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Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by Mckandre(m): 8:55am On Oct 16, 2014
this is not 9ja English. many got that from the fab and chicky series they watch nowadays. listen to Taylor Swift song "we re never getting back together " 2:16min,she used that sentence alot.
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by dolafunmi(f): 9:18am On Oct 16, 2014
Keenysbojan:
I have been wondering why Nigerian students always use the word 'i was like ok' in every of their saying... I found it difficult to believe that 'i was like ok' is a correct short sentence, in English...

because I have sat down and think about this all over and over and over,and through research I found that there is no short sentence in English, like 'i was like ok'.. but some Nigerians are so terrible when it comes to the aspects of speaking or writing standard English...

A student of unilorin came to meet my big bro at home,and he said I have been trying your number since I left Lagos and I WAS LIKE OK LET ME CALL YOUR YOUNGER BROTHER TO CONFIRM..

immediately,I felt the 'spirit of bad English' in what he said above... since then I have been searching,I have been asking
those who are highly educated and those who study English in universities.. if the use of I WAS LIKE OK is good to speak..

to nairelanders do any of you have anything to say about this topic... share your own points of view and let some 'BAD English speaker(s)' learn from you.. thanks

Yours Faithfully
k e e n y s b o j a n

I have sat down and thought about it, not 'think about it'.
It might not be advisable to use such a clause, but it is not particular to Nigerian students. All over the world, a crop of diction is particular to different age grades. Some eventually make their way into the dictionary as slangs or colloquial.
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by blesseddivah(f): 10:00am On Oct 16, 2014
Bryan12:
Its a genderal grammer mainly used by 9ja girls.You can hardly come across a guy that says that.cry




Ure sick in the anus ...
9ja girls my ass...
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by kpeteman(m): 10:01am On Oct 16, 2014
I was like OP u dei mad
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by kpeteman(m): 10:05am On Oct 16, 2014
one of eng teachers used to say" English language borrowed shamelessly from other languages" why on earth can`t we have ours OP?
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by MRAbudant(m): 10:27am On Oct 16, 2014
Karleb:



What's there to explain?

"I was like, Ok" Is a grammatically correct sentence or statement or phrase or clause, but not a formal speech as in; you can't address a large crowd or the president or your VC with it because it's informal but grammatically correct! gerrit?
You just contradicted yourself in a bid to defend what is obviously wrong. I would advise you to use english the way it is taught than imagined.
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by MRAbudant(m): 10:31am On Oct 16, 2014
Karleb:



What's there to explain?

"I was like, Ok" Is a grammatically correct sentence or statement or phrase or clause, but not a formal speech as in; you can't address a large crowd or the president or your VC with it because it's informal but grammatically correct! gerrit?
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by odinko: 10:47am On Oct 16, 2014
I was like is correct. Anything that comes after that should explain the action you took in the past. But I was like ok as a sentence, is wrong.

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Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by obynoses(m): 10:50am On Oct 16, 2014
Its just a "Vogue thing" in our daily communications in Nigerian but it is highly wrong. and if not corrected, it may be written on examination papers.
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by Realfiness(m): 11:07am On Oct 16, 2014
[quote author=KiddaBlingzz post=27158762]i saw the topic and i was like ok let me see what he is saying, he made a nice observation.
funny u , dis stuff really don enter naija ppl well especially girls, and they say it swag o
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by Realfiness(m): 11:12am On Oct 16, 2014
blesseddivah:





Ure sick in the anus ...
9ja girls my ass...

what Bryan said is d truth n u dnt nid to insult him
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by Originalsly: 12:06pm On Oct 16, 2014
What is Nigerian about "I was like ok"?....and why would one even think about this being correct English? "I was like OK" is washed out American slang used especially by young girls who can't express themselves well. It is no different from the washed out slang guys used.."you know what I'm saying"....or currently phrases with the word seriously...I was like seriously?..are you serious? I guess OP lives in a bubble and is unaware of the existance of slangs.

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Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by Ladybluecash(f): 12:25pm On Oct 16, 2014
No tribalism ooo..bt d truth is, u hear most of ds grammar frm yoruba gals... I was lik....... Shebi u kmw dat........ Oya lets gerrin........ Haaas in me..... So many of it.... In as much we wnt to be creativ nd establish our own tin, we shud atleast mak it standard... Is jos lik sum1 tryin to say ekabo in yoruba nd say ekubo..... Its totally wrong
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by Coldfeet(f): 1:15pm On Oct 16, 2014
Keenysbojan:
I have been wondering why Nigerian students always use the word 'i was like ok' in every of their saying... I found it difficult to believe that 'i was like ok' is a correct short sentence, in English...

because I have sat down and think about this all over and over and over,and through research I found that there is no short sentence in English, like 'i was like ok'.. but some Nigerians are so terrible when it comes to the aspects of speaking or writing standard English...

A student of unilorin came to meet my big bro at home,and he said I have been trying your number since I left Lagos and I WAS LIKE OK LET ME CALL YOUR YOUNGER BROTHER TO CONFIRM..

immediately,I felt the 'spirit of bad English' in what he said above... since then I have been searching,I have been asking those who are highly educated and those who study English in universities.. if the use of I WAS LIKE OK is good to speak..

to nairelanders do any of you have anything to say about this topic... share your own points of view and let some 'BAD English speaker(s)' learn from you.. thanks

Yours Faithfully
k e e n y s b o j a n
Replace " think" with thought please.
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by Bryan12(m): 1:19pm On Oct 16, 2014
blesseddivah:





Ure sick in the anus ...
9ja girls my ass...
Shutup f*ol!!You apparantly have diarrhea of the mouth.You came this far just to quote me.
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by Harkinyhemmy(m): 1:31pm On Oct 16, 2014
If your girlfriend doesnt say "i was like ok" then she has never been to lagos.[color=#006600][/color]
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by fidzy(m): 2:12pm On Oct 16, 2014
Keenysbojan:
please explain to us..we are to learn

Its more like trying to imitate someones expression when talking if you really want ur listener to grab the whole story in 3D....#myhumbleunderstanding

...and I was like "hey that's just a slang"

I think this is more correct than "I was like OK"
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by Keenysbojan(m): 2:53pm On Oct 16, 2014
I have apologize to all nairelanders for my blunders,yet some of you did not stop quoting my blunders.... with the sincere heart,I didn't know I made those blunders..it was when some of you started quoting my blunders,it was then I knew 'ooh gosh,wat da Bleep mistakes',but naireland did not allow me to make my corrections anymore.... please,I dey prostrate ooo mak una no vex for my blunders



Yours Faithfully
k e e n y s b o j a n
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by Originalsly: 3:09pm On Oct 16, 2014
Keenysbojan:
I have apologize to all nairelanders for my blunders,yet some of you did not stop quoting my blunders.... with the sincere heart,I didn't know I made those blunders..it was when some of you started quoting my blunders,it was then I knew 'ooh gosh,wat da Bleep mistakes',but naireland did not allow me to make my corrections anymore.... please,I dey prostrate ooo mak una no vex for my blunders



Yours Faithfully
k e e n y s b o j a n
Blunders are mostly ignored here but oh boy.....if you are going to make correct English the subject make sure your English is ehmmm....impeccable or they will let you know if you didn't dot an i or cross a t ! Nairaland for you!...love it or leave it!

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Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by MRAbudant(m): 4:02pm On Oct 16, 2014
donnypool:


and you started a paragraph with because?
What about yours? You started it with 'and' which is considered wrong by some grammarians.
There is nothing wrong in starting a paragraph with 'because', stop propagating false rules of Grammar.
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by MRAbudant(m): 4:36pm On Oct 16, 2014
fairygeh:
@poster u also made some grammatical blunders undecided.which is worse than I was like. I was like, okay is an informal statement which is quite appropriate in as much as you don't get so used to it and use it in a formal environment,i.e while addressing a group of learned people or writing an essay.
Your post contains a lot of errors which show you have a poor command of accurate English.
I was like ok is very wrong in any social setting, and it is very grievous that a lot of people use it to express themselves, ranging frm the US to some nigerians.
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by fairygeh(f): 4:42pm On Oct 16, 2014
MRAbudant:

Your post contains a lot of errors which show you have a poor command of accurate English.
I was like ok is very wrong in any social setting, and it is very grievous that a lot of people use it to express themselves, ranging frm the US to some nigerians.
Abeg parkwell,point to the errors you saw in the post .It's obvious u lack comprehension skills, because it's obvious in my post that i never said it was right but something people just say,wtf am I even explaining to you sef,oh please GTFOH and address the OP, not me angrywhy quote me?.Wole Soyinka
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by larrysng(m): 4:52pm On Oct 16, 2014
Op why are you forming efiwe over another man's language? The phrase 'I was like ok' is often used in conjunction with some facial expression by the person that says it. For better understanding, this is what the guy meant I've trying to reach your line but it was unreachable so I was like ( person in deep thought shaking his head what could be wrong with his line) then suddenly he said ok let me call his brother. My one cent.
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by Nobody: 5:01pm On Oct 16, 2014
fairygeh:
Abeg parkwell,point to the errors you saw in the post .It's obvious u lack comprehension skills, because it's obvious in my post that i never said it was right but something people just say,wtf am I even explaining to you sef,oh please GTFOH and address the OP, not me angrywhy quote me?.Wole Soyinka
loool


are you light skinned? you know, doting on you could be a way of saying I'm attracted...can we? people can be annoying sometimes
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by MRAbudant(m): 5:28pm On Oct 16, 2014
Keenysbojan:
I have apologized to all nairelanders for my blunders,yet some of you did not stop quoting my blunders.... with the sincere heart,I didn't know I made those blunders..it was when some of you started quoting my blunders,it was then I knew 'ooh gosh,wat da Bleep mistakes',but naireland did not allow me to make my corrections anymore.... please,I dey prostrate ooo mak una no vex for my blunders



Yours Faithfully
k e e n y s b o j a n
After 'have verbs' the next verb must be in past participle i.e sat, thought, eaten etc, nobody is perfect or an island of knowledge, imperfection is one of the undying and time-honoured traits of man, don't mind the critics they are always contemptible.
Concerning your observation, I also had thesame thought, bt I didn't give voice to it because I was too occupied.
The word 'Like' has a lot of informal and nonstandard uses, and its uses as an adverb are considered wrong, so, I was like is wrong and shld be avoided.
I was like ok, I was like let me go, when he shouted at me, I was like 'what is he saying'. etc shld all be avoided
The right substitute for it is: my thought were, I said or I thought for example, when he shouted at me, my thoughts were, 'what is he saying?' or [b]'so, I decided to' call your younger brother to confirm in the poster's post.
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by fairygeh(f): 5:31pm On Oct 16, 2014
spotit:
loool


are you light skinned? you know, doting on you could be a way of saying I'm attracted...can we? people can be annoying sometimes
grin Lol.dont just mind him
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by MRAbudant(m): 6:01pm On Oct 16, 2014
fairygeh:
Abeg parkwell,point to the errors you saw in the post .It's obvious u lack comprehension skills, because it's obvious in my post that i never said it was right but something people just say,wtf am I even explaining to you sef,oh please GTFOH and address the OP, not me angrywhy quote me?.Wole Soyinka
your errors are eye-catching, even a toddler won't make such errata.
you should have admitted your mistakes instead of being pugnacious, I promise u that it won't have come to this.
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by fairygeh(f): 6:43pm On Oct 16, 2014
MRAbudant:

your errors are eye-catching, even a toddler won't make such errata.
you should have admitted your mistakes instead of being pugnacious, I promise u that it won't have come to this.
You wouldn't get the attention you looking for.get lost already.
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by MRAbudant(m): 7:13pm On Oct 16, 2014
fairygeh:
You wouldn't get the attention you looking for.get lost already.
If u didn't exhibit your folly I wld not have seen the need to chide you.
it is better for ur hands to be idle than engage them in derogatory and despicable acts.
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by ChiSun27(m): 7:20pm On Oct 16, 2014
Keenysbojan:

because I have sat down and think about this all over and over and over,
Yours Faithfully
k e e n y s b o j a n



***you sat down and what?****

Something is wrong with that English.



See you wey wan koret d whole of Nigerian youths.....
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by Keenysbojan(m): 7:20pm On Oct 16, 2014
MRAbudant:

After 'have verbs' the next verb must be in past participle i.e sat, thought, eaten etc, nobody is perfect or an island of knowledge, imperfection is one of the undying and time-honoured traits of man, don't mind the critics they are always contemptible.
Concerning your observation, I also had thesame thought, bt I didn't give voice to it because I was too occupied.
The word 'Like' has a lot of informal and nonstandard uses, and its uses as an adverb are considered wrong, so, I was like is wrong and shld be avoided.
I was like ok, I was like let me go, when he shouted at me, I was like 'what is he saying'. etc shld all be avoided
The right substitute for it is: my thought were, I said or I thought for example, when he shouted at me, my thoughts were, 'what is he saying?' or [b]'so, I decided to' call your younger brother to confirm in the poster's post.
thanks boss,I really appreciate your comment...
Re: The Use Of 'i Was Like Ok' By Nigerian Students by MillerHenry(m): 7:29pm On Oct 16, 2014
Keenysbojan:
I have been wondering why Nigerian students always use the word 'i was like ok' in every of their saying... I found it difficult to believe that 'i was like ok' is a correct short sentence, in English...

because I have sat down and think about this all over and over and over,and through research I found that there is no short sentence in English, like 'i was like ok'.. but some Nigerians are so terrible when it comes to the aspects of speaking or writing standard English...

A student of unilorin came to meet my big bro at home,and he said I have been trying your number since I left Lagos and I WAS LIKE OK LET ME CALL YOUR YOUNGER BROTHER TO CONFIRM..

immediately,I felt the 'spirit of bad English' in what he said above... since then I have been searching,I have been asking those who are highly educated and those who study English in universities.. if the use of I WAS LIKE OK is good to speak..

to nairelanders do any of you have anything to say about this topic... share your own points of view and let some 'BAD English speaker(s)' learn from you.. thanks

Yours Faithfully
k e e n y s b o j a n

Point of correction OP dat stuff u jst said is not shd not b directed 2 so many Nigerians bt girls in Nigerian, i blv u've also hrd ''Like seriously 4rm dem'' nd d won wen dey vex me pass wen dem cum abt sinx a year ago na 2 dey snap pix dey bend face nd squeeze dier lips.

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