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kimbraa:
How Do I Improve My Accents Please by DateMynd44: 4:35pm On Mar 08
Hi nairalanders I'm a 100 level student of University of Benin studying International Studies and Diplomacy.
I hail from akwa ibom state and was born and bred in Cross River state.
I have this issue that's grieving my spirit.
I can speak English fluently but ever since I was admitted into UNIBEN, when I interact with people they keep asking if I'm from Akwa ibom state and when I asked how they got to guess rightly, they'll tell me that I have this Akwa ibom accent.
My church members, fellow students, and even lecturers have all elaborated on this.
I recently came across this new beauty studying English and she's a beauty to behold.
We have gone so closed and she's also elucidating on my akwa ibom accent.
The funny thing is that I myself haven't noticed this and really looking for a way to ameliorate on it please nairalanders how do I go on to improve my accent

This was from that boy, not me.

OK get it now

kimbraa:
I think there's a misunderstanding here. I copied his thread to show him his height of stupidity.

oh I see

Bbbbbbbbbbbb:
No wahala. I don follow you
My office babes - no o, most guys dey fear to approach fine career babes I no no why. But they are cool sha

shuuuu fear kwa Na wa Ooo endtim men bring them come Nairaland Biko make I dey see their face, nor be who first start race they win am u know

kimbraa:
How Do I Improve My Accents Please by DateMynd44: 4:35pm On Mar 08
Hi nairalanders I'm a 100 level student of University of Benin studying International Studies and Diplomacy.
I hail from akwa ibom state and was born and bred in Cross River state.
I have this issue that's grieving my spirit.
I can speak English fluently but ever since I was admitted into UNIBEN, when I interact with people they keep asking if I'm from Akwa ibom state and when I asked how they got to guess rightly, they'll tell me that I have this Akwa ibom accent.
My church members, fellow students, and even lecturers have all elaborated on this.
I recently came across this new beauty studying English and she's a beauty to behold.
We have gone so closed and she's also elucidating on my akwa ibom accent.
The funny thing is that I myself haven't noticed this and really looking for a way to ameliorate on it please nairalanders how do I go on to improve my accent
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You kind of think you're now anonymous or what? Or did you forget you created this thread this month as a 100 level student with accent issues? No wonder UNIBEN gave you ISD instead of LAW. Olodo!.

hmmmm am gonna visit uniben to hear that voice I like akwa ibomians

revontuli:
I don't know about Sweden and Norway, but you sure as hell don't want Denmark running the show. They have a real bad track record with their overseas territories: Greenland has the highest suicide rate in the world cause Danes royally screwed them over.

See this article: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/04/21/474847921/the-arctic-suicides-its-not-the-dark-that-kills-you

It's very long, but worth a read to learn how the Danes "develop" places.

hmmmm am learning

Bbbbbbbbbbbb:
I am not married yet but hoping to tie the knots later this year. My day was splendid apart from some few nairaland e-fights here and there (the usual stuff ). I have only one sister and she is presently out of the country doing her masters. But I have some very pretty colleagues in the office if you are interested

it too late to fail, I will attend your marriage if am around,

Nairalanders should be tolerated you know

OK I wish your sister good luck, tell her to Marry oyibo oo coz we nigerian guy's aren't loyal ooo

pretty colleagues Na wa why then are they single, or are they too busy to get a "p"

Bbbbbbbbbbbb:
Yes na, I fit celebrate na. Anyway I admire that in you. Stay cool bro

eheh OK by the way comman celebrate your wife, kids, mum, sister's and who knows I might find a wife in your sisters except u don't have any

anyway how was your day na

XhosaNostra:
You say the most cryptic things. Let me pretend I understand what you just said- OK.

hahahahah am dead ooooo chai nostra hmm ur mouth eh OK better do

Bbbbbbbbbbbb:
No worries then.

but wait o, u nor fit celebrate person whether related or not?

XhosaNostra:
I'm jealous

Just joking. I'm only wondering.

one day if your angels decode then I will show it to the whole world to see what you are made of.

But then again keep thinking, and when you ready to reply am all ears

XhosaNostra:
Marty, who is this?

my friend why asking

Bbbbbbbbbbbb:
This guy again What's the essence of this thread? She's not your mum so I can't connect the dots

OK

MhizAJ:
What's the essence of this thread Martin0
I thought you'd post your mom's pix

hahahahahah chai u won't understand, sometimes the little love we show might just be worth a diamond to who it shown to.

well am celebrating my very good friend and a good nairalander too.

Hard working mother....

always there

mum and her daughter
hay Nairalanders not my mum ooo

Botswana will always remain great, the south will keep growing, on this day I concur, I dream into how you have manged and kept duties going.

love is a good thing but despite all circumstances you keep exploring, striving hard and I believe beautiful daughters will come up one day and say it in joy "I love you mummy "


Science bless you.
Human bless you.
Gahd bless you.
Bless Botswana!!!

Shugavee:
dont 4get cultural feminism and individualist feminism,

really am learning! so which are you exactly

We have types of feminist and it baffles the mind majority ladies don't know this and yet they clamour for it.


hmmmmm is this world actually worth words of women

well be informed,!

Radical Feminism considers the capitalist hierarchy of society, which it describes as
sexist and male-based, as the defining feature of women’s oppression . Most Radical Feminists see no alternatives other than the total uprooting and reconstruction of society in order to overthrow patriarchy and achieve their goals.


Separatist Feminism is a form of Radical Feminism, which argues that the sexual disparities between men and women are
unresolvable , that men cannot make positive contributions to the feminist movement, and that even well-intentioned men replicate
patriarchal dynamics.


Sex-Positive Feminism is a response to anti-pornography feminists who argue that
heterosexual pornography is a central cause of women's oppression, and that sexual freedom (which may or may not involve a woman's ight to participate in heterosexual pornography) is an essential component of women's freedom.


Anarcha-Feminism (or Anarchist Feminism) is another offshoot of Radical Feminism and combines Feminist and Anarchist beliefs in which patriarchy is viewed as a manifestation of hierarchy so that the fight against patriarchy is an essential part of the class struggle and the Anarchist struggle against the state.


Black Feminism (or Womanism ) argues that sexism, class oppression and racism are inextricably bound together . Alice Walker and other Womanists claim that black women experience a different and more intense kind of oppression from that of white women.


Socialist Feminism (or Marxist Feminism) connects the oppression of women to
Marxist ideas about exploitation, oppression and labour. Socialist Feminists see the need to work alongside men and all other groups, and to focus their energies on broad change that affects society as a whole, and not just on an
individual basis .


Liberal Feminism (or Individualist Feminism) seeks the equality of men and women through
political and legal reform . Liberal Feminists see the personal individual interactions between men and women as the place from which to transform society and argue that no major change to the structure of society is needed.


French Feminism (or Post-Structural Feminism) tends to be more philosophical and more literary , than the more pragmatic Anglophone Feminism. It is less concerned with immediate political doctrine and generally focuses on theories of "the body" . The 1949 treatise "The Second Sex" by the French author and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir (1908 - 1986) is a foundational tract of contemporary Feminism, in which she sets out a feminist Existentialism which prescribes a moral revolution and focuses on the concept of Woman as the quintessential
Other, which de Beauvoir identifies as fundamental to women's oppression.


Eco-Feminism links Feminism with ecology , arguing that the domination of women stems from the same patriarchal ideologies that bring about the domination and destruction of the environment.


Christian Feminism is a branch of feminist theology which seeks to interpret and understand Christianity in light of the equality of women and men, which has been largely
ignored historically.


Pro-Feminism refers to support of Feminism without implying that the supporter is a
member of the feminist movement. It is usually used in reference to men who are actively supportive of Feminism and of efforts to bring about gender equality.

1) There is no such thing as a “good” or “bad” feminist. That’s not how it works. Feminism isn’t about individual perfection or pretending as though we aren’t all impacted and shaped by the culture that surrounds us. So, yes, you can be a feminist and wear heels and makeup and listen to rap music (why on earth rap music is singled out here, I don’t know) and marry men and watch Keeping Up with the Kardashians , but those things are not feminist acts.

2) Beyoncé doesn’t define feminism. Go back to class.
Ok, now with those basics out of the way, let’s look at this list of things that don’t make us “bad feminists,” according to somebody who just heard feminism was a thing because Beyoncé.
Changing your last name when you get married


“I’ll never change my last name. Not because of any feminist reason, just because I like it, it suits me, and it’s mine. I think Beyoncé’s officially made it ‘okay’ for feminists to desire marriage.”
What?? Ok so for starters, you can change your last name if you feel like it, but know that that choice is not just about you making a personal choice for yourself outside of the context and history of patriarchy and that it is actually representative of something more. When you take on your husband’s name in marriage that is symbolic — the practice of doing this comes from a tradition wherein women were treated as chattel. Like, they were literally the property of men and so when women got married they changed their names in order to signify that they were no longer the property of their fathers, but were now the property of their husbands. They didn’t have a choice in the matter. There is absolutely no reason why women need to take on their husbands’ names in marriage anymore because they are no longer chattel (right? I hope?). That women continue to do this baffles me, but hey, so much of what we understand to be “romantic” is rooted in notions of female subordination and male domination, so I guess it’s not all that surprising.

Also, as mentioned earlier, what Beyoncé does does not necessarily equal “feminism.” Things that Beyoncé does might indeed be “feminist” if they are, in fact, “feminist,” but to say that anything she does is automatically feminist is ridiculous. Every single thing anyone does is not necessarily feminist. Ugh. This argument just makes me think Americans are stupid (sorry American readers, I know there are some good’uns out there, I just wish you were better represented is all…).

Letting a man pay for you
I’m fine with this, actually. If a man makes more money than me (which pretty much all of the men I date do, because my income is a joke and rent in Vancouver is too damn high), he is free to pay. In general, I pay for my own shit when I can, and sometimes when me and my boyfriend go out, he pays if he can afford to. I don’t expect him to, but he’s a nice guy and he knows when I’m broke and when I’m not. I think of it as communism more than anything else. I tell him he is supporting the movement by buying me shots of Jameson at the bar. This is how feminism works, right guys?

That said, being totally financially dependent on a man is a bad plan because it impacts your autonomy. Women often can’t — or feel they can’t — leave abusive relationships because they are financially dependent on their husbands or boyfriends. Also, men who are controlling assholes will use financial dependance to hurt or control women. Sometimes men who pay think they are owed certain things in return (sex, a slave, babies, etc.). This is a bad thing and this is why we talk about men paying for women within the context of patriarchy and male power.
Caring about your looks.

gypsey:
but as you dey faceless how she go take know who you be? i mean, your real self, No forget say na my very good friend i no wan mek she tink i carry am go give nigerian scammer. seriously! she is my very very very very good friend! i no wan mek you begin play am like you dey play bianca,

so i need to know wetin you dey look for, look! we are not like nigerians who are not straight forward, what else are you looking for if not a woman or relationship? you people are so serective we are not like dat!!

OK see am not secretive send me your number my add you for whatsapp coz I nor see ur own. you

conductor123:
The lady has been sick for a long time now... What's happening?

don't really know ooo

shaybebaby:
Amazing how most people assume its only guys that have debit cards.

It's inconceivable that she could be the one making the withdrawal to the lot of you. Keep on pretending that you don't take money from women.

agbalagi iz back again

gypsey:
she dey dere! i ask her she say you dey too far for her.

Na wa for u too far kwa wetin u tell her wey she go dey talk about distance? bring her to Nairaland or give her my info, I know weitin I dey look for e never reach that place wey u dey think

gypsey:
how? we can not share!

how about our friend na,nwan 21

gypsey:
how? we can not share!

eheh OK ooo

QueenSuccubus:
Hahahahhahaah!

Don't u know before G-string ...there's a C-string ?

really

well I never had the chance to check out on my sisters panties back in the days, that probably the reason I don't know about it, and never knew such pant was once in existence.

QueenSuccubus:
Hahahahhahaah!

Don't u know before G-string ...there's a C-string ?

really

well I never had the chance to check out on my sisters panties back in the days, that probably the reason I don't know about it, and never knew such pant was once in existence.

[quote author=amakadihot87 post=65919424][/quote]are tire o

QueenSuccubus:

What you mean by G-STRING? Abeegi...drop ur exhibits here.

all I know is it called G-string brows it

APCHaram:
G-string that dashes Yeast infection?

seriously

gypsey:
so how can i help?

let share together biko