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Culture › Re: Nsibiri: The Pre-colonial Writing Of The South Eastern People by Daverytimes(m): 12:11pm On May 18, 2020

darwin66109:
I wonder how my name Jonathan okechukwu will look

There is an Nsibidi translator where you type in things and it shows you how it would look, download that and you'll see.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Name At Least Two African Kingdoms That Are Missing On This Map by Daverytimes(m): 5:16am On May 18, 2020*

I don't see Kingdom of Bornu nor Kongo. However I am not exactly an expert on the issue and I don't know exactly what time frame the map is set in.

Edit: am blind, Kongo is there.

Culture › Re: What’s The Most Divergent Igbo “language”? by Daverytimes(m): 11:51pm On May 16, 2020

ChinenyeN:
The difference between a language and dialect is arbitrarily based on socio-politics. There is no universal criteria to distinguish between the two. As such, linguists have opt to say that all languages are in fact just dialects (or, to avoid all socio-political implications, lects). Everyone speaks a dialect. Whether your dialect is counted as a language is ultimately arbitrary and subjective.

Probz, to answer your question. The Igbo languages sit on a continuum. As such, there isn't one that is "most divergent". The only exception to this it seems is Ekpeye. Ekpeye also is part of the continuum. It just shows more consistent divergence than other lects. However, you seem to not want to include Ekpeye. So with that, we can say that divergence can definitely be arbitrary.

Determining which is "most divergent" would depend heavily on who you ask. It would depend on their (positive or negative) views with respect to other Igbo groups and depend on their primary lect, and even how exposed they may be to other lects.

But, if I am to answer the question personally, for myself, I might say Abakaliki. Granted, someone from Abakaliki equally said the same to me about Ngwa, even though I believe there should be other lects that rank higher than Ngwa as far as divergence.

I had a brief talk with someone under a YouTube video and the same points you made was what I made, languages are inherently political and what constitutes a stand alone language is not understood and based solely on politics.

I think in general if a dialect is unintelligible to those in the same group of languages then it is a different language under the same group, ekpeye is a different language under the igboid group of languages as it is simply unintelligible to most Igbo. Whether or not it can be considered too divergent depends on if you still consider it a dialect or a different language.

Culture › Re: Nsibiri: The Pre-colonial Writing Of The South Eastern People by Daverytimes(m): 11:18pm On May 16, 2020

dutch84:
Check out the fan art I made using Akagu version of Nsibidi (found here http://blog.nsibiri.org/2017/09/akagu-igbo-alphabet.html )
I also ended up making it using Roman Characters and a font that resembles the font in the Black Panther movies.
What do you all think?

That's nice.
First heard about Nsibidi on Sribd back in 2013, there was a guy who was putting together a dictionary and in general worrking towards reviving it. Didn't pay attention to it till late last year, trying to learn it now and akagu is really a breeze to learn, nsibidi is a lot harder but when the two are used it flows nicely.

We need to start using this in Igbo communication, am hoping it becomes widespread over the next decade.

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Health › Re: COVID-19: NCDC Releases Summary Of Test Numbers, States And Activities by Daverytimes(m): 5:46pm On Apr 18, 2020

SaveAnthony:
Wow, America tests atleast 10k per day, is this the most we can do

You mean 150k a day.

Foreign Affairs › Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Daverytimes(m): 3:59pm On Apr 05, 2020

Tinfoil:
If anyone living in a developed country knows of anyone working in a hospital ask them how many people they have seen come in with covid symptoms or are infected. They will tell you that they are near zero. Better yet drive by a hospital and see if its as bad as is been portrayed in the news.

The problem is the modeling software that western governments are using to guide decision makers and control of people.(Marshal law test run) Most people are not questioning what they are being told by the media or going to see for themselves what is happening

Truth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb92TXYMN-4

Lies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgCp-bD1Zc

I've never seen someone's name encapsulate their stupidity so profoundly.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Daverytimes(m): 2:14am On Mar 28, 2020

tylann:
No it's not
I have more

So what did you just do to disprove what he said, you posted another old photo?

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Daverytimes(m): 3:26pm On Mar 17, 2020

AmenhotepZuid:
@Just30, I would kill myself if I looked like my own SHIT.[b][/b] Ghanaians are DARKER than their shit.

You epitomize what self hatred is. Also that boy probably looks better than your lineage would ever look.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Can Bernie Sanders Really Win Against Trump by Daverytimes(m): 3:37pm On Feb 29, 2020

He is a populist just like trump, but unlike trump he has a message that people are buying into. He can definitely win.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Israel Vows To Crush Iran If It Attack Israel-netanyau by Daverytimes(m): 1:40pm On Jan 08, 2020

Isreal have gone to war and bombed everyone in the middle east except Iran and they have a good reason. Isreal recognizes that Iran is a different ball game, Isreal can do damage but they will not be winning any war against Iran.

Foreign Affairs › Re: WWIII Memes Posted By Americans On Facebook by Daverytimes(m): 1:35pm On Jan 05, 2020

biGDhAp:
Seriously I really don't understand.. Two countries want to nuke theirself to death..

How the hell is it a world war..

So you are living on the moon eh? If they nuke themselves you think it won't affect you?

American meme are not as funny as ours

Sports › Re: Lesotho Vs Nigeria: AFCON Qualifiers (2 - 4) Full Time by Daverytimes(m): 5:16pm On Nov 17, 2019

Ajibel:
we can't find any station showing the match chai

If you can stream it its on YouTube.

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NYSC › Re: Corpers De-Kitted And Evicted From Ebonyi Camp For Refusing To Wear Trousers by Daverytimes(m): 11:29pm On Nov 09, 2019

alonzoiv:
Jehovah Witness or Deeper Life. Christianity is really a religion of peace. If they tried this with Muslims/ Hijab, MURIC will be on their case for eternity.

Be like say some of Ya'll have an agenda? What tells you jehovah's witnesses don't wear trouser?

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Leceister City Vs Arsenal (2 - 0) On 9th November 2019 by Daverytimes(m): 8:54pm On Nov 09, 2019

byrron:
How time flies, Arsenal that used to be a top team now looks so ordinary and now scared of teams like LC

The way una dey disrespect Leicester, àbí you forget say the win the premier league 2 years ago? Leicester are a top team.

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Politics › Re: Tacha’s Downfall More Important To Nigerians Than What Buhari Has Done For Them by Daverytimes(m): 5:10pm On Sep 28, 2019

It's always been that way, Nigerias problem is not the government, it's the people. Nigerians have a weak mentality unfortunately.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Developments Across Africa by Daverytimes(op): 4:00pm On Sep 19, 2019

New DMU (Diesel Multiple Unit) for Abuja RMT (Rapid Mass Transit)

Politics › Re: Where Were Our Private Jet Pastors When They Were Needed? by Daverytimes(op): 1:50pm On Sep 15, 2019

1StopRudeness:
Private jet of how many seater capacity to select and lift few Nigerians home..when a tailor-fit provision with a larger plane has been made available

..you are funny man...try to be objective rather than allow your negative emotions about pastors rule you..I agree that many pastors are thieves and selfish...but dragging them into this is just lame...

Tailor fit provision was made by one man and his Airline, it was provision to airlift as much as he could on his own budget. The government was not supporting him.

There are 10s of people still stuck at the consulate with no way to get back, those people are not being flown back by anyone. Many of them have private jets with 10 plus seater capacity, so don't give me that.

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Politics › Where Were Our Private Jet Pastors When They Were Needed? by Daverytimes(op): 1:33pm On Sep 15, 2019

Let's get this out of the way, it is the governments job to bring home its citizens if they are in danger. However when it became clear that our government (as always) was beyond incompetent, what was the action of the pastors that had the capacity to bring even if it is just a few Nigerians home.

Where were they when our citizens needed them.
Not one pastor thought it best to even offer to provide their private jet to airlift Nigerians.

Sports › Re: 2019/20 Football League Prediction And Where Your Team Will Likely End By Adikam by Daverytimes(m): 10:10pm On Sep 01, 2019

KendrickAyomide:
that's shit compared to city guy.

It might be worse than City but Liverpool's bench is better than every other person's in the league. City's bench is on another level though.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Trump Cancels Trip To Denmark Over Refusal To Sell Greenland To The US by Daverytimes(m): 9:53pm On Aug 21, 2019

jom28gy:
This place might have been a very important and of interest to America, otherwise,I don't see the reasons, Trump would cancelled his State visit to Denmark.

Hoping you are not serious.

Celebrities › Re: Now I'm Almost A Billionaire – Davido, Nigerians React by Daverytimes(m): 4:07pm On Aug 12, 2019

I think there is mighty confusion between liquid cash, Assets, and currency.

Does Davido have 1 billion Naira in his accounts? No.
Is Davido worth far more than 1 billion Naira? (the sum of all his assests, like houses, cars, jewelry, e.t.c) Yes, most definitely he is.
Is Davido worth 1 billion DOLLARS? Hell no, nowhere near.

As some have said, we don't have a lot of Dollar millionaires in Nigeria, depending on who is doing the research we have anywhere from 15 to 71 thousand millionaires. For a country of 200 million that is abysmal.
Nigeria however has the fastest growing population of millionaires, meaning Nigeria is minting more dollar millionaires than any other country in the world, so even though it's really suspect when these musicians claim certain things I don't thin we should discount them entirely as not having anything in their account.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Liverpool Vs Norwich City (4 - 1) On 9th August 2019 by Daverytimes(m): 8:37pm On Aug 09, 2019

Gentlewarrior1:
Don't get ahead of yourself mate. This season will definitely be worse than last season. I dont even see liverpool coming second in epl talkless of winning neither will they even retain ucl

No reasonable addition or upgrade to the squad

You have to be smoking something good to not think Liverpool could come second, come on.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by Daverytimes(m): 11:58am On Aug 08, 2019

jarell:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/soldiers-killed-three-cops-freed-kidnap-kingpin-police/amp/

Don't know what's going on in this country again.

That wasn't a mistake, bottom line that kidnapper had friends in high places.

Agriculture › Re: The Fastest Way To Kill 51 Catfish. Nigerians Call Man A Murderer (Photos) by Daverytimes(m): 11:39pm On Jul 27, 2019

Damn, that is a cruel way to go. By the way, fish that struggle when they die taste bad compared to fish that is killed instantly.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Daverytimes(m): 7:07pm On Jul 18, 2019

Henry240:
Off-Topic

The F-35 Turkey would never see.

Turkish Air Force F-35A, now ex.

Was is it a good decision for Turkey to have gone for the S-400 over the F-35?

Turkey has the second largest army in NATO.

Turkey also spends above the mandatory 2% of GDP on defence. It actually spends over, while the likes of Germany spends under 2%.

Turkey had pledged to buy 110 F-35A's.

Turkey also makes parts for the F-35 program. This manufacturing would now be moved back to the US.

Russia is now offering Turkey the SU-35.

Would be a big loss to both the US and Turkey (the plane will definitely get more expensive), but frankly having proper A2/AD is more important today than having stealth fighters.

Foreign Affairs › Re: It's Official Trump Says USA Won't Sell F35s To Turkey by Daverytimes(m): 7:40pm On Jul 17, 2019

ikelords:
You cant serve God and marmon at the same time... Mba nu... A very big blow to turkey, after investing so much into the F35 program..

Turkey wanted to buy the patriots but the US refused, when they went to the Russians the US decided to offer the patriot but at a much higher price than the s400, and they refused tech transfer, how is that turkeys fault. The US was refusing to sell an inferior system, when they did, they were refusing to do tech transfer and the system was much more expensive than the s400.

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Sports › Re: Man City Ranked Best Fooball Team In The World, Man Utd 34th [Top 10] by Daverytimes(m): 4:19pm On Jul 16, 2019

Fake list, what makes bayern the 2nd best team in the world ahead of Liverpool that made two champions league finals back to back and won one. Nonsense. Man city I'll give you, they are neck and neck with Liverpool but Bayern? Lol.

TV/Movies › Re: Nigerians Spent N3.1bn In Cinemas In H1 2019 – Report by Daverytimes(m): 6:08am On Jul 16, 2019

That is piss poor, how many screens do we have in this country?

Foreign Affairs › Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Daverytimes(m): 5:57am On Jul 16, 2019

Odunayaw:
won't the roof hatches limit soldiers from shooting out of the vehicles from the top?

I think the point of those hatches is to provide cover, there is ample room to shoot from.

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Sports › Re: Algeria Vs Nigeria: AFCON Semi-Finals (2 - 1) Full Time by Daverytimes(m): 8:14pm On Jul 14, 2019

Akpeyi should never keep after this tournament, what a horrible goalkeeper.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Daverytimes(m): 1:32pm On Jul 13, 2019

Henry240:
Some random lunatic decides to launch a tirade against the Nigerian army Tactical Patrol Vehicle, as he puts it, it's a random piece of junk.

Yet, the coward couldn't stay on to defend his comment. He immediately deletes his profile after his comment.

Fools like @Stephandeswardt decide to shower him with support, at least he wasn't cowardly to delete his profile. Some other fools decided to hide behind likes to show support for the coward.

What is the Nigerian Army Tactical Patrol Vehicle. This vehicle is primarily a High Mobility Vehicle designed for Patrols. A number of countries around the world use High Mobility Vehicles, the most popular been the Humvee.

They are designed to overcome obstacles, rough terrains and are in many cases referred to as All Terrain Vehicles.

The Lunatic claimed our TPV is a badly done weld job. A junk. He circled a number of areas before fleeing like a buffoon.

So here are some examples from around the world with similar designs.

The Tactical Patrol Vehicle follows a similar design principle.

See the vehicle in motion in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOFvNgCBrPE

The TPV might not be aesthetically pleasing at this point but if it does what it is designed to do, why bother about beauty?

Go and lie down Henry, it seems you got drunk at some point.
You do not have to be an engineer to see that it is shoddy construction, you also don't have to insult people for pointing out the obvious. No one bolts a shock to the frame that way, it will snap with any rigorous driving. For a vehicle meant to travers rough terrain quickly, that is not a good design in anyway shape or form. As is all things it will improve, but do not pretend it's where it should be. Also, don't act so defensive when people point these things out.

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