Relative truth.

When I learned to speak French I tried speaking "French French". That is French, the French way. If you live in a place for several years you should speak their language the way they speak it, if you can. When you speak your native language speak it with your native tone .

No two languages are same and it's a plus if you can speak them and accord each its unique qualities as spoken by the original owners.

It's foolishness speaking Igbo or Yoruba or Hausa with a foreign accent. On the other hand, if you live in a foreign land for several years I would expect you to speak that foreign language the way the locals speak it, except you have a heavy tongue and really can't do it. If you can, why not?

Many of our native languages were produced in modern written form by the Whites. Some of the foreign missionaries learnt our languages and even went ahead to translate the Bible into those local languages. That's excellence.

Don Moen did Igbo songs with Frank Edwards and he did well pronouncing those Igbo words the Igbo way. If you can speak English the Oyinbo way, fine, but when speaking your native language speak it heavy with your native accent.

Kingosytex:
Reno has been getting it right these days. he spoke the truth, always be original!!

i hate fake people, i detest them a lot

Sakamanje

Nice share!

koning:
"And while you are it, don't change your Kayode to Kay or your Ikechukwu to Iyke. Teach them how to pronounce Kayode and Ikechukwu. I assure you that your uniqueness will open more doors than your feeble attempts to conform "



.....or Chinedu to 'Ned' Most ridiculous. Not even 'Nedu' but 'Ned'..............tufiakwa

But what sort of Yoruba name is Reno??

Na since small pikin reno don dey keep afro hair. Nice one

My brother, you won't understand.... not every one like to speak the American accent but this people hardly hear or understand our Nigerian accent, you need to speak what they understand

Jayslicky:
Some people think speaking with american accent makes them smart and intelligent, it is good to speak fluent english but don't ever compromise that for your mother's tongue, too many wannabes in the world today.

The idea isn't abandoning your nigerian accent but communication
Speak in a proper American accent and communicate with it so they will understand u and when u jam ur naija people feel free to switch it up
You accent shaa should be a thing of pride

Dude! Reno Omokirikiri dishing out poo as usual to is fellow mugus, when is own children are in foreign Land learning how to speak English than the real owners teach ur children first. Oga charity begins at home.

GreyLaw:
Relative truth.

When I learned to speak French I tried speaking "French French". That is French, the French way. If you live in a place for several years you should speak their language the way they speak it, if you can. When you speak your native language speak it with your native tone .

No two languages are same and it's a plus if you can speak them and accord each its unique qualities as spoken by the original owners.

It's foolishness speaking Igbo or Yoruba or Hausa with a foreign accent. On the other hand, if you live in a foreign land for several years I would expect you to speak that foreign language the way the locals speak it, except you have a heavy tongue and really can't do it. If you can, why not?

Many of our native languages were produced in modern written form by the Whites. Some of the foreign missionaries learnt our languages and even went ahead to translate the Bible into those local languages. That's excellence.

Don Moen did Igbo songs with Frank Edwards and he did well pronouncing those Igbo words the Igbo way. If you can speak English the Oyinbo way, fine, but when speaking your native language speak it heavy with your native accent.

Good deposition!!

Wordrep65:
Very nice point there.... Not like all those people that will spend only 2 months and come and be speaking wanna gonna wanna gonna when they return.... Nonsense

U can’t blame them because that’s how most youths of the world now speak. Even in UK they say wannna and gonna

Aidejay:
The idea isn't abandoning your nigerian accent but communication
Speak in a proper American accent and communicate with it so they will understand u and when u jam ur naija people feel free to switch it up
You accent shaa should be a thing of pride

I agree. The most important thing is communication. No one will hate your accent if they can understand you. So instead of worrying about accents, worry about how to make people hear you clearly. Heck, i dont even care how well you can fake an american accent, the native speakers of a language will always know you are foreign, so guess be original and speak clearly.

Reno is quite commendable, his points of view are necessary in a democracy, the opposition is important,so the ruling crew are checked.

Facts and figures master.

grandstar:
This is his first sensible thing have seen him write and many here will concur with me.
Kudos to him.

Funny, I was in London around the same time too. First stayed with my aunty who was in a council flat with her 3 kids. Two were boys

I remember sleeping in the boys room. There was a bunk bed and an extra bed. I slept on the extra bed.

Both boys wet their beds and the room stunk of stale urine.

Worse, they'll change bed spaces the following night not minding sleeping on the others pee. The stench in the room was something else. Those boys wan finish me.

We (my dad and 3 other siblings) later moved from there to a detached house in Surrey. I spent only a week then as I had entrance examinations into secondary school.

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grandstar:
This is his first sensible thing have seen him write and many here will concur with me.
Kudos to him.

Funny, I was in London around the same time too. First stayed with my aunty who was in a council flat with her 3 kids. Two were boys

I remember sleeping in the boys room. There was a bunk bed and an extra bed. I slept on the extra bed.

Both boys wet their beds and the room stunk of stale urine.

Worse, they'll change bed spaces the following night not minding sleeping on the others pee. The stench in the room was something else. Those boys wan finish me.

We (my dad and 3 other siblings) later moved from there to a detached house in Surrey. I spent only a week then as I had entrance examinations into secondary school.

But who ask you all this story na

151487made:
Anybody wey use American accent beside me dey always look like proper fool(Maga) for my face... Twisting ur tongue in ur fada's land to claim superiority is a crime against humanity i swear down.

But using a foreign pic to express yourself in a foreign language in your father's land is justified.

Somebody will spend 2 years in China or France, he will come and start speaking with American accent.

I spoke with a lady from Antigua recently on phone and she loved my accent.
Told her that's how we speak here.

Gbam! The Rough truth has just been spoken by the wise man of our time. wailers, how market nah?

Kingosytex:
Reno has been getting it right these days. he spoke the truth, always be original!!

i hate fake people, i detest them a lot

Are you sure you detest your woman wearing wig? Because she will appear fake.

brenister10:
Not like our footballers and other sport men who after spending few years in Europe start faking accent. E.g Mikel Obi

thank goodness u mentioned Mikel. That guy is just not it at allll. Imagine boy wey grow for naija dey form nonsense. Boy wey dey chop Hausa back in the days dey form like say e no dey shiit now. Dey do like say to speak pidgin na abomination.

That's why Okocha and Kanu go remain legends. Them accent thick pass close up. For that reason the average Nigerian feels these guys repp us wella

elshz:
This guy was a rich kid sef.

because he JP at tender age to abroad is your definition of rich kid? his an average black kid in an foreign neighborhood

Tell all this east girls that are on the island..from law school to ajah. Especially all his lekki phase 1 girls that spent all their lives in village in east oy to follow ifeainachi down to Lagos and one mugu is paying them and all of a sudden they turn american.

The fact is that, when u get it right, everyone may not subscribe to it but majority would. Am with u on this one sir. I hate fake accent, when people undersize Native names, OMG !!! I feel a shamed for me.

Jayslicky:
Some people think speaking with american accent makes them smart and intelligent, it is good to speak fluent english but don't ever compromise that for your mother's tongue, too many wannabes in the world today.

American accent open doors o
I've had first hand account.

bender79:
By the way how is the name Reno different from from Kay and Iyke?

He said the name is his native name

phenom666:
Your parents were rich, to send you aboard.

Y don't you let your twin sons to school in Nigeria.

Nigeria accent kill you there.

Hey depressed, Reno is not the cause of your misfortune. Take it easy on yourself.

akaynezi:


Hey depressed, Reno is not the cause of your misfortune. Take it easy on yourself.

Fo.olish kid am not depressed, am just saying the truth.

Hmmm

Burgerlomo:
Biko, help me tell some of my people with tribal marks wey dey speak American accents say nah who dem dey fool.

dem be americana, d tribal mark na wound dem mistakenly get way don com to stay. Lol