ekt_bear:

Nobody is under any obligation to use the same words that you do, or give the same meaning to them. That chukwu means god in Igbo doesn't mean it will mean the same thing when others say it.

If you have a problem with this, go find a bridge to jump off of.

~Bluetooth:

Igbo in yoruba means marijuana. . .so you can never tell if chuku has another meaning somewhere !

~Bluetooth:

Igbo in yoruba means marijuana. . .so you can never tell if chuku has another meaning somewhere !

Obiagu1:

I don't have a problem with it, if you like name your son Odechukwu, I don't care.
I'm just letting those that don't actually know the meaning know what they are talking about.

As for a goon like you who is becoming sick everyday with every comment you make and turns around and  blame NL for turning you into a demented individual is laughable. I think you have a demented mind already before you joined NL.

Again, chukwu doesn't mean "god" in Yoruba. That the Igbo man calls his god chukwu is fine and dandy, but also irrelevant.

Chukwu refers to igbo people in this context.

So there is nothing blasphemous about saying ode chukwu, unless you are an Igbo speaker or someth

You are knowingly applying the wisdom God gave u wrongly. On one hand you want us to belive that 'g-o-d' in your statment actually means "god" but you have forgotten that it might mean something else in some other language in the far corners of the world but "chuckwu" which all Nigerians including your humble self,  knows is 'god' should be something else(more like someone denying the holocause ever happened).  

"CHUCKWU" is not a slang in Yoruba and has never and would never be a derogatory slang in Yoruba, if you want to practise your inherent athiest 'streak' having a 'pot-shot' at God, you are welcome but stop glossy it up with the wrong argument

Obiagu1:

Igbo and igbo (marijuana) have different pronunciations so they are entirely different. All you lost Nigerians abroad, I tire for una.

ekt_bear:

@KnowAll: Just to be clear, I am not an atheist. . .that really has nothing to do with what I'm saying.

My overall point is that the phrase "ode chukwu" cannot be blasphemous, simply because chukwu does not mean god in yoruba. That it means "god" in Igbo is cute and interesting, but not really relevant.

My overall point is that the phrase "ode chukwu" cannot be blasphemous, simply because chukwu does not mean god in yoruba. That it means "god" in Igbo is cute and interesting, but not really relevant.

~Bluetooth:

what pronunciation when homonym applies to the same word when written.That is why I refer to you people as IBO instead of marijuana.only if you want to blame yorubas for having a word that seems to descrate the tribe ''Igbo''

~Bluetooth:

what pronunciation when homonym applies to the same word when written.That is why I refer to you people as IBO instead of marijuana.only if you want to blame yorubas for having a word that seems to descrate the tribe ''Igbo''

KnowAll:

Unfortunately the word ‘ode chuckwu’ means ‘dumb god’ and if you want to continue wallowing in your ignorance you are more than welcome, after all it is a free world.

ekt_bear:

There is bound to be some tribe or peoples on earth where even the word "ode" means "god" in their language.

Now suppose that this is the case. Does that mean you cannot use that word any more, because it is somehow insulting god?

This is getting pretty dumb here. If word X means Y in language Z, leave that meaning to language Z and don't try to bring it into your own language.

ekt_bear:

Yoruba last names like Fagbemi or Fagbenle.

Should people change their last names because "gay" means "g@y" in English?

Leave to the english language what belongs there, don't bring those meanings into yoruba. It is silly.

Obiagu1:

You keep exposing your "emptiness".

Is Fagbemi pronounced as gay-bemi or Fa-gbemi?

ekt_bear:

1. It depends on who is pronouncing the word. As you might know, not everyone in the English-speaking world is good at pronouncing Nigerian names.
2. In many contexts (like text and the internet, basically anywhere written), pronunciation is not relevant.

apoti:

So former Nigerian coach Christian Chukwu means Christian God  

Obiagu1:

This is why I said you are a dunce.
Logic is beyond your capacity, mehn, try other things.

For you to start with that your argument, you have to first of all come up with other meanings of "Chukwu" in other languages before it will make sense.
As far as I know, it does not exist in Yoruba language.

okstol:

@Ekt_bear, must u always show your ignorance in dis forum? Why showing some hopeless logic in dis thread? @Knowall and co, I don't even know why u guys were replying this demented fellaz post. [s]The pronunciation between Igbo(SE) and igbo (marijuana) is totally different.[/s] Plz let's respect God even if u hate Ndigbo as Alhaji Harem rightly pointed out. But for ye d atheist, more condemn grease to your broken elbows.

Eko Ile:

ibo people sabi yell and cry over anything and everything sha,


geez, give it a rest sometimes,

alj_harem:

no brother

i think what is wrong is wrong, all they are doing is pointing out what is wrong

alj_harem:

no brother

i think what is wrong is wrong, all they are doing is pointing out what is wrong

alj_harem:

no brother

i think what is wrong is wrong, all they are doing is pointing out what is wrong

alj_harem:

no brother

i think what is wrong is wrong, all they are doing is pointing out what is wrong