₦airaland Forum

P4VS20: she talk pidgin sha! lmao! first she couldn't read it, now she writes it. What a miraculous transformation.

(clapping) ..... shaking head too.

poshdiva: No Time!
i don talk
i don comot

aribisala0: I recommend you google the expression

HOW WAS YOUR NIGHT?

webizone: Over sense dey worry am. If we no fit beat am, we fit use am make money well from fellow gamers. *winks*

War Horse: I am shocked that many Nigerian see the question "How was your night?" a problem. I use it a lot and I am yet to come across objections. I fell in love with that question when I heard kenny Rogers' song "She believes in me". In the song, Kenny just came back from a stay-out-late-at-night-and-play-my-song and his lady woke up "and quietly she says how was your night?". Was he expecting Kenny to say he had bad or good fun making---love with his guitar? Why do some Nigerian think rotten all the time?

may be we should stop saying good night :

because not everybody is married!
because not everybody is in good terms with their mate!
because not everybody enjoys s..e..x!
because the word night means s..e..x!
because some literate illiterates are Nigerians

Please, is it also bad ti tell someone "Have a nice night?"

Nice and good, are they synonyms ?- I mean like saying nice food or good food? any thing wrong with that?

aribisala0: Most people are not complaining about grammar but they find it too intrusive . There has to be some basis for what seems to cross a certain social boundary. If someone spends the night as your guest it may be appropriate or even among friends but at work it seems inappropriate. As far as grammar goes there it is a nonissue

aribisala0: There is nothing Grammatically wrong with the expression "how was your night?" What rule exactly is it that is breached in that question?
You do not know what you are talking about!! You do not make your case by citing other examples of solecisms. WHAT EXACTLY is wrong with "HOW WAS YOUR NIGHT?"
We should distinguish social proprietariness from grammar. As far as grammar is concerned one may ask
"how was your day,morning night,week month year? etc" No harm done.

Actually Language is very distinct from Math Formualae and nobody climbed Mount Sinai and came down with any tablet prohibiting "How was your night" tell us EXACTLY which rule has been broken in this troublesome expression.

I fail to see the relevance here of your "Ice Cream " lecture .

etudaddy: one very wowo girl just meet me one day tell me say she like me oo. Oboy i stayed 3day for hospital

aribisala0: By the time dem give you answer you sef go regret say you ask

You: How was ya nite?
Mama Francis: em My nite? Hmm You sef know say for our area the transformer don blow so no light and Papa Francis no gree me rest. Me I no dey like to do if no fan.Anyway heat is too much and the noise from our other neighbour generator is too much. Because of Papa Francis wahala I say make Francis come sleep with us but small time I just wake up Francis don piss for bed. Imagine 7years old still dey piss. Our neighbour say make I carry am go see.............,,

You : Okay Mama Francis we go talk later (hurries off)

Mama Francis : Neighbour Come I never Talk wetin Papa Francis do naa.....

P4VS20: i see say she no talk again

aribisala0: Yes it is Nigerian English coined by Nigerians you are absolutely right.
Does that make it "bad English"
Do Nigerians have a right to coin expressions using English words just like
Americans,Australians,Canadians,New Zealanders etc
Is it Colo Mentality when we condemn our selves but gleefully adopt expressions
like "for crying out loud" or the moronic "that's lame" or "what's cooking" etc
By the way "what is wrong is wrong" is another Nigerianism

ItsModella: blah blah blah...get the f*ck off if it's lame, I'm sure you were not forced to comment.

aribisala0: Lame??
You are not very bright are you? really?

aribisala0:
That verbs are not transitional indicate Non-language -ness??
Sometimes when we are silent we conceal ignorance and speak to remove all doubt.
Have you ever studied language at all. What makes your language "NATIVE" ?? I weep for the black man really.
It is clear you have absolutely no knowledge of linguistics and you come here PRONOUNCING with the certainty of the ignorant. There is a world of difference between translation and transliteration and I suggest you study that. Finally all languages have their peculiarities and there are many thoughts ideas in different languages that simply cannot be translated because embedded within the language are also ideas on worldview which are often unique and this is reflected in idioms such as ; Fi owo mewa jeun(Yoruba) Transliteration = Eat with ten fingers. Asian languages serve their people e.g Chinese quite well and do not have these "INGREDIENTS" that you talk about.

sleekshedy: If his night is none of your business, his family should also be none of your business. Dem tell you sey na every oyibo sabi English language? Talk Less the once you see on construction sites.

sleekshedy: Even though I don't do It, to me it's the same as asking someone, how was your day?

nagoma: nonsence!So it is not a greeting , it is a question and after we finished greeting each other you still want to know how my night was? So sorrry but it doesnt make sense to me at all.

flops: Indeed it is not entirely wrong since the English language is a mix of different languages and slangs but it is more appropriate between
people who are not ordinary colleagues.

I personally don't use it because think its a bit wrong.

But if asked, a simple "fine thanks" works. no need to give any details.

One thing to try is to translate it to your own language and see how it sounds.

Yoruba would be "Bawo ni ale yin" doesnt sound right....

2sexy: yeah based on school things na.. but since I am don with school and back home, we go hook up.

aribisala0: No need to ask Professors they do not create Languages and a phrase or word exists the moment it has several subscribers. It might be annoying but it does "EXIST" and we need to we wary of the Colo Mentality that prescribes language being disseminated from the top down. Languages NEVER stand still and keep evolving.Take the word GAY for example it means something completely different today and those so called PROFESSORS had to surrender to the change.

Just as they resent What's up,What's cooking,popping etc those are all recognizable forms of greeting. Language is a servant not a Master and its users always change it to meet their needs.

By the way ,, How was ya last nite??

nagoma: What is it then? An Inquest?

flops: The question is awkward and sometimes it is simply inappropriate between ordinary acquaintances
and office colleagues.

I have searched English greetings on the internet and asked Professors and
the answer is the same, such a greeting does not exist.

Its better to simply ask "how are you" or "how do you do".

If one must ask such a question, then its between family members or close relatives or people who live in the same house,
Ideally then you can answer how your night was. ( if it was bad, you can explain why)

If of you ask any other person, it cannot be answered properly.

I believe its one of those Nigerian terms that although generally used,
are grammatically wrong.

e.g mr. X is "not on seat"
or "I met his absence"

mrscolite: LOL! It a non issue to me. How was ur night? Oh it was fine,thank u. No one is asking u for details like oh I slept nnakedd or whatever.
I think the lady was sorta frustrated and snapped or maybe the guy bn eyeing her& she doesn't like the attention.

Some people don't even like a simple HOW ARE U? It demeaning to them So u can't pls everyone. Maybe nigerians at home should just skip all greetings and just ask R U OK? *fry pan to fire*

AdoreKIZITO: Some1 asked me the same question this morning, so i was very anoyed becos he reminded me of my unpleasant night rest.. Pls, Don't ask that question to some1 who slept uner the bridge......

kennytidistar: YOU GUYS AND GALS SHOULD KNOW THAT NIGHT IS VERY CONFIDENTIAL, MORE OVER THE NIGHT IS DARK AND NOBODY SEEE ANYTHING SO SEVERAL THINGS MAY HAD HAPPEN AT NIGHT UNKNOWN EVEN TO THE PERSON YOU ARE ASKING.

nagoma: "How is your night?" is not an english greeting and there is no answer to it. "Good morning" is the standard english greeeting and the reply is "good morning".

I dont know where Nigerians got that from. I dislike and always ignore that probing nonsensical greeting/question.

webizone: Eis. E don do. Abro, abeg dump these girls come make we play ps3 together. I wan get pes 2013. Omo, na d bomb!

lefulefu: my brother poshdiva na correct ajepako.make u look her face nah.dat one na proper warri ajepako babe wey dey form jardon

sleekshedy: A bad girl will always be a bad girl, even her name is goodness.