yes it is when u want to get ahead in life. for naija maybe not, but for here, it sure as heck is important.

@soulpatrol

I actually believe otherwise

Na for naija dem dey argue over every nut and bolt of the lingo
The habit of pedantry wey I see say u pick up avidly

For here they really dont give that much of a toss at least in the
spoken version

Obviously the standards of the written version is high altho
they would rather do without the penchant for verbosity wey naija get

How many oyibo people speak/write good English?you only get good grammar in their newspapers and their official communication. otherwise most of them are barely literate

tell them

i cant blv that this thread is still growing

doyin13:


they would rather do without the penchant for verbosity wey naija get

you hit the nail on the head bro, some people think its by using plenty big words amd senseless tautologies that they make sense

clear and simple communication is essential, no more. if you want to blow big grammar, go and be a lawyer or something, or go join student union for campus, those guys blow the most senseless grammar i've ever heard. and some mumus will be cheering them on

I remember the one my friend made up one night

prostitutic akokites
[b]ayangba[/b]ristic akokites

all in the name of sounding intelligent

na the way

"Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that
shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known"

@debosky

I will admit I kind of appreciate the verbosity
of those student union leaders

At least they dont take themselves too seriously

I remember Tony Fash in his prime at Ife.
Saw him speak once.
I swear the speech should be etched in stone.

soulpatrol:

hmm my English teachers in high school used to "ta bon" so much that it is a wonder how i managed to speak and write good English. I guess it was something I happened to be good at, so no stress there.
they "ta bonned" so bad that i wonder if they even finished school. walai i'm sure they didn't possess the license to teach, they did ojoro.

yoruba teachers were the worst, with their H-factor and mispronounciation. God help u if u don't begin to speak like them at the end of the day. never will I send my 'shidren' to a naija school o. even the so-called private schools are no better.

I agree with you on the  private school teachers.  Not all of them are bad really, of course there are private schools and there are private schools. You've just reminded me of one female private school teacher in my area who also happens to be my house fellowship teacher. My-oh-my,  if I write the kind of English she speaks here you'll say it's gross exageration. It's as bad as not being able to pronounce some 3-letter words, eg she once read 'pin' as 'pain' and 'toe' as 'two' (mind you shes not know with any eye-defect!) Honestly I'm not sure she finished secondary school, and you can imagine what kind of English her poor pupils will be taught in school. Oops

would be nice if we could infact get another language for nigeria, that will prevent all these arguement.

$$Rhino:

would be nice if we could infact get another language for nigeria, that will prevent all these arguement.

I suggest fijian

Its so remote, it is surely the only thing wey no go cause conflict for Naija

I think

doyin, sorry for my ignorance, but could you please tell me which one is fijian, hope you not refering to the fiji langs?

You too wan turn pedant abi

No make me kick you all the way to Suva o.

They might mistake you for a kaffir

haba now, i beg na night school i went oh, with my slate, so i beg make u teach da broda jare

$$Rhino:

haba now, i beg na night school i went oh, with my slate, so i beg make u teach da brother jare

Ol bob shay na that one for maza maza.

Remember say na with Hausa them dey teach us

yes oh, and that is where i learn ' it is a go and it is a come", and that is why i say " teacher, teacher no be lecturer be your name, make u teach me well!" ayakataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

POSTER

U NEVA SEE PROPER IBUN(MISS USE OF ENGLISH)

WHEN U ENCOUNTER D REAL 1 U WILL JUS CHANGE THIS TOPIC,WE NO TRY WHY DEM NO FIT COME ERE TRY DIS STRONG PIDGIN WEY WE DEY TALK.
U GO OFFICE U GO YAN D TIN,REACH HOUSE U GO YAN AM AGAIN?ABEG FREE STORY 4 TORTOISE.
NO WORRY I GO SEND SOME REAL LANGUAGE-KILLERS 2 UR OFFICE,THEN U LL KNOW HOW FAR

PEOPLE THAT CAN USE SENTENCES LIKE THIS WITHOUT FEAR

I LL CALL U INCASE OF ANY EVENTUALLY
U BETTER WENT TO SCHOOL AND DONT BE LATE

I BEG MAKE I STOP ERE,I THRIVE ON POOR ENGLISH FRM MY PEOPLE 4 MY LISTENING ENTERTAINMENT,lol

@ all
Pidgin is not the problem afterall it is a language. The problem here is abuse of the English language e.g

reverse back = reverse your car
cut your hand = turn your steering wheel
dress for me = move up the seat
still yet = ?
night vigil = ? (vigil is always at night)
should incase = ?

this thread never die?

na u sabi, vigil is not always at nite oooo, there is morning vigil. as per reverse back, wat is wrong with that one, i can reverse front, and for ur info, reverse itself is wrong in the states, it is back out, or back something but not reverse, just like u say open your boot, they say pump the trunk, na who correct? abeg 9ja form ur own english jare, na we own.

angel101:

@ all
Pidgin is not the problem afterall it is a language. The problem here is abuse of the English language e.g

reverse back = reverse your car
cut your hand = turn your steering wheel
dress for me = move up the seat
still yet = ?
night vigil = ? (vigil is always at night)
should incase = ?

angel101:

@ all
Pidgin is not the problem afterall it is a language. The problem here is abuse of the English language e.g

reverse back = reverse your car
cut your hand = turn your steering wheel
dress for me = move up the seat
still yet = ?
night vigil = ? (vigil is always at night)
should incase = ?

in case of incasity= in case
repeat again= repeat
extreme end= extreme or end
luxurious bus=luxury bus
kill am die=kill

this na our own language, if u wan learn am u go language classes for any of the numerous universities motor parks wey full naija.

correct man, na the levels

darfur:

in case of incasity= in case
repeat again= repeat
extreme end= extreme or end
luxurious bus=luxury bus
kill am die=kill

this na our own language, if u wan learn am u go language classes for any of the numerous universities motor parks wey full naija.

It's appalling ! Even on here, such poor display of English Language! Sucks I tell you

suck am back. na we language be dat. hoha. we love am

NINETOFIVE:

This thread is a total manifestation of the author's backwardness, get out see the world, when you 've accomplished that and might have learned one or two things, we would discuss the terrible state of Igbo language in Germany and England or the terrible state of Yoruba language in France and Russia, ignorance is bliss.

truth my brother

God go bless u plenty

NINETOFIVE:

This thread is a total manifestation of the author's backwardness, get out see the world, when you 've accomplished that and might have learned one or two things, we would discuss the terrible state of Igbo language in Germany and England or the terrible state of Yoruba language in France and Russia, ignorance is bliss.

pidgin all the way. wetin de shele for this zone nothing mega

Nothing wrong with speaking pidgin english.

omo mehn! oga o!


u knw na only naija dudes i c sey dnt appreciate stuff at all especially some of those wey dem born for yonda{no generalization now!}. the ability of the american english to be different from the so-called queens english today is one of the things dat made the country soooooo gr8. wu says anytin is wrong wif our pidgin english, should be hav his/her passport withdrawn- wetin be dat one? even wen yu study the pigdin english in nigeria, yu'll discova it has soo many forms dat lends credence to class strata and stuff- the average literate naija dude speaks wat is called refined pidgin and u get to hia anoda man from the ghetto speak some pidgin and yu'll be like woa! so it is in Britain and in yankee and in australia and so on. so wats yur big problem wit our own creole- abeg leave am for us o! FILE!!!!!!!!!!!!