₦airaland Forum

misreal:
chai ...but at least,its not allowed on every thread...

Oh so you sef don see abi. Lol. Hope you like wetin you see sha? Lmao.

AllNaijaBlogger:

Pay no heed to the ignoramus christopher123. I believe he forgot: "Na overskill nahim kill ajegunle Monkey". Now christopher123 what will you call the statement above, metaphor or idiom?.

christopher123:
Did you pass WAEC at all?...your tenses are terrible...i must confess grammatically maybe ok but tenses are just terrible


Once again i get your drift..english aint our papas language


So do not feel bad

Confess away you spoilt child! You should know the pronoun I is always written in capital letter.

See person wey say my tenses dey terrible oh!.

Please do point out my mistakes, don't just come here and make corrections without doing the correcting! Thank you.

AllNaijaBlogger:
They just want to feel good that they can speak English

I blame Nigerian secondary schools for not teaching many Nigerian languages seriously. I would have had A1 in Itsekiri and not F9 in Yoruba

Bottom line is many of us don't really speak 'Queens English'. We speak our own version and make annoying corrections all over social media.

People often mistake or have little understanding of the word 'communication'.

Patrick Obahiagbon will blow grammar from now til thy kingdom come and many will applause him without having understood what he's saying- communication not established.

A market woman will make a grammatical blunder many will rush to correct her- communication established.

We like pointing our flaws to ridicule ourselves. If you want to correct a person's grammatical expression, do so without making a mockery or monkey of the person.

Cheers.

Sodiq3:
This is what you should expect when most of our reporters and editors are SSCE holders or graduates of other fields. How many of them read Journalism? most of them by chance found themselves reporting for a medium, They don't really have passion for the profession which would definitely make learning difficult for them.

Thanks so much Op. As an upcoming journalist, I will with all energy available take into cognizance the pointed mistakes and corrections.

Before you go ahead and heap praise on the OP, wouldn't it be prudent to ask the OP of his qualifications as regards the English Language.

Otherwise I believe this is a clear case of 'teacher no teach me nonsense'.

AllNaijaBlogger:
As a christian with many muslim co-workers, I have to ask how atheism is a religion?

What do they worship?
Do they have a god?
What are their religious practices?
What are their religious symbols?

Atheism is not a religion. It is just the belief in the non existence of gods or God.

Many mistake it to be religion.

AllNaijaBlogger:
Thank you bros.


"oversabi grammarians"

"smartazz grammar Nazis"

Funny thing is these people are the ones who can't pass WAEC or JAMB or is it UTME now?.

TrishaP:
**Learn to use the quote button**

**spank me if I refuse**

AllNaijaBlogger:
Seriously?

This op is very very very elitist and ridiculous!!

Even UK and USA newspapers have their grammatical idiosyncrasies






See the nonsense the op is saying?

"As at the time of" is actually grammatically correct and more applicable to the sentence.

"at" is more applicable than "of" when talking about time- eg-

-at what time do you close?
-It was at 10pm he died.


And to see that many Nairalanders are supporting this ridiculous op! Wow. English is dead

You'll have to wonder who made the OP a guru of the English Language. You see many of them here on Nairaland correcting people grammar as if they're proficient in the language.

Misreal if you think they don't post porn pix here perhaps you're not aware of this thread. www.nairaland.com/1290971/list-out-ashawo-joints-states/256

misreal:
bros remember the first thing you said on this thread

Kindly show me where I said Nairaland is 'mediocre' or I don't 'encourage' Seun. Thank you.

Out or in, you stand alone.

misreal:
so,is this the reason why seun should not be encouraged.if you think Facebook is more matured than naira land,why can't you just post a po.rn Pix here and watch what the mods will do.naira land needs to be improved,I know.but you cant just call it a mediocre while you keep commenting on threads.truth be told,I would love to see the world running into naira land..

Whoever you are, kindly read thoroughly before you quote me. Thank you.

ugotex85:
Nice one Op, have you achieved the same result in your butts? People will learn better and be encouraged to apply the knowledge when they know you have tried any of the methods and it worked for you; not just writing what you saw on th net.

Abi! EroticAngelina should post a pic of her bum bum, let's see if it works for her. *wink*.

Made by whom?.

Kachisbarbie:
hahahaha.
I can only laugh dear.

By all means, laugh away you pretty child!. Lol.

*Please stop referring to as 'sir' or 'dear'*.

Kachisbarbie:
lolz.
Is that all Sir?

Are you really asking?, or you want me telling?.

Challenging as to what regards?.

berem:
haba for wetin na?

You see your sef! Hmm berem you see yah sef! Lol.

Kachisbarbie:
lolz. Naso na @tosyne2much.
This life/country is already too hard and serious. We need means of unwinding and sincerely Nairaland provides it @times.

The people that exude unconscionable levels of odious and rakish attitude here are the acclaimed 'mature ones'.
I think being civil is a thing of the mind, it can't be narrowed down to one set.



You have said it all. Check traffic of threads, those jonsing threads pull more traffic than the 'serious ones'. There is something the mods know about how these thing(s) works- that we don't. My own is that, every one should be civil.



Nope, I don't get your drift, Sir.
It's a name + pet name.

Well I am actually not surprised you reason this way! The country is hard, yes it is but I tell you we as Nigerians are not serious!. The jonsing thread as you said pull more views, but what else do you expect from docile people, people who no not when matters are getting out of hand!.

Let me give you an example: Iran threatens Nigeria with nuclear strike-2,352 views and 321 comments. D'banj proposes to Tonto Dikeh- 125,361 views and 80,651 comments. This is what you see here on Nairaland.

The blatant truth about a people who don't know what to take serious. I tell you, the unserious ones are the very reason why we remain a stagnant country.

You mentioned civility, well do you expect an illiterate to be civil or one who doesn't know the meaning of the word. Believe me Kachisbarbie we humans are not civil the least bit. Take away the laws governing us or put a human in a tight corner then our true nature is revealed, just like Thomas Hobbes said "Homo homini lupus est".

OGEmerald:
Is this how stupid u are? Or your trying to act stupidly?.

Please what is silly or stu.pid about what he said? Do kindly tell.

berem:
You will know a responsible husband when you see one and Atiku falls into that category. I don't care how many wives he has but his ability to love and respect them is all that matters in marriage.

It sounds as if you're aspiring to be one of Atiku's wives. Lol

Survival of the fittest.

aenero:
I sit down in the corner of my room sometimes and think if it will be possible if nigerians can just co-operate for once and stay at home during the general elections and let Jonathan and Buhari decide whoever they want to put on the seat. Since we have rip the dividends of democracy since 1999,I see no reason why we should keep voting for politicians that don't even care about us and fail woefully at the end... Believe this are times we need FELA,cos he is the only one that could make Nigerians see reason... As for me o,I jus did the voter card but I'd die if I ever vote..

In the words of chief Zebrudaya: "Fa fa fa, Fao". The picture below clearly show my stand!.

tosyne2much:
Alryt now I get yhu

Glad you did.

You and me
Ur mama
And ur cousin too
Rolling down
The steps on vogue
Coming up slamming cadillac doors

tosyne2much:
Kachisbarbie you took d words outta my mouth

**Clears throat **
»joseph1832« You said facebook is kind boring lately and Nairaland seems to be fun

Let me tell you something, those you refer to as immature ones are actually the ones making it lively and fun

If everybody starts acting like a matured man and woman on Nairaland therby creating sensible threads and comments, it will be so boring more than you could eva imagine

My good man, there's a fine line between funny and stupid.

Me saying Nairaland is fun is not the kind of fun many engage in. My definition of fun defers from yours.