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Phonetikkks:
Hello Family! Hope all is well with you?

Some common phrases I've heard people say that are quite hilarious (I must say). Please avoid confusing "brand name" of items for their general names. It doesn't show how educated we've come. Here they are:

My favourite maggi cube is Knorr

•Knorr and Maggi are separate brands entirely. What you should say instead is "my favourite seasoning cube is Knorr"

The best maclean in the market now is Close-up maclean

•There's no such thing as "close-up maclean", it's either you mean Close-up, or you mean Maclean. Except, of course, you combine toothpastes lol.

Madam, apart from indomie, do you sell any other indomie?

• What exactly do you mean? Maybe other brands like Golden penny, O! and Mimi, right? Then what you should say is "do you sell other noodles apart from indomie".

Personally, I don't drink soft drinks without eating oily snacks

•What's oily snacks? If you mean egg roll, doughnut, buns and puff puff, then the right word to use is pastries. "I don't enjoy soft drinks without a pastry" is what you should say.

Buy milk N150, and tea N100, put inside the akamu

•What's tea? Milo, Ovaltine and Bournvita are called beverages, not tea. Tea means something completely different (e.g Lipton tea bags, Top-tea bags).

Eating slice bread without ingredients in the middle is boring

•Ingredients like what? Okay I get it.......you mean (butter) margarine, jam and mayonnaise, right? Well they are called bread spreads.


My perfect breakfast is all those you soak inside plate

•Guessing you mean cornflakes, Golden mourn, Quaker oat, Fruit 'n' Fibre, custard, Rice Krispies, and garri? Well we call them cereal.


Lastly,

Every shirt is not Polo

Every insecticide is not Raid

Every phone is not android

And, every beef roll is not Gala!


I hope you learned something? Have a good evening and don't forget your sense of humour . God bless!

Follow "phonetikkks" for more lessons on proper speaking.
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@OP you are not expected to use a question mark when you 'hope'. It is just an expression of what you hope, not a question.

Now, I hope you have learnt something.

kurlarday:
I feel character is complex and broad. How would you define character? Is it the way she greets; talks or thinks? Most of us are too quick to judge that someone has a bad character if the person chooses to do what we don't do.

peppy luv: This is going to be my first topic on nairaland and I am glad it has to be on Education.
Just coming back from morning mass and the first thing that caught my eyes was the question on the screen on AIT channel was "ARE THERE TRUE TEACHERS FOR THE FUTURE?"
Today is world teacher's day!! But are these teachers or let me ask are we really and truly celebrated and appreciated by the society? Records show that teachers in china are the most respected in the world..are they different from others in different parts of the world or is there something about them that others need to learn from..
In Nigeria,politics have crept into the recruitment of teachers thereby reducing the quality of teaching. these people who play politics with the teaching profession have no passion for it,they see it as a means of escape from unemployment and when such persons get into the classroom they do not give their best or see that child and teenager as their responsibility which is what every teacher is supposed to do against all odds and that makes you a true teacher.

Aside the parents,the closest person who influences the child emotionally,socially,morally,psychologically, intellectual and language development is the teacher. That is why when a teacher abuses a child by words or action,he or she has failed in his duties.
Teaching is a profession I developed passion for even thou my family and people around me wanted me to be a lawyer.
Each time I go to school and learn something new,I was always grateful to my teachers and saw them as my role model even thou most of them were not good and not supposed to be teachers but the rejection of the profession have ushered in such people thereby making mockery of the profession and reducing the integrity and dignity of teachers.
Most of my friends left me after I declared my interest in teaching and farming and gained admission into the college of Education,an institution that even a tout and the dumbest fellow looks down on(lol...story for another day) ,everyone wants to be a doctor,lawyer bla bla bla its all good but I always choose to be different,I do what inspires me and not what others or everyone wants me to do but today they are proud of me. I am a proud teacher and farmer.
These and many challenges(including the abuse suffered by teachers in the hands of the society and mostly the students they teach) increased my passion for teaching and inspires me to make a change in the profession.. I have taught in nursery,primary and secondary even thou it was just for a short period of time. I was posted to the local government secretariat in the village I serve but I volunteered to teach in the village primary school and also carried out my MDGs sensitization programmes.it was a wonderful experience, now am going to the college so I could help train the future teachers .

I have a lot to say or should I say write but I don't want to make it too long because most Nigerians hate to read which some nairalanders are guilty of. I will send my article to the papers and hope you all get to read it cuz I really have much to say and its high time we begin to appreciate our teachers because they build the foundation of every knowledge you have acquired today.
Call your teachers today and say thank you for bringing out the best in me.If your mum or dad is or was a teacher,buy them a gift! If you have lost contact,pray for them and wish them well. I pray our leaders will look into the plight of teachers and treat them right because with motivation you bring the best out of people and that will go a long way to fix our broken educational system.they should also hold series of screening and interviews inorder to flush out the 'fake teachers'.. To my co true teachers out there (even thou I am a lecturer but we are all teachers even the professors are teachers because we all impart knowledge) I say HAppy TEachers DAy ! Wishing you the very best and encouraging you to give your best. Your reward is not just in heaven,its also here on earth..

Bossforeva: o.k when i grow old i'll programme a mobile application that'll make me walk without walking sticks.

3ace: What about Cossy?

adaobi123: My own list
You need to have a second glance at the title of the post. It is about Nigerian musical artistes...#that's all!

Tonto Dikeh
Afrocandy
Cossy
Jim Iyke
And that Beverly girl from BBA