₦airaland Forum

tevinsolt:
we are essentially saying the same thing. I was responding to a poster who doesn't think Nigerians should continue using the English language and in the same breath advocated for pidgin English, while comparing Nigeria to Japan and China.

okay man.got the point

tevinsolt:
read my post again.....I said a Nigerian speaking is pretty much similar to an Indian speaking English.........wasn't Indian colonized by Britain as well? Pakistan was also colonized by England, and they don't speak good English. what make those country you mentioned different, is that those countries especially America, Canada and Australia and even the white population of South Africa are for the most part descendants of the English people. Ireland is in close proximity of England, so is wales and Scotland, they were raided and conquered by England, but they still have their own indigenous Celtic language. but their history has allowed for cultural diffusion.

people in Nigeria most of the time first learn in their native language which sort of affects their fluency in the English language. this is a fact

and what do you say of Caribbean nations,especially Jamaica?

tevinsolt:
It is mediocrity. Pidgin is not a native Language is it? China or Japan don't have numerous cultures within their borders do they? If you can't understand English it is OK, just don't use it to justify speaking pidgin ( the broken form of the language). It shows laziness and mediocrity especially if you went to school in a country like Nigeria.

It's totally wrong for you to compare Nigeria with Japan and China, those are homogeneous societies with one culture, one language, one nation, one destiny, can you say the same of nigeria, 250 ethnic groups and diverse languages? how do you relate to those whose language you don't understand?

tevinsolt:
Why are you lying though....at best a Nigerian speaking is similar to an Indian speaking good English but still speaks with an accent, which is sometimes hard to understand...... Majority of Nigerians sucks at speaking English, when they speak it sounds forced.....and yes Americans speak good English, same way Australians and Canadians do even though the accents slightly differ. But the rules of pronunciation is pretty much the same. what you described up there are black Americans from poor neighborhoods.

I totally disagree with your statement that Indians an Americans speak perfect English. there's no English speaking nation that speaks "perfect "English in its "perfection "
they all have their own indigenous form of speaking. the reason we have "American(not just about accent, even in meaning) English, Australian English, Canadian English, even the Irish have their's, so why can't we have Nigerian English?

cold:
Your whole grammatical construction is too pedestrian. Too Nigerian-ish. You don't have the clout to criticise the inadequacies of others. In any event,if you must,you need to ensure all your Ts are crossed and your Is dotted. Just saying.

I think he should as well consider using pidgin English also.

and what is special about English language? people should feel free to express themselves in whatever language they dim fit.

infact, recently I heard on the BBC, that pidgin English will soon become an official language across many west Africa n countries. so it's a force that no one can stop

gameboy727:
Funny dude. Why e come Naija if e easy for am for Ghana?

This means we got tighter security than our neighbors. Thumbs up to our men in black

no sir. I don't think it's about our men in black, I think there's less to steal in Nigeria due to hardship.."na person wey drink water remain go think of watering flower "

so why not relocate to Ghana?

wow! I love the title,"unveiled prediction "
obviously they are tired of "prophecies " that never come to pass they now want to try "predictions "
like predicting Man U and chelsea match?
nice one

is not enough to sympathize with them,what can we do to help the victims and their families?

EZEIGBO1OFIMO:
IMHO people should quit all these publicity stunts; if you want to give to the society do so without fanfare

so so freakingly annoying. image laundering everywhere.

Adamsdelrio:
OP, you said 'side effects'. Where are the remaining side effects cos I can see only one here...

read in-between the lines, did you see the inverted commas?

Severally I keep seen people been more interested in posting pictures of accidents victims, without seeking ways to help them.
am beginning to think that social media is more of "image laundry and self-masturbating " where bloggers are more interested in pushing traffic to their site and neglect "a bleeding society "
how did we get here?

obasiken:
Pls stop posting this. I lived in aba for over 25 years. This is absolutely rubbish. There is no stone base. No adequate drainage. I am a civil engineer and i guarantee u, These roads will colapse in less than 2 years. Especially the section before rail on aba owerri road

exactly one thing I found out on the roads been done by Ikpeazu, is lacking of proper drainage, and that says alot about his so call PhD

what happened to the previous host, Adaora?

the greatest gift you can give the "one" who gave his life for you is your "life"

Vicboi1:
This government would be the worst Nigeria ever had no clear direction. No visual policy. Nothing the only thing they can do is fight. Fight. Fight. Nigeria is in for a big surprise

is it the government that made the facility obsolete?

yeye pple, Ekwueme founded a party,you took it away from him and made Obasanjo your president now you want Ekwueme back?
can only happen if the presidency is zoned to the southeast.

but why all this foot-draging?
when was the last time Any of bought fuel at the official price?
and subsidy is only enjoyed in the south west, Lago in particular, anything outside that is usually above 120 per litter. so why not remove the dam subsidy?

shouldn't he obey the last oder before heading to the Supreme Court?

fweshh:
supreme court here we come, wike is the man of the people, only massive rigging can make him lose any election conducted in rivers state

Which supreme Court. wetin concerns supreme Court?

naijaobi:
You just saw this pix and you are already blaming the Nigerian army.
Did u also condemn their attack on the Army chief?

what faux attack are we talking about?
you have been hearing from the account of Nigerian army,have you bothered to hear from independent source?
this was how boko haram started...by killing an ant with a sledge hammer. this is purely a civil case that the police can handle and does not necessitate this kind of brutality.

the way they mothered boko haram leader in cold-bloo...that has resulted in endless terror.

that cannot happen, not that it not possible, but the powers that be and politics of TINUBU won't allow that for South easterner.it's called "divide and rule "

donholy28:
After they visited,what else did they do?

as usual, they took "selfie "

zaragal:
i would have battered words with u but den again i jst remeber dat u jst left the hopsital, yea beacause even the best psychatrist can help ur non fuctioning celll inside the rotten calabash u call a head

From the manner you keep replying every quote with insult, it shows how childish and immature you are.you hide behind your keypad to insults..
that very easy but in reality can you measure up to the pple you are insulting?

Psalm18:
In the past, other African countries sent students to Nigeria as well.
Don't see anything wrong with this personally. Some of these schools may be better than UK schools

and was a governor, why couldn't he put things in order to make sure the schools in his state could compete with the best outside Nigeria, don't you know it's pure "capital flight "to spend state money on students abroad?

this guy should have been the minister of justice but no thanks to TUNUBU AND HIS KITCHEN CABINET HE FOISTED ON BUHARI.

jaybee:
What a blockhead you are?? this is CIVIL SERVICE; NOT ARMED FORCES. mumu

no need for insult ;raise your argument not your voice
and we are talking about employment and federal "character " so we can as well check every single agency and positions and stop scratching the surface

porshuch:
And they said the north dominated the whole federal civil service.

Finally I Stan with ONE NIGERIA.

can you juxtapose that with those in Nigerian army,Navy,Airforce, custom, and immigration been controlled perpetually from pple of the North

joseph1832:
If the embolden is true, then why are you and your kind screaming about marginalization?

do you know the difference btw been marginalized and been dominated?

LadyExcellency:
Unfortunately even if Abia guber election is cancelled, Ngwa people are 95% always at home to vote one of their own as the majority in the State with more LGAs than the people supporting Alex Otti.

With Obingwa alone having 130,000 PVC collected and 95% of them available for the election then cancellation will be effort in futility.

what are you talking about, with 95 percent, why didnt they make one of their own a governor before now.?now you finally have power, make we hear word.

I sincerely believe MAZI mao is a better candidate than orji Uzor,but in interest of justice let it be