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If you've visited Nigeria and travelled around out of Lagos, you would know that the majority of Nigerians cannot speak English fluently or properly, not even in the 'richer' south. The languages that are used most often are the native languages, even in English classes in state schools you may here native languages being used. There is no system to replace, rather, it is a question of how these languages can be promoted to official use in official situations so that native people who will never meet a foreigner for a job can understand what is written on their street signs, constitution, courts, ect. This is not how to make English disappear.

ah I see your point now.
I thought you are trying to get rid of english. then I would say that is a very wishful thinking.

congratulations to him. I wish him all the best with the UN
the man had become a political hostage in his own country for attempting to fight corruption.


he has joined the ranks of people like wole soyinka, achebe that are all serving  and contributing to foreign institutions because they are not welcome in their own home country

Nigeria will never learn.
we reject the good and embrace the bad leaders.

^ rotflmao @james bond.
don't let him come back to lash at you for misspelling odemigie.
is that even an igbo name or a south south name? lol

Justcash:
What I do is not your business. Bacardi is not the issue here. Don't deviate from the topic.

ouch i'm sorry o. i was just indulging you since[i] you[/i] brought the topic of your angels, barcadi and singaporean hotel mansions up to the thread.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=662866.msg8283151#msg8283151 date=1304913151]O
So how is Bacardi again? Shouldnt you be swimming with your sweethart? Abi are we on NL more entertaining?[/quote]no mind the guy. next he will start talking about his fleet of Lamborghini and diamond mines in SA.

what is this topic about again?
oh right. yoruba people

Justcash:
Lodging in a hotel in another country and watching your spouse swim in the hotel's pool does not indicate swag. It indicates relaxation. That was my point.


Don't worry, when you marry, you will understand that every hour is not meant for love and sex. You expect her to be beside me, reading Nairaland comments, instead of doing her own thing? Hahahahahaha!

right. keep rubbing it in
so how old are u again? do you have a mistress?

so what do you mean by "love and sex"?

Contrary to what you think, I am so cool over here. Presently with a bottle of Bacardi, relaxing beside my hotel's pool, watching my angel swim while contributing to this forum.  I am presently in Singapore from Naija election hustles. It is 11:25 am here. If you were me, will you be bothered about anything?
I am  Just used to multi-tasking, hence my urge to keep my finger busy. So don't be deceived that I am bothered one bit about illiterates.

so what do u do for a living? yahooze? polititician? spare business?. . . u dey enjoy sha. 
but pls slow down on the Bacardi abeg. what is d alcohol content? too much multi-tasking is certainly bad for you.

how is singapore?

Obiagu1:
You didn't make sense at all. He just told you to write "Igbo" and not "Ibo". Whatever you and your imaginary Igbo friends pronounce is none of our business as a forum like this takes only "writing" not "voice".

plz go and sit down abeg. obviously you didn't read these parts of his posts:

Justcash:
It is "IGBO". With the "GB". Like "AGBO". Even if you cannot pronounce properly, write it correctly.

True. Yet we write "YORUBA" properly.
It is easier for Yoruba people to pronounce "Igbo", than for Igbos to pronounce "Yoruba".
Following stress pattern, the stress is on "YOruba", hence the negligence of the "RUBA" sometimes. But for Igbo, the stress is on "iGBO", which makes the "GB" sound very clear, as in "aGBO", "GBEmiLEKE", "GBEnGA" etc, yet some Yorubas choose "BO", which according to them is how it is written in English.
Talking about English, an English man will never spell Yoruba as "Yoruba". Unless they are corrected, they will spell it as "Yorooba". "Roo" as in "Rookie", "Brook" etc

lol. that's lovely

totally agree with you. imagine some of these men who believe in beating up women. how ridiculous it is. it's difficult not not to comment on that.

i'm pretty sure I also differ from you on some issues.
but like you say,at the end of the day it's all about standing by your principles and moral values.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=662866.msg8283072#msg8283072 date=1304911209]Even some Jews say "Ibo".[/quote]girl, you're bad.  

oh ok. he must be very proud and will be blushing to see ur post lol

Justcash:
Nah, no insult intended. "Lion Scratches", as in "Big Tribal marks". I served in Ipokia Local Government of Ogun state. So, I know what I am talking about. I am talking out of what I saw.
It is "IGBO". With the "GB". Like "AGBO". Even if you cannot pronounce properly, write it correctly.

ok I see. it was meant to be a funny joke.

anyway, I think I know where the problem lays.

the spelling error is correlated to the pronounciation error IMO. so try to solve the pronouciation error (among yourselves) and the rest will fall into place.
like I said, most igbos I know call themselves ibo (in terms of pronunciation).

I also have a feeling that this has to do with some fragmentation within igbo society.
sometimes, I don't even know who's igbo and who's not. today, goodluck jonathan is claimed as igbo. tomorrow he is niger deltan.
I think you guys should figure things out among yourselves, come to a concensus and come back to us with a final decision on how you want us to pronounce your name/ identify you.

Trust me there is a lot of confusion about Igbo versus Ibo. I was taught in school to use Ibo, then I come on NL and people jump on me.

yeah I have a feeling they are confused among themselves and need to solve that first before coming to us.

lol it's supposed to be racist. kinda like fetishism, objectification etc
you sure are hilarious I imagine him as a puppy lol

Justcash:
Yeah, Just as Yoruba reminds me of Very dark, boobyliciouse Ladies with "Lion scratches" on their faces in the name of tribal mark.  

lion scratches? what's that supposed to mean?
I digress,
so do you want to be called igbo or ibo? I'm talking about pronunciation here because most igbos I know say "ibo" and here you are correcting us that it's pronounced "igbo".
plz make up ur mind and let us know.

I love your post in general but this sounds so wrong:
" everyday I look at his cultured domesticated yoruba face" since when did we become objects of exoticization for foreigners? lol

beejaei:
@bibokwe

I live among bimbos and  the sex-starved.

like they say, birds of d same feathers flock together.
i'm starting to question if you deserve a kind and smart woman going by my interactions with you so far. joking

but seriously, why not [b]move out [/b]from among bimbos and the sex-starved?

Justcash:
Difficulty in pronunciation is definitely understandable. The fact that you spell and write it well is enough respect for Igbos already, and is well appreciated. Have no doubt that it will be reciprocated.

I don't have any difficulty pronouncing the gb. I just didn't realize it was pronounced that way. even my igbo friends pronounce it as ibo. I can positively say that I rarely hear igbo being pronounced with gb. even from igbos themselves!
or maybe they say it very subtly that I don't hear it?

and please ignore the buffoon

ignore that one.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-652390.0.html

Justcash:
Well, now you know that it is Igbo and not "Ibo". If you use "Ibo" again, it will not be assumed to be a mistake, it will be an insult. Even You will not find it funny if someone keeps misspelling your name after being corrected several times. It will turn into a taunt than a mistake.

I always spell it as igbo but I pronounce it as ibo. I thought it was pronounced ibo
I think this is where the confusion comes from. d disparity between spelling and pronunciation.

Justcash:
True. Yet we write "YORUBA" properly.
It is easier for Yoruba people to pronounce "Igbo", than for Igbos to pronounce "Yoruba".
Following stress pattern, the stress is on "YOruba", hence the negligence of the "RUBA" sometimes. But for Igbo, the stress is on "iGBO", which makes the "GB" sound very clear, as in "aGBO", "GBEmiLEKE", "GBEnGA" etc, yet some Yorubas choose "BO", which according to them is how it is written in English.
Talking about English, an English man will never spell Yoruba as "Yoruba". Unless they are corrected, they will spell it as "Yorooba". "Roo" as in "Rookie", "Brook" etc

are you trying to say that igbo is not pronounced ibo?
to God, i didn't know that.


to be honest, most yorubas don't care much if you or white people misspell it as "yorooba". because we assume that it's a honest mistake. at most, we will correct it. but really nothing to be unnerving yourself about.

beejaei:
@Jenifa

You may have a point there.

of course I do

Men do the toughest jobs, and over 90% of workplace deaths are of men

.

instead of complaining about a tough job, give it to a woman. she will take it from you without batting an eyelid!!


anyway though, I kinda feel some of you guys' pain but seriously, you need to forget your ego. men and women are becoming increasingly on an equal footing. women are taking advantage of their newly found opportunity while d men are slacking.
ex. men don't want to become nurses or teachers because it's a woman's job but a woman will jump at a chance to do a "man's job"

beejaei:
@Jenifa

Your mouth is too sharp. I do not have time for you. If women are allowed to hit men without men hitting back, then men are second-class citizens.

it's ok. i'm just competing with you since your own mouth sef was sharpened by gillette razor.

nobody said women are allowed to hit men. nobody should be hitting anybody. men or women
the big deal about men hitting women comes from the fact that 95% of the time, it's men who hit women. it's based on the statistical evidence.

That's how their names sound in Igbo.

^ that is funny that you mentioned this because I notice that most igbos pronounce yoruba as Yoruba.
is that out of spite? lol

[quote author=EzeUche_ link=topic=662866.msg8282679#msg8282679 date=1304901341]Yet, when they are corrected, they continue to do it.

Is that spite?[/quote]maybe they are slow learners.
can you give me examples of these posters that do this after being corrected?
post d link.

beejaei:
at least admit that men are second-class citizens.

men are second class citizen in Nigeria? are you high or you live in the bush?

igbo is pronounced ibo hence the confusion.

TNUBU4LIFE:
i think most people aint aware,it was on nairaland that I discovered it is uncouth to spell the igbos as ibos.no disrespect intended,i think more awareness like u re doing should be encouraged!

exactly. I don't think anyone is doing it out of spite.

ogugua88:
Looool. Thank you. I only drink water I was a big time mineral drinker before. I don't want to relive those days

LIES!!! i drink water too.
u better fess up

beejaei:
@Jenifa

I am sorry i rap.ed your mum only. Next time I will include your daughter.

oloshi. what if I neither have a mother nor a daughter. so what gives?
anyways you get the point. stop d violence against women.

http://www.afrol.com/articles/16471
http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/subjindx/142wm2.htm

aminalib:
I thought africans have strong morals and dont believe in divorce

the rule only applies if it's the husband that's cheating.

ogugua88,
you really are stunning. what's your hair secret? your skin secret? your smile secret? your everything secret? lol
i'm serious  

beejaei:
Okay as many of you know, I am surrounded with dumb bimbos and sexually-starved akatas. I have come to cherish the intangibles in a potential partner. Things like having a good brain and a good heart now mean more to me than ever. I see some people exhibit these qualities on NL but I do not know if I will be physically attracted to them. But I am totally in love with the idea of a smart and kind woman that I just fall in love with certain online personalities. It is just crazy. I actually org.asm to the thought of a smart and kind woman. Has anyone else experienced this? Is it ok? Should I date a smart and kind woman even if I do not find her physically attractive?

yes you can fall in love with the idea of someone but that would be a very unfulfilling relationship. it's called limerance or crush. not really the best kind of love

for you, you should cultivate a friendship with a smart and kind woman and over time, if it's meant to be, you will grow to appreciate her physical appearance or at least the appearance won't matter anymore.
true talk that happened to me.

do this in real life. definitely not online  
one way is to stop surrounding yourself with the wrong people and start surrounding yourself with the right people

beejaei:
@Jenifa

Your father na lost cause. What is the cause for the unwarranted insult? Dem force you to reply. Oloshi. Your father is an homose.xual ped.ophile.

you are certainly a product of a rap[size=1pt].[/size]e case.

[quote author=omo_to_dun link=topic=661433.msg8282560#msg8282560 date=1304899278]I think a lot of folks are assuming that some men are saying that it is OK to hit a woman in any situation. No, that is not what we are saying; [b]no matter how much a woman verbally provokes me, as long as she is using her words, not her hands, I have absolutely no reason to hit her. [/b]But if she lays one on me like that lady in the video and expects me to be a gentleman, then she is mistaken. A lot of people deserve to be slapped because they run their mouths too much; nevertheless, provocation or rudeness or insults are not a good rationale for hitting someone.[/quote]true talk.  unfortunately, most naija guys on here actually beat women as "self defense from verbal abuse"
I use quotation marks because a foolish poster on here actually said that!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nsibidi
^this is supposed to be more indigenous igbo writing.