ezeagu:


Do you know a million Nkihukas, or Oruchi? That's the main point.

Ihuomadinihu:

I don't. That is not the main point.
These examples still doesn't give Onitsha igbo the platform to become an igbo izugbe.

ezeagu:
I guess the next question is, how can Standard Igbo be strengthened as standard for Igbo instead of random dialects replacing it?

Ihuomadinihu:
I wouldn't notice you o. Yes, Southern Anambra don't speak mainstream onitsha igbo dialects.

Ihuomadinihu:

Still deviation. For God sake,i know a million iheanyis in Imo state. Drop that suggestion of yours,it ain't going nowhere.

NRIPRIEST:


They may exist but it didn't originate from there.

Ihuomadinihu:
That Ifeanyi whatever is inconsequential. There are many iheanyis all over Southern igbo.
No one has any authority to suggest anything to non onitsha igbo speakers. The dialect itself is strange in my ears,sorry. EOD!

ezeagu:


Do you know a million Nkihukas, or Oruchi? That's the main point.

ezeagu:


Fa ncha na nị ndi Onicha, mana fa ncha ji omalicha asusu Onicha we je mba. Isn't that segzy. Lol.

Chiwude:
Wow! Awka . My maternal Great Grand father went by the name Orisakwe. I was wondering how he came about that name.

Ihuomadinihu:

It isn't. It's a combination of consonants holding hands together obstructing the vocal track.

ezeagu:


Okay, O wu ihe ị shi? Ngwanu suwazie okwu Owerri ma o wu Izugbe. Now, is tha segzy enuf now?

ChinenyeN:
I'd say that the 'classy' factor is a misnomer, or at the very consequence of the familiarity. Truth be told, that familiarity helped shape what it means to "speak Igbo". So much so that I have even had the pleasure of being told that I don't speak Igbo or don't know how to speak Igbo, because I speak Ngwa. It's a testament to the degree of ignorance Onitsha has caused among Igbo-speaking people, and it has helped Onitsha to become a socialite's dialect.

Ihuomadinihu:

Igbo izugbe is fine enough and it has served it's purpose.

ezeagu:

Buh is it segzy?

ChinenyeN:
Ochi lei.. Ezeagu won't stop with this 'segzy' ordeal.

Ihuomadinihu:

Yes,of course.

Ihuomadinihu:
Which one is classy again? Hahaha,i see that supremacy nonesense rearing it's head slowly.

bigfrancis21:
Certain areas of Orumba and Nnewi souths generally speak sort of a mix of Anambra and Northern Imo dialects and their dialects are not close to what is considered mainstream Imo dialect or Owerri. With proximity to Imo state, it is understandable they picked up words from the Northern Imo axis.

Could another reason for the preference of Anambra Igbo by southern Igbo be because it is considered as 'classy'? I personally know Ezinne Akudo's (one-time most beautiful girl in Nigeria) mother (from Imo state, one of those boundary LGAs with Anambra state) and this lady prefers to speak Anambra Igbo instead. You would never tell she's not from Anambra. I had to ask her one day and she told me she's from Imo state, Arondizuogu I think. I also had another neighbour of ours from Arondizuogu who switches easily from Anambra Igbo to mainstream Imo Igbo when she wants. And her Anambra Igbo is flawless. This preference for Anambra Igb sometimes exhibited by people from the South is something I have witnessed too often.

The Igbo musician, Pericoma, is from Northern Imo i think but majority of his songs carry a strong mainstream Anambra flavour.

Ihuomadinihu:

Chei, was that film Rituals,i thought it was Taboo where he got into money laundering business. Yes,he spoke in Ngwa or Mbaise.

odumchi:


Iyaaa! O ya woo! M rizodiri ava yam ihe.

odumchi:


Enyiaa, speaking a southern dialect is much more than switching from /f/ to /h/ or /n/ to /l/. Southern dialects typically involve the use of other parts of the mouth or respiratory system (which Onicha-speakers do not employ) to facilitate nasalization, aspiration, and a generally faster rate of speech.

Bearing this in mind, Arondizuogu, and other communities in its environs, though being /r/-speaking, do not necessarily fall under southern Igbo. A more appropriate example of southern Igbo would be Orlu, Mbaise, or Ndoki. Amongst these peoples I don't believe there is anything that would indicate a preference of northern Igbo to their own. The naming factor would be a consequence of religious and political factors over the years. Had the Catholics first landed in, say, Emekuku, and used their language as a means of disseminating their religion, it would totally be a different story today. Don't you think?