berem: Am sure the yorubas around you must have taken offence.

There were no Yorubas there
It was just the delegates eating lunch
But the Ofe had a lot of nmanu,what else should it be called
Is it not an ofenmanu?
Isn't that the proper description of the soup I just talked about?

babyosisi:

I hope I didn't give that impression
No it didn't start with my generation

Are you at war with some sections of the country, or what's your reason for the thread.

babyosisi:

I know we are just making light humor,no name calling is Ok
aboki as innocent as it is has a connotation of " stupid" when used to describe a Hausa person in some contexts

Call me Aboki anytime, anyday. I know its meaning and do not mind

babyosisi: Speaking of ajaokutamumi and ofennmanu

I was organizing lunch for my village convention here in the USA and contacted a caterer to get the food
She is an excellent cook I have eaten her jollof and chicken and moi moi and co before but not soups
I also added okro and egusi soup and did not warn her to make it easy on the oil
Come lunch time,the food arrived and the soups were very very oily,had layers of oil on top
My husband's loud mouthed cousin walked in and shouted babyosisi what is this? ( O gini bu ihe a)
This one you are serving us ofenmanu?

It was very funny,people were rolling in laughter

ROTFLMAAOBPO

Odunnu:
Call me Aboki anytime, anyday. I know its meaning and do not mind

Abokiress

For some reason, i hate being called OKORO.

babyosisi:

Abokiress

just dont stab me from behind.

Odunnu:
I am hausa and I am saying there isnt anything derogatory.

Nnaa, abeg chill jare....

babyosisi:

There were no Yorubas there
It was just the delegates eating lunch
But the Ofe had a lot of nmanu,what else should it be called
Is it not an ofenmanu?
Isn't that the proper description of the soup I just talked about?

of course wetin you wan call am before? I prefer to call it mmanu ofe or mmanu nri anyway.

Afam4eva: For some reason, i hate being called OKORO.

I'll also hate to be called January or Monday.

Afam4eva: For some reason, i hate being called OKORO.

It is derogatory,your name is not Okoro so I can see why
If someone called Okoro to my face the person will get a tongue lashing or eye rolling ,it is meant to be called behind your back
They won't call it to your face anyway
Just like people wouldn't yell out hey this Yoruba come here

chosen04:

Nnaa, abeg chill jare....

Nnaa?

Afam4eva: For some reason, i hate being called OKORO.

what of people who have okoro as surnames?

berem: what of people who have okoro as surnames?

It's their surname so there's nothing wrong with it. But for someone whose name is not okoro, it's annoying. And btw, okoro is not one of my favourite Igbo names.

The one I find hilarious is when someone on NL calls another Omo nna and expect that it will upset the fellow
It makes me laff
Igbos call themselves Nne and nna when they speak
So Omo nna couldn't be annoying at all
Makes me laff sha

babyosisi: The one I find hilarious is when someone on NL calls another Omo nna and expect that it will upset the fellow
It makes me laff
Igbos call themselves Nne and nna when they speak
So Omo nna couldn't be annoying at all
Makes me laff sha

Omo nna to Yorubas is like when Igbos say Yoruba. These words are probably the most used words by people from these tribes. At least that's what people from the other tribes think.

Afam4eva:
It's their surname so there's nothing wrong with it. But for someone whose name is not okoro, it's annoying. And btw, okoro is not one of my favourite Igbo names.

Do you know that delta folks not Delta Ibo, answer Okoro?
I have seen one and was shocked
I thought it was only Igbos
Isoko or somewhere
I would like a delta person from the non Igbo part to confirm this

babyosisi:

Do you know that delta folks mot Delta Ibo, answer Okoro?
I have seen one and was shocked
I thought it was only Igbos

I think i've seen a none Igbo okoro too. Come to think of it, okoro is not even a common name in Igboland, so i wonder why they chose to use okoro as opposed to emeka or igwe or something else.

Afam4eva:
It's their surname so there's nothing wrong with it. But for someone whose name is not okoro, it's annoying. And btw, okoro is not one of my favourite Igbo names.

I don't even know the meaning of okoro if you ask me. but i think it has to do with 'oke ' meaning share.

Afam4eva:
I think i've seen a none Igbo okoro too. Come to think of it, okoro is not even a common name in Igboland, so i wonder why they chose to use okoro as opposed to emeka or igwe or something else.

It is from Okoro maduekwe,an actor in an old TV drama village headmaster I believe
The series was popular when I was a tot,I just remember the names and nothing more

Sisi Clara
Kabiyesi
Chief eleyinmi

Afam4eva:
I think i've seen a none Igbo okoro too. Come to think of it, okoro is not even a common name in Igboland, so i wonder why they chose to use okoro as opposed to emeka or igwe or something else.

Mbaise people bear the name and mostly people from IMO state. what of okeke, okorie, okafor and okonkwo? don't they have similarities?

babyosisi:

Ofenmanu means you use a lot of oil while cooking which is true
Ajaokuta wharever is not a true statement since nobody eats stone
Okoro is similar to Yoruba
Many Igbos answer Okoro as name
Yorubas say nigbati nigbati when they speak and nigbati is a Yoruba word

ajaokuta ko, ewekoro ni! Ajeokutamamumi in its conotative meaning means somebody who takes a lot of food without taking water or takes little water.
Many igbo in the southwest answere okoro. It is always on nairaland and sometimes in film that i do hear the Yoruba and Yoruba. Anyway, they are fun to me.

I see.

Just passing No comment
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ukwu sara mbada na di mu mma n'obi,shake ma

o'boy:
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ukwu sara mbada na di mu mma n'obi,shake ma

iji kwa ahu?

berem: iji kwa ahu?

berem,kee ife m me,kpatara mkpali a nine?

o'boy:
Just passing No comment
#singing#
ukwu sara mbada na di mu mma n'obi,shake ma

Ukwu nwanyi owerri!

Odunnu:
Ukwu nwanyi owerri!

confirmentus confirmer

Actualy, the word originated from igbos asking for water from their host. It definately wasnt during the war.

Hmmmmmm.

My peep have been calling Okoros, Nyamiri way before the war and it was not because they were begging for water. The term was coined by market women because they heard Igbo door to door traders ask fellow Igbos for water when they stoppedal to visit those fellow Igbo traders who operated stalls at the markets.

Much like the Igbo coined the Aboki term to refer to northern because they heard notherners call each other and others, Aboki. Aboki means friend, btw.

ndu_chucks: My peep have been calling Okoros, Nyamiri way before the war and it was not because they were begging for water. The term was coined by market women because they heard Igbo door to door traders ask fellow Igbos for water when they stoppedal to visit those fellow Igbo traders who operated stalls at the markets.

Much like the Igbo coined the Aboki term to refer to northern because they heard notherners call each other and others, Aboki. Aboki means friend, btw.

Another angle
Thanks for contributing