For me, it's when I hear someone say "just because I speak English properly like an intelligent person"


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It's the intonation of ones English. It has nothing to do with speaking proper English. Nigerians are very capable of speaking proper English. Google Abubakar Tafawa Balewa.

Speaking white would mean speaking in (or similar to) a borrowed accent 'foh nè'

You have freedom to speak in whatever way you choose so long you are audible, coherent and your pronunciation's good, communication will not be breached.

Mindful however, there is a fine line between sounding white and 'sounding like a clown'. If you must speak white, do your research and speak it well.

Hila12:
Speaking white would mean speaking in (or similar to) a borrowed accent 'foh nè'

You have freedom to speak in whatever way you choose so long you are audible, coherent and your pronunciation's good, communication will not be breached.

Mindful however, there is a fine line between sounding white and 'sounding like a clown'. If you must speak white, do your research and speak it well.

You just killed me.

To Nigerians speaking proper English doesn't mean your talking white cause I never witness nigerians criticize Nigerians when they speak proper English however if they over do it like using English words that even English people rarely use as much for example it becomes obvious their acting like someone they are not. When it comes to acting white it depends on their mentality and cultural connection for example nigerians are neutral when it comes to race, they dont criticize nigerians blackness based on what music they listen to, achieving higher education, speaking proper English, and etc but how they go about it culturally.

With some african Americans though it's extreme, speaking proper English, your education, being neutrally black instead of thinking like a Afrocentric, listening to music considered non-black, and etc equates to acting white to them.

Hila12:
Speaking white would mean speaking in (or similar to) a borrowed accent 'foh nè'

You have freedom to speak in whatever way you choose so long you are audible, coherent and your pronunciation's good, communication will not be breached.

Mindful however, there is a fine line between sounding white and 'sounding like a clown'. If you must speak white, do your research and speak it well.

So true, it's the accent actually when they are speaking proper English that Nigerians use to say whether your acting like someone you are not, this excludes nigerians born overseas though

Talking or acting white is more of a black American term.
Educated AAs who speak correct English are often accused of trying to talk white.
But that's their problem.
In Nigeria, we don't say you're trying to talk white.
Some Nigerians feel you have to borrow foreign accents in order to be posh, not white. Some even fake a black american accent, lol.
For example Chimamanda Adichie and Wole Soyinka speak properly but it's still Nigerian accent. This is how they teach you in Nigerian schools to speak. But Toke Makinwa and those radio hosts in Nigeria often speak with borrowed accents. Some may have been brought up abroad like Toolz, so she gets a pass but majority are fake.

Stillfire:
Talking or acting white is more of a black American term.
Educated AAs who speak correct English are often accused of trying to talk white.
But that's their problem.
In Nigeria, we don't say you're trying to talk white.
Some Nigerians feel you have to borrow foreign accents in order to be posh, not white. Some even fake a black american accent, lol.
For example Chimamanda Adichie and Wole Soyinka speak properly but it's still Nigerian accent. This is how they teach you in Nigerian schools to speak. But Toke Makinwa and those radio hosts in Nigeria often speak with borrowed accents. Some may have been brought up abroad like Toolz, so she gets a pass but majority are fake.

I agree, excellent response

People get very upset over other people's accents, in america.

tpiadotcom:
People get very upset over other people's accents, in america.

Take 'Number 9' for example, a great guy who comes to us from Haiti do you think his voice sounds white? If you talked on the phone with Number 9 would you know he was black? How would you know? [s]Or you wouldn't care what race Number 9 was? [/s]


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wymIva51zoE

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The personification of most black americans.

White people sound as if they speak through the nose in my opinion. The words are not well defined, unlike number 9 in the video above.

Stillfire:
Talking or acting white is more of a black American term.
Educated AAs who speak correct English are often accused of trying to talk white.
But that's their problem.
In Nigeria, we don't say you're trying to talk white.
Some Nigerians feel you have to borrow foreign accents in order to be posh, not white. Some even fake a black american accent, lol.
For example Chimamanda Adichie and Wole Soyinka speak properly but it's still Nigerian accent. This is how they teach you in Nigerian schools to speak. But Toke Makinwa and those radio hosts in Nigeria often speak with borrowed accents. Some may have been brought up abroad like Toolz, so she gets a pass but majority are fake.

That's a beutiful point of view

muafrika:
White people sound as if they speak through the nose in my opinion. The words are not well defined, unlike number 9 in the video above.

Number 9 is back


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWwQfjdoa5c

Talking (and appearing) whiter than ever.

AAinEqGuinea:


Number 9 is back


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWwQfjdoa5c

Talking (and appearing) whiter than ever.

Black people ehn, they can be such jokes sometimes with all the propagated self-hatred.

Fulaman198:


Black people ehn, they can be such jokes sometimes with all the propagated self-hatred.

Lol... and I agree with some of his kernel message, Blacks need to worry about themselves. However the number 9 delivery needs work.

Blacks seem to be caught between many worlds.

on the one hand, a large number of blacks are mixed people while on the other, being mixed is considered undermining the essence of blackness itself.

AAinEqGuinea:


Take 'Number 9' for example, a great guy who comes to us from Haiti do you think his voice sounds white?

no, he doesn't sound white.


check this out:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYAYBQHXYlQ

if you spoke to this guy on phone, could you tell he was African? Or do you think he's lip syncing.

.

tpiadotcom:


no, he doesn't sound white.


check this out:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYAYBQHXYlQ

if you spoke to this guy on phone, could you tell he was African? Or do you think he's lip syncing.

Clearly he's manually changing between octaves of his voice.

I wish we stop this charade, stop fooling ourselves. Blacks everywhere on the planet live differently than whites. There's clearly a push by many blacks to use acculturation as means of being modern, being accepted, not being targeted. Black parents are forcing white culture onto their children. It's a reason racism exist, everyone must be like "master race". We're using English right now, you're likely wearing trousers too, likely a Christian etc. don't braid your hair, tribal marks are too black, etc etc etc

Even this white person notices the difference. The only caveat I'll add is far too many African American are guilty as well.

AAinEqGuinea:


Number 9 is back


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWwQfjdoa5c

Talking (and appearing) whiter than ever.

He has added a little bit of an unnatural accent. He still sounds more AA though.

muafrika:
He has added a little bit of an unnatural accent. He still sounds more AA though.

If number 9 sounds AA, what does plies sound like?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z0sJWBa4S0

American pidgin

AAinEqGuinea:



If number 9 sounds AA, what does plies sound like?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z0sJWBa4S0

American pidgin

I'll watch the video later,


It's an African habit to modify whatever languages they come across. I think AAs are doing a great job of it. They'll be speaking a wholly differentiated language in 100 years.

*I got about 0.01% of his words. Mostly the repeated insults. Do people seriusly punctuate their sentences with insults or is it just for a show, I mean like for music videos?

All his teeth are gold?

Stillfire:
Talking or acting white is more of a black American term.
Educated AAs who speak correct English are often accused of trying to talk white.
But that's their problem.
In Nigeria, we don't say you're trying to talk white.
Some Nigerians feel you have to borrow foreign accents in order to be posh, not white. Some even fake a black american accent, lol.
For example Chimamanda Adichie and Wole Soyinka speak properly but it's still Nigerian accent. This is how they teach you in Nigerian schools to speak. But Toke Makinwa and those radio hosts in Nigeria often speak with borrowed accents. Some may have been brought up abroad like Toolz, so she gets a pass but majority are fake.

Hi
I do not know how Toolz or Toke talk
....but, have you heard Arik Air flight attendants speak?
Cringe-worthy, I tell you