naptu2: Now I must pay tribute to the master. I think that there was a time when all Nigerian football commentators were trying to imitate the late great Ernest Okonkwo. His phrases became clichés. The only problem was that the people who used them did not know what they meant (which is why they could "float a grounder".

"Uwem Bassey is on the ball. He beats
Christian Chuckwu, beats Christian Madu.

He has beaten two "Christians", he must be a Muslim". - Ernest Okonkwo

Mehalla of Egypt vs Rangers of Nigeria. The Egyptians played their home leg on artificial turf, which the Nigerians were not used to. The Nigerians played their home game at 12pm at the height of the Enugu heat (the Egyptians were not used to such heat. They also wore black which compounded their problems).
When Rangers won, Ernest Okonkwo said "Mehalla saw wahala".

I was walking through my house. The radio was on. I heard Ernest Okonkwo say "Ademola Adesina and his intercontinental ballistic missile!" That stopped me in my tracks.


Ernest Okonkwo nicknamed most of the players in the Green/Super Eagles, including:

Chairman Christian Chukwu
Mathematical Segun Odegbami
Blockbuster Allosius Atuegbu
Gangling Rashidi Yekini
Dean of Defence Yisa Sofoluwe

Etc.

shadrach77: i know this topic has been treated once but i enjoyed it so much, so i thought we can revive it once again. There are some funny phrases used by Nigerian journalists. Here are some of them

1. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala finger.ed in N20 billion scam

finger.ing

Eziachi: :
Yeah! I remember those by Ernest Okonkwo: These are some that I can still remember

Elastic Henry Nwosu

Man-Mountain Nwabueze Nwankwo

Wilfred Agbonivbare: He made a wonderful save- My-oh my -they nicknamed him basket but I call him a cat.

As Folurunsho Okenla was about to take one of the Nigerian penalty kicks during the AFCON 88 against Algeria in the semi- Okonkwo said: Here comes terrific left footed Okenla, shaking like a lilly but with a heart as strongs as rock of Gilbratar, the destiny of Nigeria, your country is in your hand son and 1-2-3 he scoreeed!!

During one of the Seoul 88 Olympic football games, it was at match involving Germany- He said: His name is Klinsman, if our Eagle are to meet Germany in this tournament, he might cleanse them with his goals (1st time Jurgen Klinsman announce himself before the footballing world)

In politics, in 1983, Shagari's special representative in the East Ibrahim Tahir, said that NPN is so popular, they are no longer interested in landslide victories but they will win now by a seaslide and some funny journalist was serious trying to tell him, there are no such thing as seaslide, but Alhaji Tahir wasn't interested

omojesu123: I hate islam

omojesu123: I hate islam

naptu2:

Sir, that man was simply amazing!

But I think it was Elastic Elaho (Friday Elaho) and Man Mountain Emmanuel Okalla

sadi78: I hate christianity!

Eziachi:
I think you are right, I am getting them confused now, its a long time, is it quicksilver Henry Nwosu?

braine:
An illiterate man proves to be unintelligent.

sadi78: I hate christianity!

aribisala0:

Firstly you are boring. Peerlessly so.

Secondly there is a time to speak and a time to be silent a wise man knows when to be silent and so even if you are correct you would have been wise to be silent.

The most irritating thing is YOU ARE WRONG and I will gladly demonstrate that to you IF YOU CREATE ANOTHER THREAD.
Meanwhile we are having fun!!

FXKing2012:

These sentences are not phrases and neither are the bolded words. Pls read the definition of a phrase and a clause below.

To understand punctuation, it is
helpful to understand the difference
between a phrase and a clause .
I. A phrase is a collection of words
that may have nouns or verbals, but
it does not have a subject doing a
verb. The following are examples of
phrases:
leaving behind the dog
smashing into a fence
before the first test
after the devastation
between ignorance and intelligence
broken into thousands of pieces
because of her glittering smile
In these examples above, you will
find nouns (dog, fence, test,
devastation, ignorance, intelligence,
thousands, pieces). You also have
some verbals ( leaving, smashing),
but in no case is the noun
functioning as a subject doing a
predicate verb. They are all phrases.
II . A clause is a collection of words
that has a subject that is actively
doing a verb. The following are
examples of clauses:
since she laughs at diffident men
I despise individuals of low character
when the saints go marching in
Obediah Simpson is uglier than a
rabid raccoon
because she smiled at him.
In the examples above, we find
either a noun or a pronoun that is a
subject (bold-print and red)
attached to a predicate verb
(underlined and purple) in each
case:
since she laughs at diffident men
I despise individuals of low character
when the saints go marching in
Obediah Simpson is uglier than a
rabid raccoon
because she smiled at him
III. If the clause could stand by
itself, and form a complete sentence
with punctuation, we call the clause
an independent clause . The
following are independent clauses:
I despise individuals of low character
Obediah Simpson is uglier than a
rabid racoon
We could easily turn independent
clauses into complete sentences by
adding appropriate punctuation
marks. We might say, "I despise
individuals of low character." Or we
might write, "Obediah Simpson is
uglier than a rabid racoon!" We call
them independent because these types
of clauses can stand independently by
themselves, without any extra
words attached, and be complete
sentences.
IV. Dependent clauses have a
subject doing a verb, but they have
a subordinate conjunction placed in
front of the clause. That subordinate
conjunction means that the clause
can't stand independently by itself
and become a complete sentence.
Instead, the dependent clause is
dependent upon another clause--it
can't make a complete sentence by
itself, even though it has a subject
doing a verb. Here are some
examples of dependent clauses:
since she laughs at diffident men
when the saints go marching in
because she smiled at him
These clauses simply do not form
complete thoughts or sentences by
themselves. Those subordinate
conjunctions-- since , when , and
because-- cause the listener to expect
some extra material. The thought is
incomplete. If you walked up to a
friend in the dorms and said, "since
she laughs at diffident men," and
then walked away without adding
an independent clause, the friend
would be completely baffled.
It's important to understand the
difference between phrases,
dependent clauses, and independent
clauses because many punctuation
marks--such as commas, semicolons,
and colons, require one or the other.

FXKing2012:

These sentences are not phrases and neither are the bolded words. Pls read the definition of a phrase and a clause below.

To understand punctuation, it is
helpful to understand the difference
between a phrase and a clause .
I. A phrase is a collection of words
that may have nouns or verbals, but
it does not have a subject doing a
verb. The following are examples of
phrases:
leaving behind the dog
smashing into a fence
before the first test
after the devastation
between ignorance and intelligence
broken into thousands of pieces
because of her glittering smile
In these examples above, you will
find nouns (dog, fence, test,
devastation, ignorance, intelligence,
thousands, pieces). You also have
some verbals ( leaving, smashing),
but in no case is the noun
functioning as a subject doing a
predicate verb. They are all phrases.
II . A clause is a collection of words
that has a subject that is actively
doing a verb. The following are
examples of clauses:
since she laughs at diffident men
I despise individuals of low character
when the saints go marching in
Obediah Simpson is uglier than a
rabid raccoon
because she smiled at him.
In the examples above, we find
either a noun or a pronoun that is a
subject (bold-print and red)
attached to a predicate verb
(underlined and purple) in each
case:
since she laughs at diffident men
I despise individuals of low character
when the saints go marching in
Obediah Simpson is uglier than a
rabid raccoon
because she smiled at him
III. If the clause could stand by
itself, and form a complete sentence
with punctuation, we call the clause
an independent clause . The
following are independent clauses:
I despise individuals of low character
Obediah Simpson is uglier than a
rabid racoon
We could easily turn independent
clauses into complete sentences by
adding appropriate punctuation
marks. We might say, "I despise
individuals of low character." Or we
might write, "Obediah Simpson is
uglier than a rabid racoon!" We call
them independent because these types
of clauses can stand independently by
themselves, without any extra
words attached, and be complete
sentences.
IV. Dependent clauses have a
subject doing a verb, but they have
a subordinate conjunction placed in
front of the clause. That subordinate
conjunction means that the clause
can't stand independently by itself
and become a complete sentence.
Instead, the dependent clause is
dependent upon another clause--it
can't make a complete sentence by
itself, even though it has a subject
doing a verb. Here are some
examples of dependent clauses:
since she laughs at diffident men
when the saints go marching in
because she smiled at him
These clauses simply do not form
complete thoughts or sentences by
themselves. Those subordinate
conjunctions-- since , when , and
because-- cause the listener to expect
some extra material. The thought is
incomplete. If you walked up to a
friend in the dorms and said, "since
she laughs at diffident men," and
then walked away without adding
an independent clause, the friend
would be completely baffled.
It's important to understand the
difference between phrases,
dependent clauses, and independent
clauses because many punctuation
marks--such as commas, semicolons,
and colons, require one or the other.

naptu2: Now I must pay tribute to the master. I think that there was a time when all Nigerian football commentators were trying to imitate the late great Ernest Okonkwo. His phrases became clichés. The only problem was that the people who used them did not know what they meant (which is why they could "float a grounder".

"Uwem Bassey is on the ball. He beats
Christian Chuckwu, beats Christian Madu.

He has beaten two "Christians", he must be a Muslim". - Ernest Okonkwo

Mehalla of Egypt vs Rangers of Nigeria. The Egyptians played their home leg on artificial turf, which the Nigerians were not used to. The Nigerians played their home game at 12pm at the height of the Enugu heat (the Egyptians were not used to such heat. They also wore black which compounded their problems).
When Rangers won, Ernest Okonkwo said "Mehalla saw wahala".

I was walking through my house. The radio was on. I heard Ernest Okonkwo say "Ademola Adesina and his intercontinental ballistic missile!" That stopped me in my tracks.


Ernest Okonkwo nicknamed most of the players in the Green/Super Eagles, including:

Chairman Christian Chukwu
Mathematical Segun Odegbami
Blockbuster Allosius Atuegbu
Gangling Rashidi Yekini
Dean of Defence Yisa Sofoluwe

Etc.

babaowo: . lolz your memory is intact!!! i remember those days!!! we alsways switched off tv set to listen to radio commentators.... Nigeria is blessed,i pray for unity of our dear NATION....

omojesu123: I hate islam

naptu2: Now I must pay tribute to the master. I think that there was a time when all Nigerian football commentators were trying to imitate the late great Ernest Okonkwo. His phrases became clichés. The only problem was that the people who used them did not know what they meant (which is why they could "float a grounder".

"Uwem Bassey is on the ball. He beats
Christian Chuckwu, beats Christian Madu.

He has beaten two "Christians", he must be a Muslim". - Ernest Okonkwo

Mehalla of Egypt vs Rangers of Nigeria. The Egyptians played their home leg on artificial turf, which the Nigerians were not used to. The Nigerians played their home game at 12pm at the height of the Enugu heat (the Egyptians were not used to such heat. They also wore black which compounded their problems).
When Rangers won, Ernest Okonkwo said "Mehalla saw wahala".

I was walking through my house. The radio was on. I heard Ernest Okonkwo say "Ademola Adesina and his intercontinental ballistic missile!" That stopped me in my tracks.


Ernest Okonkwo nicknamed most of the players in the Green/Super Eagles, including:

Chairman Christian Chukwu
Mathematical Segun Odegbami
Blockbuster Allosius Atuegbu
Gangling Rashidi Yekini
Dean of Defence Yisa Sofoluwe

Etc.