'How I was insulted by a lady who misconceived my good English expression',said Mr John.

Let's read their conversation and learn from it.

Mr John: Hello Tayo, How are you doing?

Tayo: I'm fine,thanks.

Mr John: My friend called me yesterday. He said you were no longer interested in the relationship.Why?

Tayo: Yes! I don't love him anymore. But he should have explained to you what he did.

Mr John: He told me he didn't do anything wrong. So that is why I have decided to GIVE YOU A RING tonight.

Tayo: Me! GIVE ME A RING! The relationship that we haven't started.
If I didn't see any man to marry. So I will now marry my ex-boy friend's friend,a gateman for that matter! Pls go ahead and give me a ring. Ashawo...


Note:

From the conversation between Mr John and Tayo, we can affirm that a particular phrase has been misconceived by Tayo which has resulted in an insult to mr Mr John.

The phrase 'give somebody a ring'(British English) means to make a telephone call to someone:

I’ll give you a ring later in the week

You can also give somebody a call; I will give you a call later in the week.

For more interesting grammar lessons read on www.Facebook.com/facenglish
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Ugh that was a terrible write up you suck

this is nigeria, not britain. even you, you'lll also think same thing with her. nanaija we dey

She has a bad impression of you plus she is not intelligent.

She is actually right pragmatically. That's an ambiguous statement.
You are talking about relationship and marriage then you suddenly decide to use the word "ring" who wouldn't misconceive you in such a situation

forreelinc:
Ugh that was a terrible write up you suck

People like u nah over sabi dey kee unah, why don't u point out the terrible part and correct the writer, rather than being a bitch about it?

man,you at fault,even me got confuse,in this situation,a british could easily get confused too,you get common sense so

Nicklaus619:


People like u nah over sabi dey kee unah, why don't u point out the terrible part and correct the writer, rather than being a bitch about it?

becos its all bad

This thread has been grossly misconcieved. The essence of this thead is to draw our attention to how our choice of vocabulary can be misconstrued by our listeners or target audience. I bet this is not a true story but a fiction.

Okoh1:
This thread has been grossly misconcieved. The essence of this (thead) is to draw our attention to how our choice of vocabulary can be (misconstrued) by our listeners or target audience. I bet this is not a true story but a fiction.

The spellings in bracket proved my point. YOU CAN'T BE AS GOOD AS THE BRITISH. BE PROUD OF YOUR COUNTRY'S SLANG AND ADJUST YOUR DELIQUENCIES.

it wasn't good enough but The OP tried at least he brought something educative something positive something better than " hot teenager shares nudes online"
"cee c big brother caught sucking her boobs"
"how i banged to ladies from same mother".

The only ring familiar to naija girls is the one wore on the finger