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Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by Smartiegurl(f): 1:03pm On Oct 25, 2012
irpheezy:

C'mon its abachaa, don't confuse urself. Tapioca is abachaa
we call it abacha in imo state.
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by efe2000: 1:03pm On Oct 25, 2012
[b]THE BINIS CALL THIS OTIEN KNOWN AS CHERRY IN ENGLICH...[[/b]quote author=Missy_B]And this?

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Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by jites(m): 1:05pm On Oct 25, 2012
prettiest1:


This is known as udara.
CHENRY
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by charlesprincy(m): 1:05pm On Oct 25, 2012
I call it udara
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by engrchux: 1:06pm On Oct 25, 2012
efe2000: The Binis call this OTIEN
Was born in Benin but I'm Delta Ibo. Never knew wat Binis called it till now tho'. Tnx 4 d info grin
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by Smartiegurl(f): 1:07pm On Oct 25, 2012
iykemanchi: That is akpu miri and aki beke in igbo. Abacha are those once
They cut so silm, dry them sometimes and prepare them like
African sallad. We put dry meat, kpumor or kanda wif gardern egg
And uterzi(don't knw d english name) in abacha and wash it down
Wif palm wine. Very nutritious.
hmmm,jst as if u ar preparing it at da moment. My mouth is watery nau.lolz
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by prettiest1(f): 1:08pm On Oct 25, 2012
jites:
CHENRY


In our dialet, it's udara. Cherry is its english name.
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by Smartiegurl(f): 1:09pm On Oct 25, 2012
Coldfeet: Nwanyi MBANO kam bu.
hahahahahaha. I bu ezigbo nwafor igbo.
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by kcreal(f): 1:09pm On Oct 25, 2012
In Igbo, some call it abacha (Anambra, Enugu and Ebonyi) some call akpu mmiri (Orlu, Okigwe and Abia) some call it eberebe jakpu (Owerri).

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Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by jiddah4eva(f): 1:13pm On Oct 25, 2012
Hey guys,this is my first post here- we call it ROGO in hausa bt we usually eat it with groundnut oil and pepper or grounded kuli kuli.
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by nikkyshyne(f): 1:13pm On Oct 25, 2012
Missy_B: And this?

This is Agbalumo. Don't know the names of the 1st and 2nd in yoruba.
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by prettiest1(f): 1:13pm On Oct 25, 2012
Op, next?
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by Smartiegurl(f): 1:14pm On Oct 25, 2012
prettiest1:


In our dialet, it's udara. Cherry is its english name.
yeah we kal it udara.
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by jiddah4eva(f): 1:15pm On Oct 25, 2012
Yeah it is also called agwaluma in hausa bt different pronounciation I guess
nikkyshyne:
This is Agbalumo. Don't know the names of the 1st and 2nd in yoruba.
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by subzero2(m): 1:19pm On Oct 25, 2012
"Wu cha nki ya ya" in Chinese. grin
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by MissyB3(f): 1:22pm On Oct 25, 2012
What about this?

Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by Nobody: 1:25pm On Oct 25, 2012
Igbos call it ube. The English name is African pear or Native pear.
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by Nobody: 1:25pm On Oct 25, 2012
Missy_B: What about this?



^^ This plus roasted maize = orgas.m of the taste buds

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Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by Smartiegurl(f): 1:29pm On Oct 25, 2012
Missy_B: What about this?

dats ube in my dialet.
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by controlseven: 1:30pm On Oct 25, 2012
Missy_B: And this?

Nnaa lekwanu udara nwannu! Ndi obodo anyi si na ona ato ka "ihe nwanyi" Is dat true?
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by Nobody: 1:31pm On Oct 25, 2012
berem: yes I am o! You nko?
Ideato South..
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by armyofone(m): 1:32pm On Oct 25, 2012
Tasty with nicely fried groundnut. Those chucky one not as delish as the thinly sliced ones. My mom's fav snack for us, i can still hear her saying, eat before soup done cheesy
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by armyofone(m): 1:34pm On Oct 25, 2012
that's catalystic ube

Missy_B: What about this?

Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by Greatken007(m): 1:36pm On Oct 25, 2012
Which part of mbano ar u from?
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by RickyRoss1(m): 1:39pm On Oct 25, 2012
Series22: Y na only igbos d comment, where d yorubas na.. Just like Lagos, Nairaland is owned by a yoruba but controlled by d igbos.

o boy, you dey look for trouble oooo.
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by controlseven: 1:40pm On Oct 25, 2012
shagarri:


^^ This plus roasted maize = orgas.m of the taste buds
Yesoo, UBE one is ten naira but with OKA is forty naira! Mmmnnn!

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Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by Nobody: 1:40pm On Oct 25, 2012
Ricky_Ross:

o boy, you dey look for trouble oooo.
leave am, make him just dey open mouth like mumu.

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Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by mallorca(m): 1:44pm On Oct 25, 2012
berem: na one Orlu na! I am from OKPORO ORLU. cool
Ebeiri..Ndewo!
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by controlseven: 1:44pm On Oct 25, 2012
Abeg diz pictures are eating up my data bundles! I dey comot from here jare......Hey driver, chere ka opu a.
Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by Rooneyboy(m): 1:45pm On Oct 25, 2012
iykemanchi: That is akpu miri and aki beke in igbo. Abacha are those once
They cut so silm, dry them sometimes and prepare them like
African sallad. We put dry meat, kpumor or kanda wif gardern egg
And uterzi(don't knw d english name) in abacha and wash it down
Wif palm wine. Very nutritious.

E be like say u be correct igbo man , wetin remain for u na to go ur village collect chieftancy title.

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Re: What Do You Call This Food/snack In Your Dialect? by XFive: 1:49pm On Oct 25, 2012
We call it Nsisa

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