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KosiGee:
You should work on your linguistic skills to develop yourself not to impress or satisfy your fake friends.
If your friend’s observations/complaints were based on the above instances, I think they have low self esteems and inferiority complexes.

It is good to know the four seasons but they don’t apply in Nigeria and I will use dry season or harmattan anytime, any day. Apart from winter and summer, you’d be surprised that not a lot of people know the difference between autumn and spring and which one of them comes first.

It’s Harmattan or dry season in Nigeria, tell them that or any non Nigerian and let them figure it out themselves or relate that to whatever season that they have. Stop bending to people and don’t allow them to be bullying you.

I don’t think there’s any hard and fast rule on using the pm/am and the 24 hour rule except you are working in security but tell your friends to stop harassing you about that, I’m sure even the oga at the tops of those security outfits won’t be this pedantic. If they/your fake friends are working as door supervisors somewhere and have adapted to that mode of time telling, tell them not to take out their frustrations on you after a hard day’s job.

Tell them it’s a new year, tell them day don break for Naija, tell them 7 don nack, tell them Harmattan de and the North East trade wind de blow and scatter like no man’s business.

alignacademy:
Thanks for sharing

You could also ask your foreign friends to be specific with their complaints, so you can be focused in your improvement drive.

Is it that they don't understand what you say?

What EXACTLY do they say is wrong with your English?

Thanks again

adeiza4u:
Get Brighter Grammar, part 1 and to 4 and read them. And then, get a lot of novels especially those written by European writers and read them up. Continue reading novels and also attempt professional writings such as articles and essays. Give them out to grammarians to vet. You'll be fine afterwards, I assure you.

Tektronics12:
Guy You Try lol . Happy New Year My Country People.

seunmohmoh:
Oga, my money

iaamxavier:
Well I've never stepped outside the shores of Nigeria

But I can Authoritatively tell you my Diction is extremely Top notch and my spoken English is superb
You need to hear me speak (I'm actually not bragging)

But the secret to that is due to the fact that I watch alot foreign movies and Also listen to foreign music especially American, so this influenced it Alot.

The trick is not just watching or listening you have to carefully Listen to the wordings and try practicing them on your own
Also make use of E dictionary to learn some new words with its pronunciation too

imiski:
Pidgin is our locally breed language I don't understand why you would want to give it up because of the white man, when the few I have met even wants to learn our form of english. They should go and die.

Claireshan1:
Some guys wear one boxer for one week

freemanbubble:
I don first talk am
Na only two artiste get talent for 9ja.

2face and Burna boy