |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by MeGaStReEt: 1:15pm On May 28, 2011 |
illiterates wasting our money |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by franklampard082(m): 1:16pm On May 28, 2011 |
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Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by Johnpaul2k2(m): 1:18pm On May 28, 2011 |
HAUSA CAN BE WHATEVER THEY WANT TO BE THERE, BUT NEED TO ADVICE THEM THAT WHERE THEY ARE NOW IS LONDON BUT NIGERIA, SO NO KILLING OF CHRISTIANS OR CORPERS THERE OOOOOO NO BOKO HARAM OR OSAMA BIN LADEN ATTITUDES |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by hotbella1: 1:21pm On May 28, 2011 |
u guys are really funny oh and so so tribalistic. wats bad abt a hausa advert at debenhams? am hausa and was der for some shoppin 2 weeks back so get off our backs pls and use all that energy abi hate to transform naija. |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by olaolabiy: 2:22pm On May 28, 2011 |
Shoes at Debenhams: http://www.debenhams.com/shoes/men/formal-shoes Na this kain thing you wan show off? Abeg, guys, no fall moi hands ooo |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by Kusfa(m): 2:26pm On May 28, 2011 |
Infact; not until we begin to see 9jerians as one, ENVY & HATRED will continue to disintegrate us in this country. what is so special in adopting Hausa Language by a London retailer? Maybe (to him) majority of his "money splasher's" are the Hausa's. But; just imagine the castigations and condemnations, nonsense!!! Now an average foreigner reading this thread will begin to suspect the stupendious attitute of Nigerians. There we are fighting eachother on religion and tribal grounds; accusing the whites of RACISM; who be fool? Na una; ofcurz!!! |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by ezeagu(m): 2:28pm On May 28, 2011 |
Abeg, is not about the price of items, it's about that fact that they decided to put Hausa language among only three other foreign languages in their stores. This means that the volume of spending by the Hausa is large, large enough for them to place them by the richest tourists. So what if a 20 pounds shirt is nothing to you? If a shop gets a hundred Hausa people buying 20 of those shirts each visit, then they are going to notice them and that is buying power. |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by AndreUweh(m): 2:31pm On May 28, 2011 |
Lazy calculation by the superstore. Hausa men in the U.K are very scanty, less than 5,000. Even the ones that come from Nigeria do not go about on suits. In a country where the Yorubas are about 60,000 and Ndigbo 50,000, it is abnormal not to include Yoruba and Igbo inscription that Hausa. Wrong move. |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by BIGERBOY1: 2:33pm On May 28, 2011 |
its sad shouldnt we be glad that we have one our languages up there, would u guys rather have the ghanian or zulu language upthere jus because its HAUSA. I remember this display of ignorance when the 'ARABIC' latters were expunged from the naira that was too bad cos of the following 1. the english french spanish etc. languages might use a seemingly similar characters but each writing has its unique letters (u will agree) 2. The japanese chinese koreans also write seemingly similar, but trust me each of these writings are worlds apart in style and characters 3. Arabic Persian Hausa also share the same similitude but there are letters in the Hausa language not found in both arabic and persian Bottom line we should be proud that even b4 the europeans our fellow African and consequently Hausa's have adapted and develpd a writing style comparable with any major languages then, yet maintaining writing styles and character unique only to the Hausa languge. shouldnt this acheivement be celebrated rather than the usual colonial line of 'the africans had notting b4 the europeans'. How many of u know that there was a University in Africa b4 the europeans- in TIMBUKTU, MALI, and also the largest mud stucture ever biult. common guys will we ever develop with this ethnic bigotry and hatred. THINK. |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by olaolabiy: 2:34pm On May 28, 2011 |
Andre Uweh: Thank you jare. Very lazy calculation, IMO. They would have benefited more if it were Yoruba or Igbo. How many are these Hausas. They thought Hausa was the widely-spoken lang in Naija. That is it. |
Re: London Retailer Shop Adopts Hausa Language To Woo Customers by ezeagu(m): 2:34pm On May 28, 2011 |
Andre Uweh: There are more than a million Nigerians in the UK. |
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