diddy4dt:

You Know You Are An Americanized Nigerian If You Now Say,

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"Truck" instead of "Lorry"
"SUV" instead of "Jeep"
"Never mind" instead of "Fashi"
"Wassup?" instead of "How far now?"
"Hood" instead of "Bonnet"
"Trunk" instead of "Boot"
"Gas" instead of "fuel"
"Fries" instead of "Chips"
"Fireworks/Firecrackers" instead of "Banga/Knockout"
"Soda" instead of "Minerals"
"Detergent" instead of "OMO"
"Stupid" instead of "Mumu/Ode"
"Concrete" instead of "Cement"
"Trash Can" instead of "Dust bin"
"Power is out" instead of "NEPA has taken light"
"Cop" instead of "Police"
"Later" instead of "We go yarn"
"Graduate" instead of "Pass out"
"Security Guard" instead of "Gateman"
"Cookie" instead of "Biscuit"
"Pants" instead of "trousers"
"Underwear" instead of "pant"
"Extensions" instead of "Attachment"
"Cornrows" instead of "weave"
"French braids" instead of "Dee-dee"
"Weave" instead of "weave-on"
"Suitcase" instead of "Box"
"Sneakers" instead of "Canvas"
"Soccer" instead of "Football"
"Motorcycle" instead of "okada"
"Flip-flops" instead of "slippers" (more like "silpas"
"Nail polish" instead of "Cotex"
"Hallway" instead of "Corridor"
"Living/Sitting Room" instead of "Palor'
"Balcony" instead of "Varanda"
"Poke" instead of "Chook"
"Pen" instead of " Biro/Bic"
"Ballpoint pen" instead of "Eleganza"
"VW Bug" instead of "Beettle"
"Negative 5" instead of "minus 5"
"Twenty five hundred" instead of "two thousand five hundred"
"Boss" instead of "Oga"
"Circle" instead of "roundabout"
"Apartment building" instead of "block of flats"
"Flashlight" instead of "torch"
"Conjuctivitis" instead of "Apollo
"wife-beater" instead of "singlet"
"dreadlocks" instead of "da da"

"Truck" instead of "Lorry"-lorry
"SUV" instead of "Jeep"- jeep
"Never mind" instead of "Fashi"- never mind, the people here wouldn't get fashi
"Wassup?" instead of "How far now?"- ditto how far.
"Hood" instead of "Bonnet"- bonnet
"Trunk" instead of "Boot" - boot
"Gas" instead of "fuel"- fuel/petrol
"Fries" instead of "Chips" -chips
"Fireworks/Firecrackers" instead of "Banga/Knockout"- never really had cause to say this
"Soda" instead of "Minerals"- soda
"Detergent" instead of "OMO"- detergent, we didn't necessarily use OMO
"Stupid" instead of "Mumu/Ode"- i say Arrow or retard
"Concrete" instead of "Cement" - they aren't the same thing
"Trash Can" instead of "Dust bin"- dustbin
"Power is out" instead of "NEPA has taken light"- since i only ever experience power outages at home, NEPA is sufficient!
"Cop" instead of "Police"- depends
"Later" instead of "We go yarn"- i usually combine them. later when im talking to non-nigerians though.
"Graduate" instead of "Pass out" - i say finish
"Security Guard" instead of "Gateman" - gateman, you can't call someone who sleeps before you most nights, security.
"Cookie" instead of "Biscuit" - interchanges.
"Pants" instead of "trousers"- trousers
"Underwear" instead of "pant" - interchanges but the world pant just makes me laugh.
"Extensions" instead of "Attachment"- attachement
"Cornrows" instead of "weave"- don't remember talking about this
"French braids" instead of "Dee-dee"- or this
"Weave" instead of "weave-on"- weave
"Suitcase" instead of "Box" - suitcase
"Sneakers" instead of "Canvas"- i say trainers
"Soccer" instead of "Football"- to my eternal shame, it has started to interchange
"Motorcycle" instead of "okada"- depends where i am
"Flip-flops" instead of "slippers" (more like "silpas"- slippers
"Nail polish" instead of "Cotex" - nail polish
"Hallway" instead of "Corridor"- corridor
"Living/Sitting Room" instead of "Palor'- either
"Balcony" instead of "Varanda"- balcony, i thought a veranda was more like a porch
"Poke" instead of "Chook"- i havent said chook since i was 8
"Pen" instead of " Biro/Bic"- both
"Ballpoint pen" instead of "Eleganza"- i never used eleganza because it was razz
"VW Bug" instead of "Beettle"- beetle, who says VW bug except in writing.
"Negative 5" instead of "minus 5"- minus 5
"Twenty five hundred" instead of "two thousand five hundred"- interchanges
"Boss" instead of "Oga" - never said oga before.
"Circle" instead of "roundabout"- roundabout
"Apartment building" instead of "block of flats"- i say flat instead of apartment, but i just say building.
"Flashlight" instead of "torch"- depends
"Conjuctivitis" instead of "Apollo- apollo
"wife-beater" instead of "singlet"- singlet, wife-beater when im joking
"dreadlocks" instead of "da da"- dreads

A-town:

So y d hell was my post deleted

iice:

It's not deleted but the spam bot flogged it, so it will have to be checked/fixed by the admin for it to show. It is still there, just not visible.