Toaskarity:

yes, you have to! atleast for communication reasons, do you think they understand our accent that easily

BABE!:


LOL--- @ when spoken softly.

I don't mean to be redundant, but please what's sexy in saying "Oyel" instead of "Oil"--- Rhetorical question.  

Toaskarity:

i was a victim of that word and words like londom instead of london, which makes me ashamed whenever ones correct me,  nowadays i take care b4 pronouncing words of such  

Good for you darl. Keep it up!  

obo_man:

Which tribe invented the 'O' intonation? COME HERE O,, LETS GO O, A Kenyan girl asked me why we always put O, but I couldn't find an answer. She also asked why Nigerians always say ' How far', 

obo_man:

@toaskarity,  Every nationality has an accent, and you will always be heard and understood if you speak clearly, irrespective of your accent. I do disagree with the fact that they don't understand us. When we speak clearly, they perfectly do. I don't think an accent inhibits the ability to speak a lingua-franca. If it does, most companies won't have their customer service branches in India.

BABE!:

The intonation: I think it's Yoruba. (not sure)

The 'how far': Good question.

Toaskarity:

no i dont think so, think of it you guys call 'omo' obasajo the o seems like it goes down unlike the 'o' we put in our english.

i will go for igbo(pls nt trying been tribal, i stand to be corrected) now pronounce oge,olisa etc and see,
i dont know of other tribe so may be im wrong

Toaskarity:

no i dont think so, think of it you guys call 'omo' obasajo the o seems like it goes down unlike the 'o' we put in our english.

i will go for igbo(pls nt trying been tribal, i stand to be corrected) now pronounce oge,olisa etc and see,
i dont know of other tribe so may be im wrong

I already modified my post. I don't think it's Yoruba anymore.

We use the 'O' (asin oge, olisa) as well.  It's the 16th alphabet the Yoruba lang. E.g.  Ole (thief).

emmatok:

The "O" intonation is from the Yoruba.

Joor O, gba O, kilode O, fi mi sile O e.t.c

BABE!:

I already modified my post. I don't think it's Yoruba anymore.

We use the 'O' (asin oge, olisa) as well.  It's the 16th alphabet the Yoruba lang. E.g.  Ole (thief).

Toaskarity:

pls try pronounce "come here OO and joor O" did they sound alike? anyway i wont go further b4 it turns to another thing. lets end it here,

and igbos also have that O(as in Obasanjo) in their alphabet with point under so me too isnt that sure who owns the lang.

honeric01:

LOL, now i know why she keeps asking us to talk on phone rather than type, i get to wonder what's so funny when we talk, she keeps laughing, giggling and all blushing and wouldn't let me take a pause lol.


With a THICK BINI-YORUBA mixed with French accent, why shouldn't we be in the 5th position even though we have more than 400 accents in Nigeria?

perenren:

This thread reminded me of a funny quote from the late Gen.Maman Vasta (may his soul rest in peace)
Hear him, " The krobulem wit agirikalture in this kountiri is too muchi girama, too muchi girama''

emmatok:

I don't understand you.

Are you saying Obasanjo is an Igbo name?

The Obasanjo is "O'" and not "O"

The Yoruba vowels are:

a,e,i,o,o',u

"O" in Yoruba is used when communicating with your age mate or someone at your level.

"E" is used when communicating with an adult or superior.