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It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by MasonKendall(m): 8:55am On Jun 05, 2022
First day I came across "cousin brother" was here on NL and I thought the op wanted to write cousin's brother but I stopped to think for a moment, isn't your cousin's brother your cousin?

Saying cousin brother is totally wrong(I refuse to be right if this is wrong) in the sense that the word cousin can be used for both sexes. i.e it is gender neutral.

You can make use of pro nouns like He, She, him, her to make your audience know the gender of the person you're talking about.

e.g
My cousin brother is coming today is wrong.
My male cousin is coming today is correct.

Buhari is my cousin brother (Zeus forbid) is wrong.
(This is wrong because everyone knows Buhari's gender so adding brother to it makes absolutely no sense)
Buhari is my cousin (Zeus forbid) is right.
(This is right because the gender of Buhari is already known)

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Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by AllBlack: 9:07am On Jun 05, 2022
Totally wrong with all shades of illiteracy. I cringe whenever I hear that phrase. Eeew

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Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by Nerogaming01(m): 9:11am On Jun 05, 2022
Even Zeus forbid Buhari? grin

Na script Buhari dey do o.

Top men 9 dey control am.

Back to the topic: what about people who call every male who is older, Uncle?

Is it supposed to be so?

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Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by Dekadet(m): 9:14am On Jun 05, 2022
Totally wrong. One can say "my male or female cousin" not cousin brother or sister, it only exists in Nigerian pigeon English.

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Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by chatinent: 9:22am On Jun 05, 2022
It's coined from pidgin actually.
Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by Cypress042(m): 9:24am On Jun 05, 2022
Nerogaming01:
Even Zeus forbid Buhari? grin
Na script Buhari dey do o.
Top men 9 dey control am.
Back to the topic: what about people who call every male who is older, Uncle?
Is it supposed to be so?
That's part of nigerian Culture grin

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Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by Cypress042(m): 9:24am On Jun 05, 2022
Nerogaming01:
Even Zeus forbid Buhari? grin
Na script Buhari dey do o.
Top men 9 dey control am.
Back to the topic: what about people who call every male who is older, Uncle?
Is it supposed to be so?
That's part of nigerian Culture grin

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Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by Tokskob2008: 9:24am On Jun 05, 2022
Totally wrong but people from the East seems to be cool with it but as long as what they are trying to get across is understood then no probs. Correct English no dey help anyone right now, na hustle sure pass for this country.
Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by udomma1005(m): 9:33am On Jun 05, 2022
MasonKendall:
First day I came across "cousin brother" was here on NL and I thought the op wanted to write cousin's brother but I stopped to think for a moment, isn't your cousin's brother your cousin?

Saying cousin brother is totally wrong(I refuse to be right if this is wrong) in the sense that the word cousin can be used for both sexes. i.e it is gender neutral.
Which one Zeus wan forbid again nahhhh

You can make use of pro nouns like He, She, him, her to make your audience know the gender of the person you're talking about.

e.g
My cousin brother is coming today is wrong.
My male cousin is coming today is correct.

Buhari is my cousin brother (Zeus forbid) is wrong.
(This is wrong because everyone knows Buhari's gender so adding brother to it makes absolutely no sense)
Buhari is my cousin (Zeus forbid) is right.
(This is right because the gender of Buhari is already known)

Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by oz4real83(m): 10:07am On Jun 05, 2022
No matter how a cousin is close to u, he or she is still a cousin, not "cousin brother or sister". Some Nigerians use the phrase to describe the level of closeness the cousin is to them. The cousin either grew up together with them or even stayed with them, that doesn't mean that he is now a "cousin brother" wink, he still remains a "cousin" but you can add "close" to the cousin to show the level of relationship because some cousins may not be close and there may even be others that you haven't met in your life even though they are relatives.
Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by iLoveYouToo(m): 10:32am On Jun 05, 2022
My Igbo brothers gather here. I come in peace

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Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by MasonKendall(m): 10:43am On Jun 05, 2022
Nerogaming01:
Even Zeus forbid Buhari? grin
Na script Buhari dey do o.
Top men 9 dey control am.
Back to the topic: what about people who call every male who is older, Uncle?
Is it supposed to be so?
I'll make a thread about uncle

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Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by sinkhole: 12:02pm On Jun 05, 2022
MasonKendall:
First day I came across "cousin brother" was here on NL and I thought the op wanted to write cousin's brother but I stopped to think for a moment, isn't your cousin's brother your cousin?

Saying cousin brother is totally wrong(I refuse to be right if this is wrong) in the sense that the word cousin can be used for both sexes. i.e it is gender neutral.

You can make use of pro nouns like He, She, him, her to make your audience know the gender of the person you're talking about.

e.g
My cousin brother is coming today is wrong.
My male cousin is coming today is correct.

Buhari is my cousin brother (Zeus forbid) is wrong.
(This is wrong because everyone knows Buhari's gender so adding brother to it makes absolutely no sense)
Buhari is my cousin (Zeus forbid) is right.
(This is right because the gender of Buhari is already known)

it is a Nigerian English cheesy and there are many more like that, I can't remember them now but I know Nigerians used to combine American English and England English into one single word!
E.g., Barbing Saloon cool
Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by Olawalelotito(m): 12:12pm On Jun 05, 2022
Totally wrong, that's call illiteracy
Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by ukaface(f): 12:30pm On Jun 05, 2022
God bless you
I thought it's now an accepted vocabulary.
Cousin brother, cousin sister....gosh, anytime I hear such I dey always vex.

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Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by Biafranodogwu55: 2:15pm On Jun 05, 2022
Op anything wey u dey observe remember say na naija u deygrin
Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by MasonKendall(m): 3:22pm On Jun 05, 2022
sinkhole:
it is a Nigerian English cheesy and there are many more like that, I can't remember them now but I know Nigerians used to combine American English and England English into one single word!
E.g., Barbing Saloon cool
It's so whack.
Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by MasonKendall(m): 3:23pm On Jun 05, 2022
Biafranodogwu55:
Op anything wey u dey observe remember say na naija u deygrin
If you dey uni go dey yarn my cousin brother give your HOD grin
Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by Biafranodogwu55: 4:31pm On Jun 05, 2022
MasonKendall:
If you dey uni go dey yarn my cousin brother give your HOD grin
He will still understandgrin
Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by Vyzz: 4:54pm On Jun 05, 2022
cool



My cousin brother disagrees with you op









cry
I'm sad
Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by allswellis(m): 11:54pm On Jun 05, 2022
It's the "zeus forbid" for me grin grin
Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by DesChyko: 9:06am On Jun 06, 2022
Male cousin.
Female cousin.
First cousin.
Second cousin, e.t.c.

Those are better descriptions.
Re: It Is Wrong To Say Cousin Brother by MasonKendall(m): 2:26pm On Jun 06, 2022
Vyzz:
cool


My cousin brother disagrees with you op








cry I'm sad
Greet you Cousin Uncle for me.

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