WorldGreatest1:
Yes.
















Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!




I made it.








Guess what?




FTC!!!
**walks into stage**
I want to use this medium to say congratulations to myself and a big thank you to all who made this seemingly insurmountable feat surmountable. Many thanks to my pastor who prayed earnestly for me to achieve this and to my parents and sibilings who stood by me despite the trying times. Much love to my fiancée and the NL family for your support and to MTN kudos!!!
**walks off the stage**

but you're a guy lah! Guys should have more sense.....what's with ftc?

bossto:
Thanks,but honestly i have tried so hard to differentiate them

for N (practise it as Ni) and Li for L (you'd hear your tongue beating against the roof of your mouth)

There is really no big deal about that,you can alway overcome this.I think you can get a speech therapist to help you but if you can't afford that you could watch a lot of movies and copy what they say and you could also copy those around you who have good accent.wish you luck.

therapistmrs..com

It's affecting you socially not academically. Besides since no one is complaining don't you think you are the one inviting problems by discriminating yourself


Well I think your problem is that your tongue is glued to the lower part of your mouth.


I suggest you do a surgical jack. You can use a flat screw .

DrGraveYardz:
Me too. But sometimes the Americans' is filled up with too many slangs.

yea thts ryt too

kossyablaze:
I Don cry tire... My 10k Don go

som days ar like dat

Akosxxx:
go get a dictionary & watch alot of American mpvies guess tha ll help

British movies. The standard English is the British English

rotexteymie:

Maybe cos you believe you can never get it right....KEEP TRYING and be optimistic about it....
You'll thank me later!

You said it all bro

Niyeal:
Not only u Op. I hav similar problem, any word ending wit -TION such as education, information, correction etc become difcot for me to pronunce because d tion wil sound like son sun etc. And am a teacher who use d words frequently. People do laf at me but i dont really care.

you be Ibadan poson?

Lol yeah there's a difference. One's L and the other N. Clear as night and day honey.

I still don't get how it affects you academically since all you have to do to pass an examination in naija is dub your textbook/note for your lecturer. The only time you're expected to speak is during your project defence.

If this bothers you though while conversing with your friends, perhaps you could tell them (one or two) and ask that they let you know when you slip (if you slip).

bossto:
I have an accent that has been discouraging me to the extent that i'm too shy to speak in the public.

For instance,"light and night" sound alike to me, I mean i can't differentiate them perfectly, but whenever I converse with my friends or put those aforementioned words in sentences, they (my friends) do not correct me...But I always doubt if I had pronounced them correctly.

Other words I have problem in differentiating are: snap/slap, lame/name. Though no one has corrected me on these.

So the main issue here is "IS THERE MUCH DIFFERENCE IN THEIR SOUNDS?
Pls be honest!!

You are obviously from Nsukka. The good. News is that there is a solution, and very simple too.

kossyablaze:
lol.... Nigerians! Always answer questions with questions.

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Sure

ernesty20:
Are u from the north

Did you say Lorth?

Bro...Google " you tube emmasaying light". You would hear the pronunciation of ight ending words. Repeat after her... and when you think you got it correct.... record yourself then listen to the playback and compare it. You would know if you got it or not. You can then Google other endings that you are not sure about.

Your accent doesn't have to affect you na.After all,you write exams by putting down your thots/answers in black and white with your pen.Abi an oral exams your school dey do?.....Abeg,just improve on your lexis and structure and writing skills.Abi u neva see some babes when dey 'phoney' like Americans ,but make dem write an essay for you,na so so spit you go just dey spit......ABEG NOH MIND MY ENGLISH YOU.....na condition make crayfish bend o!

If you are truly worried about your ascent then you have to take serious oral English classes or ascent neutralization course(something like that).I don't know where the later is offered in Nigeria but in most developed countries there are places where you can learn any language including the associated ascents.

The most important advise I will give you is to accept your ascent. I have an ascent as well and I'm working in an office dominated by foreigners and they don't have problem with it. The most important thing is your skill and the idea you are trying to communicate.

Speak slowly if you are speaking to non-Nigerians, context is very important to help your audience. Don't fight what you have, there are many Chinese in Google who still call RICE LICE and LICE RICE....Just like Anambra people...and boy they are well paid. make I no even talk Indians, those ones... you need special amplifier to understand them..but yet they are well paid overseas.

Everyone has an ascent,but we have been indoctrinated to think that na only oyinbo ascent is acceptable.Trust me there are some white chicks who'd date you just because of that.

Stay positive and f**k shyness.

WorldGreatest1:
Yes.
















Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!




I made it.








Guess what?




FTC!!!
**walks into stage**
I want to use this medium to say congratulations to myself and a big thank you to all who made this seemingly insurmountable feat surmountable. Many thanks to my pastor who prayed earnestly for me to achieve this and to my parents and sibilings who stood by me despite the trying times. Much love to my fiancée and the NL family for your support and to MTN kudos!!!
**walks off the stage**

This dude jst completly ignore the OP and was popping champagne for making FTC. Oya answer oga OP now, the party is over!

jamex93:
This one strong o

Eleyi gidi gon!!!

I heard sometime ago that its something about a part underneath the tongue that should have been cut off as a little baby so it wont later affect the child's speech. Dunno how true this is, see a maternity nurse for more info. Hope that aint what's wrong with ya. Otherwise, you might just need to be more conscious about what you mean to say before you try to speak.

Akosxxx:
go get a dictionary & watch alot of American mpvies. guess tha ll help

MOVIES not mPvies

Your case is what we call L1 induced in Linguistics. You are so used to your first language that you import lexical items from your mother tongue to your L2 thou most people don 't believe they are saying the right thing when they are not. There is noting special you can do other than been meticulious with every world you pronounce. Be conciouse of it. Get a dictionary that is good and look up the transcription of every lexical items.

Niyeal:
Not only u Op. I hav similar problem, any word ending wit -TION such as education, information, correction etc become difcot for me to pronunce because d tion wil sound like son sun etc. And am a teacher who use d words frequently. People do laf at me but i dont really care.

Your attitude is VERY wrong. How can you be a teacher and boast about your deficiency and still say that you don't care? And sorry to say this but your written English leaves a LOT to be desired.
I am impressed by the poster because he knows he has a problem and HE IS WILLING to work on it.

@poster
Simply type the word in http://www.thefreedictionary.com[b][/b]. You would see what looks like a speaker, click on the speaker to hear the pronunciation. Its a little trick I use when I am not sure of the pronunciation of a word.

asuustrike2009:

Not even British movies? Theirs is best in the world not America that uses slangs like " am gonna" instead of " am going"

Bruh abi shey na aunty, Brits use those slangs too... na for their mouth e dey sweet pass sef, especially the curse words

Chiedu08:


MOVIES not mPvies

lol.. i guess u re new to the 'online world' do u even type with a QWERTY keypad/keyboard

bossto:
I have an accent that has been discouraging me to the extent that i'm too shy to speak in the public.

For instance,"light and night" sound alike to me, I mean i can't differentiate them perfectly, but whenever I converse with my friends or put those aforementioned words in sentences, they (my friends) do not correct me...But I always doubt if I had pronounced them correctly.

Other words I have problem in differentiating are: snap/slap, lame/name. Though no one has corrected me on these.

So the main issue here is "IS THERE MUCH DIFFERENCE IN THEIR SOUNDS?
Pls be honest!!

Niyeal:
Not only u Op. I hav similar problem, any word ending wit -TION such as education, information, correction etc become difcot for me to pronunce because d tion wil sound like son sun etc. And am a teacher who use d words frequently. People do laf at me but i dont really care.

Language, particularly pronunciation is learnt by rote. Just seek an instructor who's very versed in Oral English. I believe by God's Will, such person will enlighten you about the various points of articulation with their similarities and differences. He'll then pronounce and you pronounce after him until you're good to go.

kennyman2000:
Hmmm.. If nobody didnt correct u. That means, u're right.. Afterall, president buhari seems to have same problem but he never see it as anything neither does he cares if someone correct him or not.. Today, he's ur president..

Check my signature for ur customised wristband

yea....i even asked a few friends of mine if they had ever noticed it but the response was "NO",Yet i can't differentiate those words as in word to word(siinguly)

Lexo22:
this is common in Nsukka,
consciously work on yourself and you will definitely improve.

yeah, am frm Nsukka

maci:


You said it all bro

Sis!

AnanseK:

Did you say Lorth?

are u blind?

bossto:
yeah, am frm Nsukka

where are from in nsukka?

bossto:
I have an accent that has been discouraging me to the extent that i'm too shy to speak in the public.

For instance,"light and night" sound alike to me, I mean i can't differentiate them perfectly, but whenever I converse with my friends or put those aforementioned words in sentences, they (my friends) do not correct me...But I always doubt if I had pronounced them correctly.

Other words I have problem in differentiating are: snap/slap, lame/name. Though no one has corrected me on these.

So the main issue here is "IS THERE MUCH DIFFERENCE IN THEIR SOUNDS?
Pls be honest!!

Hello bro!did it just start or it's been with you since?