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DMCA:
but people go still argue this simple thing and still continue d make d same mistake.
d worst part be say even nollywood d follow contribute to this problem

Hope you know we have what we call Nigerian English which is quite different from the standard English. What dowry means in Nigerian English is quite different from what it means in standard English.

Fansa25:
Hope you know we have what we call Nigerian English which is quite different from the standard English. What dowry means in Nigerian English is quite different from what it means in standard English.

nothing like dowry means this and that in Nigerian english, all english grammar dey largely same. na only spellings and pronunciation dey differ
una go just form and defend rubbish

DMCA:
nothing like dowry means this and that in Nigerian english, all english grammar dey largely same. na only spellings and pronunciation dey differ
una go just form and defend rubbish

Language like other social constructs is a highly relative concept. It all depending on it's acceptability in a group. If a vast majority of the people in a group accepts and understand the context of a word it automatically becomes a word in that group regardless of it's true meaning in the proper language. I will only have have a problem if the people having such arguments are insisting dowry means bride price in the proper English.