₦airaland Forum

Dreyl:
Dechandel you better come and woo me before i vex now.

Darkrebel666:
~Ifa or
~Amadiora


~Ask one of those gods ..they would answer you.

Darkrebel666:
lol..
~ if you change your mind anyway, you can always send me a d.m. and ummm.. when we are going to the cinema, you'd have to put on that particular dress you wore in your d.p so i can slip my fingers easily subconsciously while the movies on

Vickybee:
That's the fact. One of my classmate in secondary speaks plain English and can switch to English/British accent perfectly.

When he tried mimicking Igbo, yoruba and Hausa accent, he failed woefully except trying a bit in Hausa.

P.S - He's Delta Igbo and currently studying in Caleb University Lagos.

Darkrebel666:
@bolded let's go see it together. Pick a date

Darkrebel666:
~ There's nothing like plain accent. You have to belong to a tribe or region and speak like where you come from. No matter what you do in trying to get rid of it, there would still be a trace of it staining your voice box.. The best you can do is Float. Floating is when you switch from American accent to British to Nigerian when talking.


~Yorubas are known for their H-factor and Ibos for their L and R pronunciation problem like you said, but even Yorubas and Ibos that don't have this problem don't speak plainly like you termed it .There's still a trace of their Native accent in their speech.

~Lupita Nyong'o and Chiwetel Ejiofor are perfect examples.

Darkrebel666:
• I still don't understand what you mean by Plain accent babe..


~ Wole Soyinka speaks in a British accent mixed with a little bit of Nigerian accent (Yoruba ) same with omotola... you can't completely eradicate your native accent.. maybe you should tell me what Plain accent is?

Darkrebel666:
•No they don't ... Even in England there are different accents. A Londoner has a different accent from a Man or woman from Southampton or Manchester. Slight differences.
In America too... A New Yorker speaks differently from a man from Texas

Darkrebel666:
• Omotola Jolade
• Ibrahim Babangida
• Wole Soyinka
• Norbert Young
• Joke Silva
• King Sunny Ade



The way these people speak is the way all Nigerians should at least. Correct Pronunciation of words, right intonation mixed with native Nigerian ad libs. the plain Nigerian accent is not good enough.

kilokeys:
doctor alexia na u sabi o..

thanks for the lip job anyway

ronald4lif:
Dey there na. No go see where one bobo dey profess love for your head, dey die on top your matter.

ronald4lif:
After you

Abi you dey run from your fatherland. Odiro kwa nma ohh hehe.

ronald4lif:
Hehe! I dey come, make I check google earth.

ronald4lif:
Igbo girl for Jand, no go help build your fatherland.

ronald4lif:
Well there's an exaggeration there but I can tell atleast (or about) 6 in 10 Nigerian tribe from their accent, particularly Igbos and Yoruba. I do that all the time in my mind like when I'm in a bus or train and they speak english, then coincidentally when they take a call they speak in their dialect and it clicks with my suspicions. I have gotten it wrong few times too.

I learnt Igbo during my four years stay in the east, Enugu.

You sef how you take learn igbo

ronald4lif:
Your dad case is very rare then, coz I can easily tell what tribe a nigerian hails from by how they speak, their accent, especially the over 50year olds. Not the ones who are less than 40. If e like make e be say the person don live abroad for 30years their accent no dey hide.

I don't have one, I have never lived in Nigeria for more than six years so I couldn't have developed one. But I love it and wouldn't mind having one as well.

ronald4lif:
That's true though. But a lot of them fall into the category of who the OP is talking about.

When you listen to Nkem Owoh speak, there's this Igbotic accent that goes with it. When you also listen to actors like Jide Kisoko, you notice this Yoruba accent when he pronounced words. These are the people who are true to their natural accent, it's hereditary. But a lot of the young actors are speaking with a total different tone which was unheard of about say 30-50 years ago.

ronald4lif:
Hmmm, I am not sure if Nigeria has a common accent though. Thought each ethnic nationality have theirs, unique to them.

ronald4lif:
Yes ohh, dey there na.

ronald4lif:
I love me some igbotic accent.

ZedX6:
[color=#200000]I. N. T. E. R. E. S. T. I. N. G. [/color]

And someone got banned again

englishmart:
well I'm currently at Brentford.

Brentford? really?

zicoraads:
A fitting title I must confess

And just like that...your Romeo has been forced to 'go dark'

Nigga didn't even get the chance to utter anything meaningful

You sef no try...you couldn't even 'blush' or something

Hehehehe.
On a second thought, I enjoyed the melo drama the two of them displayed

About the blushing.. hehe. shey na for blackett comments i wan come begin dey blush??

chipmunkey:
Dechandel, ain't you gonna say sumfin...

LOL.. why the puppy face
You've made your intentions known.. you might want to hit the pm button now

zicoraads:
dechandel...what better way to show you how much love you command

Five pages of breathtaking comments and posts...

Breathtaking indeed ..

The thread should be renamed to "chronicles of Blackett and Diddydiva"

What do you think??

chipmunkey:
Dechandel, just make sure you get my package from Englishmart

Lol.. you've gotta be kidding me.. better take back your package, cause i can't remember saying anything about meeting up with anybody

chipmunkey:
Stop shining your teeth and come give daddy a hug.

Lol.. Daddy ke? I have a strong exception to that word . you are not my daddy

zicoraads:
Present Ma!

Of cos I still remember...how on earth can I forget a promise made to an enigma in whose name a 'whole' thread has been created?

I keep my promises...and am gonna get you those digits

Just reminding you

englishmart:
was that really you?

Lol.. I wouldn't know that, because you didn't say hi..

Blackett:
[color=#200000]Lmao @ dechandel viewing as guest. [/color]

Crazy .. I swear I wasnt