₦airaland Forum

Juell:
I'm sure they're just fooling around

Obviously.

lightblazingnow:
Your pride makes things harder for you

Lol... something must have prompted you to share this, bro. Tell us more about it. Any personal experience?

parthenogenesis

Heartlessbanker:
bonsoir

Bonsoir à toi aussi.

You guys claim you don't watch bbn, yet you want to make money off the show.

What is all this?

WoundedLamb:
Bro, you've said it everything that has to be said. You must know that people don't usually give in on Nairaland even when it's clear they aren't making sense so I suggest you leave that guy and save yourself the stress.

Just my opinion.

Thanks!

SUPERPACK:
After typing all this your textbook still remember that your president is not an English professor, his deputy is not too, Trump is not, Macron is not and almost all the world leaders we look up to. As long as you can read and write in English you are good to go. I still wonder what human resource has to do with English Language again, I've watched international conferences and have seen a lot of English speaking country representatives finding it hard to be coherent. This same mentality of English as the greatest skill, is what is empowering our old professors in this country to remain redundant, and not even have anything tangible to offer to the society. Why be skillful when you can blow grammar for them and everybody will bow. And the OP was only talking of minor English errors which are easily ignored in informal settings. I am yet to see a country that doesn't have a Nigerian breaking and setting new records in various fields of Education even with their not-so-good use of English. Feel free to prove me wrong.

And who told you that those people breaking those records write poor English? I never said Nigerians don't speak/write good English. A lot of Nigerians speak very good English. I'm saying "English is not our language" is not an excuse for one not to make efforts to learn proper English. This has always been my point. You said, "as long as you can read and write", and you believe someone that constantly types "being" in place of "been", "am" in place of "I'm", "your" in place of "you're", "loose" in place of "lose", "its" in place of "it's", etc. can write? Well, you can keep setting the lowest standards for yourself just to justify mediocrity but know that that only works provided you don't have plans of taking any reasonable apolitical position where communication is key. How do you pass knowledge across if you can't write good English in a country like Nigeria? How many of your textbooks are in Igbo, Housa or Yoruba? It's surprising you're undermining the importance of a language in which our entire knowledge base in penned.

You wonder what the marketability of our human resources has got to do with the a language that has almost become a global mode of communication? I'd like to believe I'm chatting with an educated person but to simplify it, Nigerians in diaspora constitute a source of income to the the country and if these resources don't get good jobs, that income is reduced. And these resources need to have good command of English language to get the kind of positions comparable to those occupied by their foreign counterparts especially in countries where the English language is spoken as a native language. I never said anyone should be a professor and you don't need to overstretch it just to score points when what I'm saying is as clear as crystal.

That our president doesn't have a good command of English language is sad and everyone knows that it affects his understanding of certain concepts and paperworks thus making him more dependent than he should be. We know he's not well educated and we complain about it everyday. But suddenly, you chose to celebrate this mediocrity tonight just to score points. World leaders are expected to speak their national languages well. Trump might make mistakes but he has a good command of the language. English is not Emmanuel Macron's national language. Many people grow up in France not knowing more than a couple of words in English. But English is our national language so there's no excuse. English is only a language and knowing English has never stopped anyone from being a master in his field so if your professors in Nigeria aren't living up to expectation, it's not cause they know too much English. English doesn't take up the space for professional knowledge in one's brain. Those ones that speak terrible English don't know any better. So it's still a function of the poor education system.

It's OK if you don't see any reason to encourage your younger ones to acquire effective communication skills but that doesn't undermine the need for one to be able to express himself or herself in good English. Knowing another man's language does not put you under him, it actually renders him naked before you. I speak 5 languages out of which 3 are foreign to Nigeria and I know how far that has brought me in my career and social life out here in the western world. So when I advocate for effective communication skills, I do so from a place of genuine concern and with good intentions.

SUPERPACK:
English is not our mother tongue and can never be. When you listen to English players you will see them making same mistakes. Why? Because English is just a language and not a measure of intelligence.

It doesn't have to be a measure of intelligence, anything worth doing is worth doing well. You learn the English language so you can communicate with people, why not learn it well? English language might not be everyone's mother tongue or anyone's native language but Nigeria is an anglophone country and as such, English is indeed one of our languages. We start learning this language from childhood to adulthood. If you invest such an amount of time to a project and at the end, the final product is substandard, wouldn't you say it's a failed project? If it's not our language, why bother learning it in the first place? So it's shameful when we use the formulaic expression "English is not our language" as an excuse for a failed education system.

Everything is going global. People migrate here and there. Workplaces require high communication skills these days. Language is becoming more important than ever. Would you want to be left out because 'English is not our language'? We all make mistakes and no one knows it all. We should therefore strive to learn everyday instead of hiding behind the 'English is not our language' mantra. The more our English detoriates in Nigeria, the more secluded we become and the less effective/efficient our human resources become at the global stage. Many skilled Nigerians with poor command of English language still struggle to get good jobs here in the western world despite the fact that skills are highly appreciated here. This is because these guys here aren't accustomed to the grammatical blunders that would normally be neglected in Nigeria where everyone 'understands'.

As a graduate in Nigeria, it's OK if your French is bad, it's OK if your Spanish is bad but seeing that you're from an anglophone country, if your English is bad, it's shameful and such can only be attributed to substandard education.

You can only make such silly excuses cause it's a norm for women to be blamed for everything.

optimus106:
An Austrian man battled a ‘wave of pain’ to beat his own record for the longest full body contact with ice cubes.

Josef Koeberl stayed in a glass box filled up to his shoulders with ice cubes for 2 hours, 30 minutes and 57 seconds on Saturday. After finishing, he then enjoyed a celebratory ice cream.

A crowd of people watched on as Mr Koeberl beat his previous best from 2019 by 30 minutes in the town square of Melk in Lower Austria.

What is misleading here? He said an "Austrian man" and that has nothing to do with Australia. Someone from Australia is Australian and not Austrian. So there's nothing that relates Australians with the post. The Madrid guy has accepted his error, I don't know what we're still on about.

optimus106:
The fault is from the Op who dropped this misleading write up. He said Australia and not Austria.
I live in Australia so I know the difference btw Aussie as Austria,rubbish!

I didn't see Australia in the write-up. Maybe you recently left the Nigeria and so everything sounds like Australia to you now. Lol. The OP said the man is "Austrian".

optimus106:
Where did he type Austria?


Aussie is the same as Australia.

Who is the olodo btw the two of u?

Just asking...

And what has "Aussie" gotten to do with this thread? You too want to embarrass yourself, bro?

The guy who broke his own record, according to the OP, is Austrian. He is from Austria and not Australia; two different countries. Therefore, he is not an Aussie as the Madrid guy's comment suggested. The guy is being corrected and you want to join his train.

Ab0bi:
Good PM NLers.
I want to ask a question, which is; why do some NLers starts their sentence with "am" instead of "i am"?

I am not fluent or perfect in English language, and i'm not trying to mock anybody. But i do get annoyed whenever i see supposed "graduates" starting their sentences with "am"

Thanks.

You said "starts" instead of "start" but I believe that was just a mistake, no big deal. However, you repeatedly used the letter "i" instead of the pronoun "I" and I'm forced to believe that you don't even know the difference. This is exactly how some people don't know the difference between "I am" and "am" and yet we all are graduates. God help us, bro.

theGUDgameR:
This op is a turn off for the redpillers

Lol... because she's a redpiller herself? Boys flaunt their sexual prowess on here and ya'll praise them but when a lady does, curses will start raining. Well, the OP is on a roll with whatever her intentions are.

Amstupid:
D dog self dey pity her blinking future in d second pic
Olosho with dangote breast

Why do you people just insulting women for no reason?

Chiagozieking:
Even adam complained, so why don't you mind it

Chiagozie, what did Adam say?

Good. Hope this ends the corona issue once and for all.

Bahamas95:
Lol. If not for this incident I wouldn't have believed if someone had told me. The last time I saw lice was when our landlord's mother a very old woman visited from the village. I was about 8years old then, the woman would place a big mirror on her lap and be combing her hair. Any lice that falls on the mirror she would ask us (me and other kids) to help her pick them up and put inside a bowl of water beside her, probably to drown them. We were even happy and catching fun with it. There was a day my mum caught me doing that dirty task and she was shocked, the look on her face was epic(Lol) She dragged me inside and flogged the day light outa me and warned me never to get an inch close to that woman again. Later on she gave me lectures about lice and I was so scared that I avoided the old woman like she is leper.

Lol... Interesting story. A good title would be: The Lice of Bahamas

Wonder what the lecture was.l though.

phyllumtopilla:
We know what could have made you say that....envy can kill ooooo. Take heart!

I actually don't think it's envy. One can hardly see what's on the pics. They look like something taken out of some cartoon/anime. The editing is really terrible.

Bahamas95:
Lice still dey exist? The last time I saw that sh!t was when I was a child.


What a pity, she killed her child outa ignorance. .......RIP to the poor girl.

Because you were a kid and innocent, women had no need to hide their body challenges from you. Now, they can't talk about it in front of you cause they fear a thread might be created in their name afterwards. Now you think it has vanished, imagine many other things you don't know. The disconnect is real, bro.

The fear of men is the beginning of wisdom.

Vyzz:
Evidence that women can still look hot even years after birth...


U just gotta work out, wear good clothes... Everyday no b wrapper and eat better food/fruits...


Imagine ya wife looking like this for years... How will u think of sidechick, when she hot pass sidechick

Everyone's body frame ain't the same. Some people could have this shape by doing virtually nothing or just a little exercise. For others, that's almost mission impossible. Whichever, one got to still respect the female. All the child production process could leave one looking all saggy.

Hang*

"Why are girls confused these days?" A typical Nairaland male always feeling the need to call out the opposite gender. You aren't even in a relationship with her yet but you already intend to settle down with her and it didn't occur to you that you're the one confused here? In case you don't know, she likes you as a friend and confidant, and there's nothing "confused" about that. In fact, there's nothing "confused" about still having some feelings for an ex especially if you really loved the person, it happens. Pretending or bottling it up doesn't mean it's not there. The fact that you termed that "confused" means you know little about relationships.

More so, if she's not committed to you, she can have feelings for anyone or any number of people. Relationship/love is about conscious decision to commit and ignore any other feeling. Prior to that, there's nothing unusual about still having feelings for an ex.

Ask her out, know your fate and stop coming on Nairaland to report someone you claim to love as confused.

TheManOfTheYear:
What is the reason for banning them?

A very reasonable comment. The writeup left out that important piece of information. Surprised people were already calling names on the front page when the details are still not complete.

His choice. You can be called whatever you want, it only takes a few paper works. No big deal.

Made4naijalove:
Na Italy �� now normal life wetin she for wear before Person Dey go do ashawo you expect her to cover her marker guy go find work abeg beat her May polizia arrest you

The way you guys quickly condone anything that comes from the men folk is pathetic. So to you, it's OK that the man harassed a young lady who didn't do anything to him? So he's now the custodian of dress codes for Nigerians in diaspora?

omoteacher:



Mind your business oga, if the beating/abuse is

too much na she go run comot. She's still gaining

something from the man. If she leaves what's the

probability she might get good husband again.

Can you imagine what a fellow is typing. Seems women are really suffering more terrible fate in Africa than blacks in America. So this one that beats her is a good husband? So she'd rather stay abused just so she'll remain in marriage and please the society that never really cares about the woman side of the story anyway? Sad!

Lol.... you guys don't have any idea what a trade war is in Africa. Burning people's shops is not trade war.

So he's 26? Didn't know.