Baybe: Seriously, what's with the fake American accents . They are presenting to a Nigeria audience and not American audience, why change your accent? It's getting annoying.
Some even make use of the accent when speaking pidgin English, Smh :-

Akshow: Fake accents thread bore me on nairaland cos it seems u guys mistake good English and right pronunciation for fake accent. They are trying to pronounce words d way dey ought to be pronounced and u guys are here hating. I'm sure y'all will stil complain if they use thick naija accent. Fake una free dem joorr.

25Calibre:

Absolute rubbish!!! Backward thinking African mentality.

Do the Russians or Germans or French or Chinese try to fake their accents when speaking English? Why do feel you won't be taken serious till you fake an accent? Faking accent comes from a feeling of inferiority and inadequacy.

Did Einstein drop his thick german accent for an American one before being recognised? Truth of the matter is, it doesn't matter how you speak but what you speak. work hard to succeed in life, if you are intelligent, even if you speaking with an alien accent, people will listen.

Akshow: Fake accents thread bore me on nairaland cos it seems u guys mistake good English and right pronunciation for fake accent. They are trying to pronounce words d way dey ought to be pronounced and u guys are here hating. I'm sure y'all will stil complain if they use thick naija accent. Fake una free dem joorr.

Effwazobia: I guess it must be working for them. I mean look at the audience and those ratings. If I were them, I would keep using em. Why quit. If it ain't broke, you know the rest. The numbers show that most Nigerians can't really tell that those accents are fake like a 3 dollar bill. Just check the ratings and the seamless revenues being generated. Most Nigers no send o as long as it sounds different. Na una toro be that o

Abule oshi: like Osas the presenter of Malta Dance Hall who calls her name and Surname with so much funne that makes you wonder what she is saying.

mikigen: Most especially channels t.v

gregtochi:

Adaora Oleh (MTN Project fame)

Benjamin Joseph (MTN Project fame)

Osas Maltina (Dance all)

III Ryms (Glo African/Nigerian Idol)

ETC

sayso: no mind those idi--ots on TV.Channels e.g

ledafaze:

Examples

jammyng: As much as i agree with you to an extent, I'd also add that they try to speak with diction which is the correct way of pronunciation.

Ajibel: 'Cuz they just wanna gonna be like 'em

asamaigho:


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Rossikk:

You're talking RUBBISH. And the fact you have 18 likes shows that many viewers are just as fake and self-hating as you. You all need therapy, so you learn to appreciate your own authenticity, as opposed to faking it.

Rossikk:

What do you mean by ''African mentality''? You're just as bad as the person you're trying to correct. The overwhelming majority of Africans NEVER fake their accent.

pongwa: I don't even understand what some people are saying on this thread, seems to me they're also typing with a fake accent Smh! All i know is the way we speak should reflect our identity (except we do not have any). Get to any good university in nigeria. Go to their language/linguistics professors and hear how Nigerians should speak the language. Faking accent is sure fun when u do it well. I'v seen jason statham movies where he spoke with an american and british accent perfectly. But our dear presenters are speaking martian accent i guess smh.

Le Stylo: Nigerians remain the craziest. Absolute lack of pride in self-worth. Go to Ghana, Kenya, Sudan, India, Mexico, Rwanda... but Nigerians are just whiter than oyinbo people. Sadly, other African countries are catching the bug especially Ghana that always wants to outdo Nigeria.

It's only a Nigerian that sees you off to the airport and returns with an American accent.

Bimpss: Lmao! @op ikr!!. That's the exact reason I don't watch nollywood movies anymore. I remember the first time I showed my akata friends a naija movie(Desmond Elliot was the lead actor, I think) and they were all like "why is he talking like that?" I busted into laughter at how embarrassing it was. I don't know why naija people think having an American accent is the proper way to speak. I especially HATE how people like ice prince put on that "I am so hood" wanna be accent, everytime I hear him rap I just want to shut him up and just go like "No, just no." "Don't ever do that again in your life!"

Le Stylo: Nigerians remain the craziest. Absolute lack of pride in self-worth. Go to Ghana, Kenya, Sudan, India, Mexico, Rwanda... but Nigerians are just whiter than oyinbo people. Sadly, other African countries are catching the bug especially Ghana that always wants to outdo Nigeria.

It's only a Nigerian that sees you off to the airport and returns with an American accent.

GH KWAME:
Dillusions 0f Grandeur.... Look at how you have brought in Ghana into what is clearly a Nigerian wahala, and yet you claim Ghana is trying to 0ut do Nigeria.
What is in Nigeria that Ghana wants to 0ut do? 0mbatse cult or boko haram or niger delta thugs or kidnappings or constant generator fumes? total fuckupdness dude!