illicit:
I like Igbo girls

Dated two, would have married one but her mum always speak igbo whenever I am in their house, despite the fact that she also speaks Yoruba and pidgin

I didn't feel welcome

😔

illicit:
I like Igbo girls

Dated two, would have married one but her mum always speak igbo whenever I am in their house, despite the fact that she also speaks Yoruba and pidgin

I didn't feel welcome

😔

RedboneSmith:


Harmless question: Why is it that some of you feel threatened or discriminated against or unwelcome when people speak their own language around you, even when they are not talking directly to you? This is something I've observed repeatedly in my personal life.

Meanwhile, I've been in many spaces where Yoruba people speak Yoruba among themselves knowing that I don't understand the language. In fact, it seems to be a norm in all the Yoruba spaces that I have ever found myself. It happened even in the last place that I worked. There were five Yoruba and three non-Yorubas and all we heard in the office all day was Yoruba. It never bothered me. No be me una dey talk to. When you want to talk to me you speak the one I go understand. Until then, feel free to carry on in your language; I am not offended.

Why is it that you people are not able to take what you dish? A woman speaks her own language to people who understand it, in her own house, when no be you she dey talk to, and you feel unwelcome?