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| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by tonychristopher: 1:19pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
BULL FUCKKINNGGG SHHHIIITTTSSS...IF THE ARE NOT Found IN DICTIONARY THEY ARE NIGERIAN ENGLISH AND IT IS REGIONALISM. WE SPEAK OUR OWN VERSION OF ENGLISH AND ONCE WE UNDERSTAND THEM THAT IS OK WE HAVE AMERICAN ENGLISH AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH CANADIAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH ETC WHY CANT WE HV NIGERIAN VERSION OF ENGLISH JUST LIKE JAMAICAN ENGLISH WHY MUST WE CONDEMN OUR OWN THEN EMBRACE WESTERN ORIENTATION THE OP IS JUST CRAZY AND DAFT THIS IS NIGERIAN ENGLISH HE SHOULD DEAL WITH IT MTCHEWWWW EVEN OGA IS NIGERIAN THING 4 Likes
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| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by mumihaja(f): 1:22pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
@DucatiKing, i guess wake keeping is correct because it is a tradition where people gather round a corpse and keep vigil for some nights to see if the dead will wake up....so that process is called wake-keeping since it it a present continous term 1 Like |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by Dammyjohn(m): 1:25pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
I believe that what worth doing worth doing well.So also if English language worth speaking then it worth speaking it well. 1 Like |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by BuddhaPalm(m): 1:27pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
If American man talk am, you go say na American English  .If Naija man talk am, you go say na error. 6 Likes |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by bbjummy: 1:28pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
emydot: Perambulate 1 Like |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by Nobody: 1:34pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by tonychristopher: 1:35pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
Dammyjohn: language evovle and english language is evolving around the speakers will you say americans speak wrong english? will you say that of jamaican or indians etc now we have ol english and modern english so which is more coorect is it "Thou" or "You" I am waiting 1 Like |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by tonychristopher: 1:35pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
BuddhaPalm: no mind them, how i wish they fit make pidgin english official language that one for good seff na our own brand of english the way amricans speak I wanna gonna jamaican speak me i man feel hirray so make we dey blow pidging, we can get pidgin lecturers from warri and benin , they speak the finest pidgin all na english 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by Nobody: 1:39pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
tonychristopher: Hi The poster was not condescending or insulting at all One pet peeve of mine is people who condemn others' grammar (English) The OP was nothing like that... I read his post and felt no pinch Lay off the insults, okay? I like the idea of Nigerianised English...or Pidgin used the way Sierra Leone people use their Krio But I sincerely hope PLUMPY is not part of the new revolution The word makes me go crazzy, I tell you....in a really, bad way  2 Likes |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by dayobomi: 1:44pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
kudos. my English will improve |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by rhemadhee(m): 1:47pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
I hv heard Nigerians Expecially d Yorubas, b4 u start abusing me(I'm 1) usin d word "in case of incasity" instead of incase of necessity/contigency/Emmergency. |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by samx4real(m): 1:47pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
Bro... One of the characteristics of English language is that its Dynamic... Words can be generated from any where and if d populace accept it, the dictionary publishers can include it in there new edition. or u want to say word like iphones is a wrong word to use because is not in the dictionary? |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by litetias(m): 1:48pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
Screentouch indeed! 1 Like |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by 989900: 1:48pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
tonychristopher: I was 'gbaduning' (new vocab) you until you have to result to insult. Liked your post though. |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by pappilo(m): 1:51pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
Dane gun (locally made gun) Not documented anywhere |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by danielous(m): 1:51pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
CROSS CARPETING is use IN government |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by omokoladele(m): 1:54pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
What about words like Kongi, kitten?? Dictionary is jst a book dat explain meanings of words And not a book dat contain all d english words. #my thought! Moreover we are in Nigeria....we speak our own english in our own way! 1 Like |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by nigerfine: 1:57pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
Well that is that about language..... Could you believe Bank of America ATM writes....." I'm finished" this is a big corporate entity. So my Nigeria people we are too much. I love Nigeria 1 Like |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by Nobody: 1:58pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
mumihaja:Nothing like that. It is wake no more no less. You can use wakeful night though. Because frowning happens on the face, you don't say...why are you frowning face? Just as you don't say...I will sue you to court. You ask..why do you frown? I will sue you. Again, the Op used severally wrongly when talking about disvirgin. Severally never means repeatedly or continuously. It means differently or distinctly. It is the adverbial form of the secondary meaning of several only. |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by tolu4you: 1:59pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
@op, u forgot to add 'talkless of'. correct one is 'let alone' |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by pinkyruledworld(m): 2:01pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
Only when we stop using oxford dico, and produce naija dictionary. no b by force to follow oyinbo do their thing, if na oyinbo invent the slangs, den go don put am for dictionary. nA PART OF RACISm JAREY. |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by Nobody: 2:05pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
tolu4you:Great. And you don't say night vigil. Since vigils happen in the night, no need to bring in night. So it is just vigil. Again, you don't use I stand corrected when you say something you expect someone to disprove. You only wait, for that to happen and say I stand corrected. |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by justmag(m): 2:05pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
tsdarkside: explain my loss? Because I stopped fighting with someone that hates admitting they are wrong? there is nothing wrong with NOT knowing but there is always something wrong with someone who thinks they know it all. So if you are into that then good for you. More women for u. Enjoy!! 1 Like |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by Hero10001: 2:08pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
EXLOVER:Craw craw, chuku chuku, puff puff, kpokish, wining i.e No "wine" me o. Burn finish as in; Jonathan ti "J'ona tan". Hahahaha! ;-D ;-D 1 Like |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by BobUg28(m): 2:09pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
SuperModerator:oBOY no tryam wit me oh or i shenshiam FoR you oh . . . Na only Ug ochukwu name you sabi? You no see musa or Adamu use? |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by Nobody: 2:09pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
pinkyruledworld:That is the thing. Nigerian system has failed us and we resort to that saying. We can't standardise the so-called Nigerian English and we don't want to learn the standardised ones either. Only when you do international English tests, you will know and see the rot we are all in. |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by MNDY(m): 2:15pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
This thread reminds me one of my top favourites of Lagbaja's songs on English not being an expression with late Fela's voice in its background! --- No dey fear to speak your mother tounge! I speak, you hear; when you speak, I understand - e don finish! English is over-hyped and not an expression! --- In Lagbaja's voice in the song, "ekabo" is welcome, what is "ekunle"? 1 Like |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by Nobody: 2:16pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
Wow thanx for the info charlie:> |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by musicwriter(m): 2:22pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
This Chinedu Rylan, Ph.D, can someone let me know how many research papers he've published on one Nigerian language?. He's supposedly an Igbo man, so, I'll like know how many research work he've done on Igbo language. What research papers do he have on our own Hausa language?. How many research publication do he have on our own Yoruba language?. How about Igala, Efik, Kanuri, Fulani, Tiv, Ibibio, Ijaw, Urhobo, Bini?. e.t.c. Where are his research work on his own language?. Should we stop using these words because they're made in Nigeria?. Look, Americans do have their own brand of English as well, and it's not due to ignorance as the article suggests but convenience. Jamaicans do have their own brand of English as well. Language itself evolves. English Evolved from languages such as Greek and Latin. Once upon a time English language was once considered jargon by the Greeks and Latinos!. Same way the Brits today think Americans speak jargon, but Americans don't give a fu*k what you think. Africans, we must resist Neo-colonialism with all our might in any place or form we find it. Go ahead and use those Nigerian made words. If possible speak and write Pidgin English and be proud doing it. The excuse given by colonial christian and islamic missionaries to Africa was that our languages were tongue twisting and primitive, so they taught us their languages; English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, instead. English is not our first language, no!. Do not be shy making a mistake writing or speaking it. Now, the missionaries are gone but our own African elites now act as conduits for implementation of western neo-colonial rule. Don't be shy, don't be afraid, Go ahead and use those words in Nigeria. NB: Looking at the big picture. |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by nagoma(m): 2:22pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
SuperModerator: Wrong. How can Ugochukwu's father be Fulani ? 2 Likes |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by saintgid55(m): 2:27pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
I'm sure dis writer hav not hard of conventionalism b4 |
| Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by pinkyruledworld(m): 2:31pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
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