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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by Nobody: 12:35pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
English is a dynamic language with new words added regularly in the dictionaries as they are formed by the white race. If ours are not yet added, we should find means of getting them add them or we write our own dictionary so the world too can learn from us. The way those words came to be in Nigeria/Africa is same way those dictionary words came to be in the west. Difference is that theirs were added but ours were not. The world had kept defining us but it's time we also make our input and make our presence be felt. 1 Like |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by ibro360(m): 12:35pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
na dis same english dey cause confusion for our constitution |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by scandybuono: 12:36pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
All those burials dey do and dey do one called christian wake-keep were did they get d word frm den 1 Like |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by Nobody: 12:36pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
Bros , go-slow na go-slow! Before the cars the speed? Abeg English is dynamic they say. English has killed our languages so we shall kill it!. 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by robosky02(m): 12:40pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
lets invent nigerian dictionary simply 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by mtchris(m): 12:41pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
Well, English is not my father's language but it's always good to interact with foreigners. 1. Go-Slow: Is not english but pidgin english. Spot the difference. 2. Wake: a watch kept beside the body of someone who has died... wake-keep 1 Like |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by hedonistic: 12:41pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
Plumpy and alright are in the dictionary. Don't do oversabi. 1 Like |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by watchindelta(m): 12:42pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
jst put am join gbam at least nah human dey write am b4 |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by joxxy01(m): 12:43pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
No be human being form the english?? 1 Like |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by mcdokwe(m): 12:44pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
DucatiKNG:we have the right to invent our own words. Most of the so called English words are derivations from other languages. So park one side |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by tsdarkside(m): 12:44pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
if nigeria was a world power...everybody in the world will suddenly love pidgin-english...beleave me... they will even love Yoruba... na money everybody listen to anyway.. 1 Like |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by Ifebazz(m): 12:45pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
veekid:Not by force to copy oyibo correct English but by force to copy their dirty dress sense and habits abi? |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by Akkord4gov: 12:47pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
Superstar007: In another news- Oprah Winfrey’s Word Added To The Dictionary. U can add geniousity to your Dico too |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by somegirl1: 12:51pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
Severally - Another word often used incorrectly by Nigerians |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by charlesm91(m): 12:51pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
DaGC:i read somewhere the word bootylicious was first coined by snoop in 92 dre track f--k wit dre day. it meant being feeble or weak. beyonce later changed the meaning to being endwowed with...you know that already. 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by jamesbridget13(f): 12:52pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
ok na. i shld call them nigeria english. |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by expozey(f): 12:52pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
[quote author=Drajah post=30844557]English get as e be o...and I dey use some dey form phonetics...chai |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by Diogo1(m): 12:56pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
SuperModerator: Bros, thanks but you just get 2/4. Rearer and convocate can be found in some dictionaries. |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by Nobody: 12:56pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
khassy:OP has spoken and that is final. |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by DaGC(m): 12:57pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
charlesm91: |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by biGPoppaSays(m): 12:57pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
DPG |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by IGBOSON1: 12:58pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
ray2Dmond: ^^^You know i actually thought wahala was in the dictionary! Thought it was a synonym of palaver! 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by Achilies(m): 1:00pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
It's a good thing at least we have our own kind of English or words If the British and Americans can have there's What's stopping us from having ours? |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by 989900: 1:00pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
All languages keep evolving, and as we proceed, some words get accepted as proper/'legit' (especially factoring in the UK vs US discrepancies angle). All right vs Alright for example, are both correct, and actually do mean slightly different things. http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/all-right-versus-alright?page=1 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20right Nice 'heads up' though . . . we're all guilty of a few of the 'ten'. |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by Enegod(m): 1:01pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
JayTeeA: 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by Enegod(m): 1:03pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
moswags:pepperish sounds better... 4 Likes |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by lolaxavier(m): 1:04pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
vickerz: But that does not mean they are still not fools...i get ur gist 1 Like |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by dafuturis(m): 1:04pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
PDP : APC is to be blamed APC : Nigerians are wiser now. 1 Like |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by AgentOfAllah: 1:04pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
DucatiKNG: If prescriptivists feel it necessary to remain enslaved by language, it's a free world. What I absolutely despise, however, is the smug, elististic audaciousness of prescriptivists who think it's their role to dictate how language must be used. There are concepts that are unique to Nigerians, and therefore, more mellisonant when expressed using the idiosyncratic peculiarities of Nigerian English. Anybody who feels compelled to subject themselves to the contrived/non-existent rules of London RP English should know that they are just slaves to the language. One is truly liberated when, rather than confine their imaginations to service the sadistic gratification of prescriptivists, they reinvent language for the good of their wild imaginations. Ah beg, carry go with your plumpy neologisms my Naija people, and free yaself from English enslavement, even if you choose to do it instalmentally! Viva la descriptivists! Viva Nigerian English! 3 Likes |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by DinhoMVP: 1:05pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
DucatiKNG: You try...but Point of correction "Severally" is incorrect u say "Several Times" |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by dam007(m): 1:15pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
DucatiKNG:please conduct your research well before concluding. Quit tagging Nigerians. |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by AreaFada2: 1:19pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
We Africans seem to not have enough confidence to Africanise our English. USA, Australia, Canada, all now have their own version of English. @OP, severally also is not in the dictionary. 2 Likes |
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