Shma2020: I hope you're not suffering from dementia ..
Just few minutes back you were talking about Messi, and correct me if I'm wrong. you said 'Siyabonga Sangweni'(glad you know his name) is a footballer who is a villager and is well vested with his local language "zulu".(I'm surprised a local man like you know all the whereabouts of this footballer!) My dictionary is telling me this:
Noun celebrity
Synonyms: big name, distinction, fame, eminence, renown
A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person . [from 19th c.] Synonyms: big name, star, celeb, sleb, luminary, notable, media darling
You still don't sound smart unfortunately.Let me ask you something - us Uhuru Kenyatta a celeb?
Shma2020: You have completely shifted the goal posts .
Anyway, I stand with your sentiments 100%. I know Chinese have done great things without that English.
But my coming here was to call your bs out after disparaging that village woman who was struggling with English, you even said all Kenyans speak like that woman not knowing your own celebrities (one whom you've just confirmed) don't have a drift of English language.
In a nutshell, kenyan blacks "in terms of professional" speaks eloquent English than SA.
Point to note :
I'm not viewing these as an achievement, you can speak in your local language but still do wonders.
Shma2020: You posted a village mummy whose lingua is strictly Luo. But she managed to atleast sound a Lil better compared to your footballers who have seen alot.
Mind you, you can't compare a footballer and a villager. those two are utter different characters in that regard and a footballer will definitely stand high chance of stringing proper English than a villager due to his exposure.
Now we can start with our broadcasters
Siyabonga Sangweni (the Soccer player) is also from rural KZN whose language is strictly Zulu and the last time I checked no English lessons are needed for one to trap and dribble the ball around the field.South Africa has hired coaches that can't even utter ONE English word but they were still able to work effectively with the players.You think soccer players are able to string words because of exposure? I'm will to bet that the majority of French,Italian,Argentinian players' English is just as poor as the villagers in their countries.Do you really believe that Messi can converse in English?
Of all fields of profession in the world you decided to pick soccer players and politicians? Even as a South African I can tell you with utmost honesty that those two are the last domains you'd expect to find someone who speaks English eloquently,so you proved absolutely nothing by posting this video.While at it,the last person that spoke is not even a South African.
Why don't we try with news readers from both countries to settle this petty argument once for all?
Only when you live among whites, you get to realise there is nothing special about them whatsoever.
Many of them are very dumb and stupid, many stink, many are lazy. Go to the UK, France, USA, you'll see many of them begging you for money on the streets, many of them sleeping rough on the streets at night, in a drunken stupor, many on heroin and other terrible drugs they inject themselves with. Many are vagrants who dig through dustbins looking for food. Many are criminals and paedophiles who target children for rap.e etc.
It's only in black countries where the people have been brainwashed by the colonialist whites and modern media output that only shows whites in a good light, that you see blacks kissing white butts.
If black Americans come to this Nairaland and see how Nigerians kiss white butt, they will be totally shocked, outraged and repulsed.
Sometimes I wonder if the Nigerian schools offer History as a subject because I don't think that anyone who has the knowledge of white people's colonial history would kiss ass of someone who tried all they could to make your life and living hell.And to think that the same people call themselves the leaders of the entire black race...
Tayser: Nothing too serious to see here. Those are already tough words by any standards, even native speakers would struggle. But some people from the southernmost tip of the continent slay even the most straightforward words with their near alien accents.
What's with Kenyans and their incessant obsession over English accents?
A certain Kenyan on this topic is feeling special but in this video the myth that Kenya have a perfect accent and pronunciation of English words is being debunked by a fellow Kenyan