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Culture / Re: Ikwerre Names & Their Meanings by mbatuku1: 12:57pm On Oct 10, 2011
@ ChinenyeN

Father-Obingwa. Mum-Isialangwa

I never said I haven't encounter problems. They are just minor words that I simply ask the speaker to explain further. I gave some examples above. Pls read well.
Car Talk / Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Use Exotic Cars Yet Live In Poor Or Rented Houses? by mbatuku1: 12:40pm On Oct 10, 2011
Properties in Nigeria are way too exorbitant. I think that they have sensed that bubble will soon burst so are staying away for the moment. lol.
Nairaland / General / Re: Why I May Not Change Nairaland's Look Anytime Soon by mbatuku1: 12:24pm On Oct 10, 2011
Good thinking. Look before you leap is a timeless saying. Just stick to minor changes that are really useful.

I also stopped visiting Nigeriagalleria when they changed their look. Just couldn't find my favourite buttons anymore.

Pls try to turn Nairalist around. That I think needs change.
Politics / Re: Yoruba Cannot Fold Hands And Endure Marginalization In Nigeria by mbatuku1: 12:12pm On Oct 10, 2011
aloy/emeka:

How are the lives of those in no 1, 2 and 3 better than the lives of those in no 6? undecided undecided undecided undecided

grin

Up Zobiaware.
Business / Re: Price Of Petrol In War-torn Libya Is N19.87 Per Litre by mbatuku1: 12:05pm On Oct 10, 2011
In saudi:

Petrol: N24 per litre(0.16 USD)

www.mytravelcost.com/Saudi-Arabia/gas-prices/

Why is Nigeria so different from these oil-producing countries?
Business / Price Of Petrol In War-torn Libya Is N19.87 Per Litre by mbatuku1: 11:59am On Oct 10, 2011
Petrol : 20p a litre (0.20 LYD).
Diesel : 15p a litre (0.15 LYD).

Update: (March 2011):

Libya has slashed petrol prices in
Libya by 25%. The price of one
litre of petrol is now 15 pence,
down by 5 pence from 20 pence.

www.temehu.com/Prices.htm

1 libyan dinar=N132.42
Culture / Re: Ikwerre Names & Their Meanings by mbatuku1: 11:18am On Oct 10, 2011
It's not just Ngwa people. Most Igbos will have a problem with some dialects in Ebonyi state.

I've never encountered any problem folks from Anambra, Enugu or Imo, even though I've never heard their dialects before.

Even Enuani and Ukwuani are so easy for me to understand.
Politics / Re: Yoruba Cannot Fold Hands And Endure Marginalization In Nigeria by mbatuku1: 11:04am On Oct 10, 2011
Yoruba is now no. 6

Long live waZobiaware grin
Crime / Re: Kidnapping Has Become Big Business In South East Nigeria by mbatuku1: 8:39am On Oct 10, 2011
You are such a useless fool, OP. A rare breed of slowpole.
Politics / Re: Yoruba Cannot Fold Hands And Endure Marginalization In Nigeria by mbatuku1: 8:33am On Oct 10, 2011
The average yoruba on the street are worried about yoruba being out of the equation, while the internet yorubas are busy denying. Lol.
Culture / Re: Ikwerre Names & Their Meanings by mbatuku1: 8:24am On Oct 10, 2011
^^^
She was worried herself that other Igbos dont understand her dialect. I deduced she's been making efforts to learn central Igbo. I speak Ngwa and I dont have any problem with a majority of Igbo groups I come across. That's the difference. I agreed with her being Igbo, but her dialect is far from Igbo.
Culture / Re: Ikwerre Names & Their Meanings by mbatuku1: 7:19am On Oct 10, 2011
@Abagworo
I think we're both saying that same things. Specific words/phrases peculiar to different dialects might be hard for me to figure, but not a whole sentence in a conversation, save for some strange dialects in Ebonyi state(no offence to Ebonyi people). I'll give another example, I once met a lady speaking something sounding like Igbo. I asked her where she's from and what language she's speaking. She said Ebonyi and she's Igbo. I was like what the heck where you speaking. Couldn't understand anything, but her occasional use of 'chineke'. I understand they claim Igbo but in my opinion their dialect is too adulterated due to the location on the outskirts of Alaigbo to be called Igbo(more like Igbos who dont speak Igbo).

@ChinenyeN

I'm Ngwa and speak nothing but Ngwa(no central Igbo)

@Afam4eva

That's exactly what I'm saying. Except for Igboid dialects, most Igbo groups can communicate without a interpreter.
Culture / Re: Ikwerre Names & Their Meanings by mbatuku1: 9:47pm On Oct 09, 2011
But I must admit that there are certain dialects that are way off Igbo language. Possibly Ika and some dialects in Ebonyi that are Igboid(i.e sound like Igbo) not are not Igbo imho. No offence intended.

What I said above would not hold true in this case.
Culture / Re: Ikwerre Names & Their Meanings by mbatuku1: 9:37pm On Oct 09, 2011
ChinenyeN:

Odumchi how about this. Let's go to Ngwa and find an elder who has never been outside of Ngwa, and who only speaks Ngwa, then go Ika and find an elder who has never been outside of Ika and would only speak Ika, and then go to Ekpeye and find an elder who has never been outside of Ekpeye and would only speak Ekpeye and then go to Izii and find an elder who has never been out of Izii and would only speak Izii, and then go to Oru and find an elder who has never been outside of Oru and would only speak Oru, and then finally, bring all of them together and test this claim of mutual intelligibility. According to you, the Igbo speech forms are mutually intelligible. So these various should have no problem communicating with each other on first sight.

My point is, it doesn't work that way. Instead it is those who are traveled that would have more exposure and know more, not necessarily those who are younger.

ChinenyeN, they would still communicate, but with occasional need for explanation on certain clan-specific vocabularies.

The sentence structures in Igbo language are almost identical in general. For example, in my own case, there are times in which I communicated with some Igbo who I've never heard their dialects before. I just occasionally ask them to further explain some words(note: not the whole sentence) that are not generic. Like I once asked someone to explain what he meant by 'ilo'(outside) since my dialect uses 'ezi', and I've never heard that usage before then.
Politics / Re: Yoruba Cannot Fold Hands And Endure Marginalization In Nigeria by mbatuku1: 7:07pm On Oct 09, 2011
lol.
Politics / Re: South East In The Grip Of Kidnappers by mbatuku1: 4:57pm On Oct 09, 2011
^^^
Useless fo-ol
Politics / Re: Let's Have Your Complaints Here by mbatuku1: 4:35pm On Oct 09, 2011
High_Chief:

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Please I do not receive email alerts again in my email. After posting a comment, I am no longer alerted of any other replies that come on the thread. Please is this problem perculiar or its Nairaland Admin problem. Thanks

Use your updated topics button to follow threads.
Politics / Re: Kaduna Community Gives Terms For Return Of Hausa/fulani by mbatuku1: 3:30pm On Oct 08, 2011
These are the only guys in Nigeria who know how to deal with the Fulani-inspired scourge.

Beroms should learn from this kaduna dudes. Fearless warriors.
Crime / Re: Absu Gang violation: Victim Agreed To Be violated – Police by mbatuku1: 7:34am On Oct 08, 2011
At least they should try to identify the victim( or someone that knows her in case she's dead) to hear her own side of the story instead of stopping investigations.
Romance / Re: Are SS & Igbo Women More Beautiful Than Yoruba Women? by mbatuku1: 3:42pm On Oct 07, 2011
If the basis of Igbo women being fine is their likelihood for lighter complexion, I must say, sorry to break your heart, that the few Yoruba women that are also light-skinned are by far more beautiful than their Igbo counterparts.

Igbo women that are fair are mostly short, while Yoruba ones are excellently tall like models.
Family / Re: Is Boarding School Beneficial To Children? by mbatuku1: 12:33pm On Oct 07, 2011
Womaniza:

60% Of lady-loving-ladies and man-loving-men today learnt the act from the boarding school. Our boarding schools is no longer what it is suppose to be. Imagine the rot in the society today and yet a parent would still want to leave their innocent child in the hands of teachers and hostel guardians,
that i'm not man-lover today is only because i left boarding school after my first year.
as for me o, Boarding school is not worth it.
though i stand to be corrected,

But it didn't prevent you from being a womaniser. Nice!
Adverts / Re: Buy A House For $1 by mbatuku1: 9:34am On Oct 07, 2011
shameless thief.
Politics / Re: Boko Haram’s Zero Tolerance Marks The Beginning Of Its End by mbatuku1: 9:07am On Oct 07, 2011
Time will tell.
Music/Radio / Re: N-e-y-o Is From Nigeria? by mbatuku1: 11:40am On Oct 06, 2011
^^^

Bearing a nigerian name does not make one nigerian. You should know that. Moreover, Neyo had dissociated himself from that source.
Education / Re: The Most Educated Tribe In Nigeria by mbatuku1: 1:41pm On Oct 05, 2011
aurenflani:

Hausas (northers generally) are more civilised as an entity. western education is practically worshipped by southerners. but to apply ethically what is taught i give it to the hausas. the yoruba are mostly foolish but they are generally descent. the igbos are animals on the one hand and vulgar on the other hand.

The most silly comment on the thread so far.

The money your family spent on your education could have been better used in planting palm trees. Smh.
Music/Radio / Re: N-e-y-o Is From Nigeria? by mbatuku1: 11:25am On Oct 05, 2011
No. He's not. Neyo is of chinese and african american heritage.
Politics / Re: Walk Against Rape Cancelled In Abuja, Abia by mbatuku1: 11:05am On Oct 05, 2011
Instead of calling out to people who can identify the alleged victim, they are busy organising pointless protest walk. Funny clowns!
Nairaland / General / Looking For Lydia Tolulope Adalemo by mbatuku1: 7:47am On Oct 05, 2011
I dont know if this is the right section for this. Hope it's moved if not.

Tolu is a chubby little I was fond of while as classmates in Abati Pry School located in a suburb of Lagos called Shasha/Akowonjo sometime in the early 90's.

She left the school around '91. We lost contact ever since. I've been trying to re-establish contact, but no success.

She goes by the name Lydia Tolulope Adalemo (may have changed her surname by now).

Anyone with info of her whereabouts will be appreciated. I'm really dying to see her again. Thanks.
Travel / Re: Romania by mbatuku1: 10:19pm On Oct 04, 2011
Lax75:

OP Said he wants to know about Romania. Quote from OP :"please i will need information on Nigerians living in romania,the life style,the people,the visa process and requirement and the time used in getting it.
thanks

So therefore my question about the Women is "on point." grin

Justwise, yeah I heard about the babes. Who no like better thing grin . Ok, so Romania is on the list then. I've been hearing about East European honies. Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania. Na so dem tell me. grin

I hope you'll aware that most of those babes speak no English.

Be prepared to enjoy a weird communication with them through an interpreter!
Culture / Re: Ijebu Language Or Dialect by mbatuku1: 12:45pm On Oct 04, 2011
lakal:

^^ That still goes along with what I'm saying. Every Yoruba myth states that their founders came from the East. The Ijebus (or rather ,the Awujale) are just saying that they got to their present location first.

I think his point is that they are of a different family group, but now absorbed to be 'yorubas' in their present location.
Culture / Re: Ijebu Language Or Dialect by mbatuku1: 3:18am On Oct 04, 2011
lakal:

Where did the Awujale say that the Ijebus are not Yorubas? It seems to be more of what I stated in the last sentence of my first post, that the Ijebu believe that their culture predates Oduduwa.


www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2010/06/25/ijebus-are-from-sudan-awujale-insists/

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