₦airaland Forum

placeofallure:
Really it is abominable.

Cousin brother sounds like you intended to say "my cousin's brother" who technically is still your cousin, you then arrive again to where you took off from.

Hahahahahaha!

Sit tight for 'my sister's sister's, 'my mother's son', 'my child's brother'.

Absorption of these terminology in any modern dictionary, I believe is due to popular usage; which someone earlier said.

Yes it is wrong but don't rule out that in the nearest future it could find its way into English dictionary.

PS: French still remains the best language. You know the feminine and masculine via usage.

* Online dictionary/ies most times includes some popular Nigeria words into it. Don't forget also that most words usage are now obsolete.

Penguin2:
Mr grammarian…

First of, your English is poorly constructed for someone who wants to lend his voice to how Nigerians should speak English properly.

Second, the word ‘cousin’ is neither masculine nor feminine and there are no articles that make them so.

So, Nigerians who add ‘sis’ and ‘bro’ after cousin are actually helping you understand better with absolute clarity.

Another of your problem is that you seem to be a structuralist and not a deconstructionist who would think beyond what he was taught and make his own additions to subjects and concepts and theories.

The English language is not a dead language; it keeps evolving.

Same with every discipline of scholarship.

The syntaxes and semantics of the English lexicon are not cast in stone. They keep dropping and picking up new stuff.

Who says ‘cousin sister’ and ‘cousin brother’ will not one day be added as proper English expression?

If everyone reasoned like you, Scientists would still believe Atom is the smallest indissoluble and indestructible particle.

We would still hold on to the theory that the world is flat.

Or that the sun rotates round the earth.

These are previously held concepts and theories that have been proven false through the instrumentality of those who dared to think different.

Dare to think different!

Feel like a boss. Roast him. But hear me: that useless cousin brother or sister crap would never be added to the English dictionary. To hell with you!

What's cousin brother or sister? Who's the cousin and who's the brother or sister?

inspirator1:
Absorption of these terminology in any modern dictionary, I believe is due to popular usage; which someone earlier said.

Yes it is wrong but don't rule out that in the nearest future it could find its way into English dictionary.

PS: French still remains the best language. You know the feminine and masculine via usage.

* Online dictionary/ies most times includes some popular Nigeria words into it. Don't forget also that most words usage are now obsolete.

Nay! That sh!t is only common in one noisy region of Nigeria.

My male or female cousin would have sounded better, methinks.

Penguin2:
Mr grammarian…

First of, your English is poorly constructed for someone who wants to lend his voice to how Nigerians should speak English properly.

Second, the word ‘cousin’ is neither masculine nor feminine and there are no articles that make them so.

So, Nigerians who add ‘sis’ and ‘bro’ after cousin are actually helping you understand better with absolute clarity.

Another of your problem is that you seem to be a structuralist and not a deconstructionist who would think beyond what he was taught and make his own additions to subjects and concepts and theories.

The English language is not a dead language; it keeps evolving.

Same with every discipline of scholarship.

The syntaxes and semantics of the English lexicon are not cast in stone. They keep dropping and picking up new stuff.

Who says ‘cousin sister’ and ‘cousin brother’ will not one day be added as proper English expression?

If everyone reasoned like you, Scientists would still believe Atom is the smallest indissoluble and indestructible particle.

We would still hold on to the theory that the world is flat.

Or that the sun rotates round the earth.

These are previously held concepts and theories that have been proven false through the instrumentality of those who dared to think different.

Dare to think different!

It is still wrong. We have been using just "cousin" for decades without the confusion of gender. The gender is usually revealed as they go on.

If you studied language as I perceive, you should kick against it. It is just another "Nigerian English" like calling every seasoning "maggi" and every noodles "indomie". It is not standard English.

English is not redundant does not mean we should start speaking rubbish with the hope that it will be added to the vocabulary.

Sageez:
To those justifying the use of such words, just know that what is wrong is not right except it is universally accepted to be. Cousin brother/sister is wrong and it is wrong in every sense.

I grew up knowing "cousin", how on Earth the word "brother/sister" found its way to pair with cousin still baffles me.

I can still remember the first time I heard someone use the world, I thought he did it unintentional but he repeated it again, again and again. When I couldn't take it anymore, I tried correcting this guy but I discovered he had a fix mindset; he believed what he knows can never be wrong. At that point, I had to leave him to his foolly.

It's a very wrong and irritating way to speak. And some people are trying to justify it because they fall under the category of those who use it.

I trust my English lecturers, they will just mark that person down if he/she writes that nonsense. That's why people fail the simplest English courses because they refuse to unlearn rubbish.

I have a cousin that is more like an aunty because she's like 20yrs older. The "cousin sister" people will call her cousin aunty

Penguin2:
Mr grammarian…

First of, your English is poorly constructed for someone who wants to lend his voice to how Nigerians should speak English properly.

Second, the word ‘cousin’ is neither masculine nor feminine and there are no articles that make them so.

So, Nigerians who add ‘sis’ and ‘bro’ after cousin are actually helping you understand better with absolute clarity.

Another of your problem is that you seem to be a structuralist and not a deconstructionist who would think beyond what he was taught and make his own additions to subjects and concepts and theories.

The English language is not a dead language; it keeps evolving.

Same with every discipline of scholarship.

The syntaxes and semantics of the English lexicon are not cast in stone. They keep dropping and picking up new stuff.

Who says ‘cousin sister’ and ‘cousin brother’ will not one day be added as proper English expression?

If everyone reasoned like you, Scientists would still believe Atom is the smallest indissoluble and indestructible particle.

We would still hold on to the theory that the world is flat.

Or that the sun rotates round the earth.

These are previously held concepts and theories that have been proven false through the instrumentality of those who dared to think different.

Dare to think different!

Chai u really nailed that dude

placeofallure:
Don't blame the teacher! Every time the team loses a match, you think the coach isn't good?

Now, those people you talk about are simply crazy. One idiot will start something and before you say "Jack!" It has become a norm.

There are 4 types of Gender - Masculine, Feminine, Common and Neuter.

The word 'cousin' belongs to the commongender. These are words of either sex (male or female) E.g. friend, neighbour, guest, teacher, colleague, speaker, child etc.

You don't need to modify the word 'cousin' with brother or sister, and if you must, my male cousin or female cousin is more appropriate.

Since we are trying to help the grammar according to Penguin2, we can say neighbour-woman, colleague-Male, friend-brother. And soon, they will all be added to the dictionary.

ImaIma1:
It's a very wrong and irritating way to speak. And some people are trying to justify it because they fall under the category of those who use it.

I trust my English lecturers, they will just mark that person down if he/she writes that nonsense. That's why people fail the simplest English courses because they refuse to unlearn rubbish.

I have a cousin that is more like an aunty because she's like 20yrs older. The "cousin sister" people will call her cousin aunty

lol at the bolded

ImaIma1:
Since we are trying to help the grammar according to Penguin2, we can say neighbour-woman, colleague-Male, friend-brother. And soon, they will all be added to the dictionary.

Don't kill me please. O saaro!