I already explained the meaning of the quote to you.

Intelligent people should be able to discern that.

bittyend:

Imagine this low IQ having ape from naija talking to me about bad English.

I'm your God when it comes to the use of English.

Record a voice note and pronounce Southwark and Greenwich.

I'm waiting.

Bwahaahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Are you a comedian?

So being able to pronounce 2 words suddenly makes you a master of the English language? Even this last statement is catastrophic! Good English is about proper grammer and tenses and proper use of words. The average briton can't even speak good English. They mostly speak vernacular.

The following phrase from you is an example of terrible construction of sentences "Imagine this low IQ having ape from naija"

thelastPope:
Bwahaahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Are you a comedian?

So being able to pronounce 2 words suddenly makes you a master of the English language? Even this last statement is catastrophic! Good English is about proper grammer and tenses and proper use of words. The average briton can't even speak good English. They mostly speak vernacular.

The following phrase from you is an example of terrible construction of sentences "Imagine this low IQ having ape from naija"

That's rich, coming someone who's obviously allergic to using punctuation marks. You're still a learner.

And what is 'grammer', by the way? Grammar is the right spelling.

You're not on my level, go play somewhere else.

bittyend:

Wrong punctuation mark in using a semi-colon to join two sentences together

No wonder Nigeria is still in the s tone a ge.

And is that how to ask a question in (the) English language?

Primitive Igbo ape!

"The" English....
Stone Age


Awo free computers?

bittyend: Ikengawo

Record a voice note and pronounce Greenwich and Southwark.

I'm waiting.

Show me where I can record and I'll do it. I was born and raised in America. Smh.

Ikengawo:
"The" English....
Stone Age

Awo free computers?

'The English Language'? Are you serious? You are a comedian, I'll leave you with your half baked and backward American English.



And is that how they ask a question in your village? 'Awo free computer'??

Ikengawo:
Show me where I can record and I'll do it. I was born and raised in America. Smh.

Record it on your phone and attach it to your post.

I want to laugh at your bummy Igbotic American accent and enunciation.

bittyend:

Record it on your phone and attach it to your post.

I want to laugh at your bummy Igbotic American accent and enunciation.

bummy is not a word

bittyend:

'The English L anguage'? Are you serious? You are a comedian, I'll leave you with your half baked and backward American English.



And is that how they ask a question in your village? 'Awo free computer'??

"And is that how questions are asked in your village"
'The English language'

Awo free charge cards?

Gosh, why am I even bothering with these two monkeys with blinkered brains?

Phu.ck out of my face, you Igbotic monkeys. You can't troll me.

Just know I'm a God when it comes to the use of English.

Go troll your mom in her village hut!

bummy
Web definitions
bottom; buttocks; Like a bum (homeless person or hobo).
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bummy


Homoerotic monkeys!

bittyend: Gosh, why am I even bothering with these two monkeys with blinkered brains?

Phu.ck out of my face, you I gbotic monkeys. You can't troll me.

Just know I'm a G od when it comes to the use of English.

Go troll your mom in her village hut!

Lowercase igbotic because it's a descriptive word (though it's not a word in the english language)
Lowercase G on God since you're referencing one of many and thus not thee God, and it's descriptive.

LOL at quoting Wikitionary. You do know that anyone can enter anything they want on a wiki right?

Ikengawo:
Lowercase igbotic because it's a descriptive word (though it's not a word in the english language)
Lowercase G on God since you're referencing one of many and thus not thee God, and it's descriptive.

No pha.ggot, Igbotic is your tribe!

And I'm the God with the upper case, the supreme being, when it comes to the use of English.

Now, go troll your mom in her village hut.

Where's the voice note?

I bet you're going to say: 'Sawteewerk' and 'Gireenwish'.

I thought you weren't going to bother with us monkeys?
Seems like you have a lack of self control.


Awo free Zobo?

bittyend:

No pha.ggot, Igbotic is your tribe!

And I'm the God with the upper case, the supreme being, when it comes to the use of English.

Now, go troll your mom in her village hut.

Where's the voice note?

The should have been used originally instead of A if you wanted a capitalized G in God.
Igbotic is not a word.

Wow!
Look at me thinking all along that this airhead is smart, but he just proved me wrong.

It's really pathetic that somebody believes pronunciation and accent is a mark of intelligence as well. There are many retarded English children whom can pronounce the word perfectly... are they more intelligent than Wole Soyinka whom has an accent?

^^^The dunderhead couldn't even show us where Yoruba was insulted in Achebe's book.


whoever brought him to nairaland must be running a circus cos he is nothing but a clown!

Ikengawo: It's really pathetic that somebody believes pronunciation and accent is a mark of intelligence as well. There are many retarded English children whom can pronounce the word perfectly... are they more intelligent than Wole Soyinka whom has an accent?

This has to be the worst display of the use of English ever! What the hell is this gibberish? Is this how you speak as well?

Poorly constructed sentences... and who still uses 'whom' in this day and age? Archaic words and the poorly constructed sentences!

Don't ever quote me again!! We're not on the same level!!

You're nothing but an uneducated troll!

bittyend:

This has to be the worst display of the use of English ever! What the hell is this gibberish? Is this how you speak as well?

Poorly constructed sentences... and who still uses 'whom' in this day and age? Archaic words and the poorly constructed sentences!

Don't ever quote me again!! We're not on the same level!!

You're nothing but an uneducated troll!

I thought you were going to leave this thread.
Again, poor self control, a mark of low intelligence.

If I say O
you say P
another man says C

Omo na you sabi

Whom Whom Whom Whom Whom Whom Whom Whom Whom Whom Whom Whom Whom

as well as well as well as well as well as well as well as well in the wrong context.

Story of your life, son.

bittyend: Whom Whom Whom Whom Whom Whom Whom Whom Whom Whom Whom Whom Whom

as well as well as well as well as well as well as well as well in the wrong context.

Story of your life, son.

Dear bittyend, I am not really concerned about your spelling and even punctuations. When people discuss on a public forum, they can make a lot of typing and spelling mistakes. That is expected. What shouldn't happen though is that they should not use the wrong tenses or construct. That is why I called you out.

Your English, right from your first post is pathetic. You should edit your posts.

That being said, back to topic. You still haven't shown where Yorubas were insulted in Achebe's book, "There was a country". Please show us or forever hold your peace.

thelastPope:
Dear bittyend, I am not really concerned about your spelling and even punctuations. When people discuss on a public forum, they can make a lot of typing and spelling mistakes. That is expected. What shouldn't happen though is that they should not use the wrong tenses or construct. That is why I called you out.

Your English, right from your first post is pathetic. You should edit your posts.

That being said, back to topic. You still haven't shown where Yorubas were insulted in Achebe's book, "There was a country". Please show us or forever hold your peace.

Point out where I used the wrong tenses.

Stop trying to justify your inability to use punctuation marks and your ridiculous spelling skills. Perhaps you thought I was one of those clowns you could hoodwink by referencing your not-so-great use of English, no? I'm way above your league. I don't even proof read everything I post on here, but I still write better English than you, even on my worst day.

You're worse than a clown.

bittyend:

Point out where I used the wrong tenses.

Stop trying to justify your inability to use punctuation marks and your ridiculous spelling skills. Perhaps you thought I was one of those clowns you could hoodwink by referencing your not-so-great use of English, no? I'm way above your league. I don't even proof read everything I post on here, but I still write better English than you, even on my worst day.

You're worse than a clown.

You posted this:

bittyend: The same Achebe also write this under a header titled: A History of Ethnic Tension and Resentment.

And this one below which I can't even piece together:

bittyend:
Achebe bring Yoruba people into his diatribe was his achilles' heel. You don't always need to talk about others to big your people up. He was a tribalist and that was why he couldn't see beyond his tribal prism.

I am just advising you. No offense. Back to topic.

thelastPope: After reading the book, There was a country, I couldnt find anywhere Chinua Achebe insulted the Yorubas as alleged. So please can anyone explain where he insulted the Yorubas?

His account of Awo's involvement in the civil war did not contain anything like insult or ridicule of the Yorubas. It didnt also contain any thing that could make one call Achebe a bigot. Awo made both good and bad decisions in his time as minister. Anyone can comment on those decisions. how does that translate into insulting the Yorubas? It was simply his account of the war which can be debated and someone could come out to fault with better argument. He had a right to his opinions. But I am concerned that after so much shout on this forum, one would have thought he actually insulted the Yorubas, but he didnt.

Or maybe there is another version of the book that I am not aware of.

Just imagine someone who wrote this trying to critique my use of English. My little sister don't even write like this and she's still in secondary school. Is this Nigerian English or what?

After reading the book, There was a country, I couldnt find anywhere Chinua Achebe insulted the Yorubas as alleged. So please can anyone explain where he insulted the Yorubas?

^Who cites other people's works without a quote? This guy didn't even quote the title of Achebe's book.

Your written English is ridiculous. And your sentence construction is the worst I have seen on this forum.

His account of Awo's involvement in the civil war did not contain anything like insult or ridicule of the Yorubas. It didnt also contain any thing that could make one call Achebe a bigot. Awo made both good and bad decisions in his time as minister. Anyone can comment on those decisions. how does that translate into insulting the Yorubas? It was simply his account of the war which can be debated and someone could come out to fault with better argument. He had a right to his opinions. But I am concerned that after so much shout on this forum, one would have thought he actually insulted the Yorubas, but he didnt.

^Can someone translate the bolded for me?

This has to be the worst Nigerian English ever!! Sorry mate, I don't speak Nigerian!!

thelastPope:

Dear bittyend, I am not really concerned about your spelling and even punctuations. When people discuss on a public forum, they can make a lot of typing and spelling mistakes. That is expected. What shouldn't happen though is that they should not use the wrong tenses or construct. That is why I called you out.

Your English, right from your first post is pathetic. You should edit your posts.

That being said, back to topic. You still haven't shown where Yorubas were insulted in Achebe's book, "There was a country". Please show us or forever hold your peace.

ThelastPope, the dude can show you nada, cuz there's nowhere in the book Achebe insulted the Yoruba's. He is just going off on a tangent.

White007:

ThelastPope, the dude can show you nada, cuz there's nowhere in the book Achebe insulted the Yoruba's. He is just going on off on a tangent.

Don't mind him. He is clutching at straws. I have made my point. I am waiting to be faulted.

thelastPope:
You posted this:

And this one below which I can't even piece together:

I am just advising you. No offense. Back to topic.

So basically because I misspelled 'wrote' as 'write' you went on a tirade about my use of English, when you actually don't understand the basics of the language. You don't even know how to use punctuation marks; you can't spell for shiit; and your sentence construction is one of the worst I have seen on this forum. You write like a typical Nigerian who writes the way he/she speaks with an accent.

You're not on my level!!

bittyend: The same Achebe also wrote this under a header titled: A History of Ethnic Tension and Resentment.

He observed that the Igbo culture’s emphasis on change, individualism and competitiveness gave his ethnic group an edge over the Hausa/Fulani man who was hindered by a “wary religion” and the Yoruba man who was hampered by” traditional hierarchies.”

http://www.informationng.com/2012/10/there-was-a-country-why-hausa-fulanis-yorubas-hate-igbos-achebe.html

An excellent theoritical model for analysing the Nigeria tribal situation.
I wish someone can do a PhD thesis on this. I will contribute in raising funds for research work.

"At a time of universal deceit, speaking the truth becomes a revolutionary act" George Orwell.... Achebe's personal account of the civil war is essential in Afrika's history particularly to show how weak foreign involvement and religion has made us....its a necessary scripture for those who wish to correct things...we learn...not criticize only...he did not insult Yoruba...he just did not do what most Nigerians at the top do by shoving the bitter truth aside "for peace to reign"... But there is no peace without justice,and the first step to justice is honesty,accept our faults and move on. If over 30 years the Yorubas still see the crimes against humanity committed against their brothers in the East as "okay"....the war,its deaths,the symposiums,the books,and the lectures and all that followed are all in vain....