Grgton:
lie ... British has the best accent... they tend to pronounce words perfectly... not blabbing like Americans do

We4all:
He is getting it wrong. Accents are a vital part of a language. If you speak Spanish with a Portuguese accent, you will definitely sound odd.

When learning a language, you should also try to acquaint yourself with the accent. That way, you can communicate effectively with a native speaker.

For instance, I speak Hausa but with a bad accent. I'm trying to polish it. If I can, then there is nothing wrong if an English speaker decides to polish his accent. English is just one of the many languages and there should be no exceptions to it.

omoharry:
It is called inferiority complex .The Indians speaks English with their accent and they are proud of it ,so are the Chinese ,the Arabs ,the Italians ,Spanish as well as other Europeans, whose first language is not the English language .
Some Nigerians have lost their sense of identity. that is why they crave for another mans own. Such act is called complex ..It means you are ashamed of who you are .
Look at Ngozi Okonjo Iweala .She still speak with her Nigerian accent and has been able to attained one of the highest career hierarchy in in the US. This is a woman that has been staying in the U.S since in the 70s but still retained her accent .. very original and true to herself by wearing her African cloths to crown it all.
Look at Chimamanda Adichie.. she is a writer and well read but she still kept her Nigerians accent which add to her uniqueness in what she does .
Let us be original and the world will appreciate what you have .
When Nigerian musicians were busy coping the west, they didn’t get any glance from them but immediately they went indigenous the world started listening to our songs and even recognizing our artist .

Ladycewhy:
Is that so? tell me more ,I am genuinely curious.


Well I am one of the lucky ones that don't have my tribe accent ,when I tell people where I am from,the response I usually get is " but you don't sound like people from there". Even the pidgin accent leads people to make wrong assumptions about my state of origin.

PAWG:


IMHO, Sounding Igbotic or not should not decide a person's literacy.

omoharry:
It is called inferiority complex .The Indians speaks English with their accent and they are proud of it ,so are the Chinese ,the Arabs ,the Italians ,Spanish as well as other Europeans, whose first language is not the English language .
Some Nigerians have lost their sense of identity. that is why they crave for another mans own. Such act is called complex ..It means you are ashamed of who you are .
Look at Ngozi Okonjo Iweala .She still speak with her Nigerian accent and has been able to attained one of the highest career hierarchy in in the US. This is a woman that has been staying in the U.S since in the 70s but still retained her accent .. very original and true to herself by wearing her African cloths to crown it all.
Look at Chimamanda Adichie.. she is a writer and well read but she still kept her Nigerians accent which add to her uniqueness in what she does .
Let us be original and the world will appreciate what you have .
When Nigerian musicians were busy coping the west, they didn’t get any glance from them but immediately they went indigenous the world started listening to our songs and even recognizing our artist .

Forumobserver12:


So you consider yourself lucky because you don't sound like people from your tribe?

omonnakoda:
Did anyone say that it does?

omonnakoda:
How or why is it "lucky" not to have your "tribe" accent

Is there anything shameful about your "tribe"?

Do you really know the meaning of the word "tribe"?

omonnakoda:
This is very ignorant
Britain has more that a dozen accents. Have you ever travelled across Britain?

I suggest you go to Dudley, Sunderland, Liverpool or Glasgow. There is nothing perfect about it.

The way people speak in Britain is largely determined by social class and schooling

The "best" accent would have to be the one most people understand. That would vary from country to country.

Since most English speakers can be found in Nigeria , India the US etc. The Nigerian accent would have to be one of the best

inumidun2010:
if I speak English and you don understand wetin I talk, Ces't fini... If I use Ogbomosho accent, Na your Problem be dat...
If you want me to form POSH, I sabi that one ehn....
That's how they will be singing in choir, you won't understand what they are singing.. They will now be furious complaining that the Sound Engineer lowered their MIC.. Aunty Sing, this is not KARAOKE or LIP SYNC

pocohantas:
Way back people were mocked for being too indigenous, the goal was to be foreign. Someone would open their mouth waaa and say “you speak your language too much”. Are you okay? Which language e for speak?

Thankfully all that is changing. I think the commercialization of indigenous rap (and comedy) also played a role. Some people started to feel bad that they couldn’t speak fluently, enough to make some money out of it or even understand the jokes.

People want to be like Phyno or Olamide. Now everyone is tapping into their localness.

We are making progress, we would get there...

LMS1:
Some Of Us That Grew Up Outside Nigeria And Above The Continent We Dont Sound Either Igbotic, Yorubatic, Hausatic Or Fulanitic,
Rather We Sound Slawomirrtic,
For Intance This Is How We Speak:
"Damn Nigaarr!,
Dont You Want Some Dope Powper Ina Fi Life?,
Hey Niggar, U Talking Bout Me?,
Stay Clear Niggar Cus Am A Bad B.itch And You Dont Wanna Bleep With Me,
Dude You Okay! Dont Cough Blood Ina Di Streets, Do yu Want The Cops To Trace Our Ass?
You Are Bomboclat Niggar!!
Bomboclat!!

Jor I Nor Well

LMS1:
Some Of Us That Grew Up Outside Nigeria And Above The Continent We Dont Sound Either Igbotic, Yorubatic, Hausatic Or Fulanitic,
Rather We Sound Slawomirrtic,
For Intance This Is How We Speak:
"Damn Nigaarr!,
Dont You Want Some Dope Powper Ina Fi Life?,
Hey Niggar, U Talking Bout Me?,
Stay Clear Niggar Cus Am A Bad B.itch And You Dont Wanna Bleep With Me,
Dude You Okay! Dont Cough Blood Ina Di Streets, Do yu Want The Cops To Trace Our Ass?
You Are Bomboclat Niggar!!
Bomboclat!!

Jor I Nor Well

Draslo:
He's not lying. I swear, if you have a sit-down with some of Nigeria's richest men, the dialect in their accent is unmistakable. There's nothing to be ashamed about it. I actively keep my accent Nigerian no matter where I go or how long I stay there. Some people will go to Egypt, spend 1-2 years there, come back and start speaking in a strange accent that is neither British, American, Arabic or Nigerian. (Footballers, I'm looking at you o! Learn from Kanu Nwankwo)


I was shocked the day I met ex-BBN housemate, Mercy. Her accent is not sexy at all but the girl's got business brain.

Stanleyville:
In your mind have you made any sence with the rubbish you just talk now.....yo always capping nansence I can't comprehend thinking yo making sence..

Millimann:
Even some of those people that sound like Brits can't write well.

pocohantas:
I will never forget this colleague of mine who had her university education in the UK. She also had her Masters and a professional course. She had all this as a graduate trainee. Chick was intelligent, but there was a “problem”. Bola (not real name) had a strong h-factor which affected her presentations and killed her zeal to handle public speaking.

Public speaking was one of our courses and the girl fell sick before the day sef. Anxiety wan kill am. When we were practicing among ourselves, she never finished her speech. We would be giggling when she calls hair, air and things like that. We never meant any harm, but we just couldn’t hold back the laughter. Though with time some of us, especially those in her group learned to suck it up.

The day we were supposed to present, our Chief HR officer was there, along with some other top officials. She got on the stage all dressed in her suit, said a few sentences and the giggling started. She tried to continue, but alas, she dropped the microphone and ran out of the hall, she was just crying “I can’t do this, I can’t”.

It was a turning point in our training as the whole class started crying. That was the last day we laughed at her or any other person. Laughed out o, because some people wan explode from holding back laughter.

Lamanii22:



Awwwww what about her now?

JovialJune:



Jeez I can imagine how you sound like

Please don't start

Kondomatic:
Back then when we still do "VN Thread" on here. I uploaded my own Voice Note jejely and one girl said that I have a thick "Igbotic Accent" and I asked her If I am supposed to sound like a Jamaican.


We too dey overdo things in this country.

ppogba:



You are very correct.

It may sound odd or unbelievable but do you know that Elizerbeth II herself was mocked when she was installed as queen for having an accent?

Many, i AM SURE have never heard this before.

On this issue of sounding more phonetic that the original, a few days ago, I was shocked to hear ROSEMARY CHURCH of CNN pronounce MINESOTA with the T well pronounced while Nigerians that have spent barely 2 months in US will tell you it is MINESORA!

FACT is, if you spent the first ten years of your life in Naija BUT LATER COME UP WITH AN ACCENT after 20 years else where, You are nothing but fake.