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I mean we were colonized by the British colonial masters who taught us English as well, and if there is anything i'm aware of its that the colonized country usually adopts the language and speaking pattern of their colonial masters like Senegal, Ivory Coast et al.

The English we speak here in Nigeria is very banal and unrefined, would've been nice if we at least adopted England's Queens English.

Lalasticlala Mynd44 dominique

Which one wey dey speak?

We speak every shades of English, just like our economy which mixed economy, our English is mixed English. We combine British, American, pidgin and even our local dialects. Languages keep transforming and Nigerians are not left out. Am proud of our brand. Bros how far?

Cos most of our Teachers are DROPPED OUT l said most not all

Please while you are splitting your hair about which dialect of English you want to use, make out time to learn French, German and Mandarin. If you can learn Spanish too that would be awesome

TissuePaper:
I mean we were colonized by the British colonial masters who taught us English as well, and if there is anything i'm aware of its that the colonized country usually adopts the language and speaking pattern of their colonial masters like Senegal, Ivory Coast et al.

The English we speak here in Nigeria is very banal and unrefined, would've been nice if we at least adopted England's Queens English.

Lalasticlala Mynd44 dominique

Apparently Nigerians don't care about the Queen's English again. They prefer the Trump's English..... A language that sounds so bizarre that if you don't have big ears, you'll never hear one full sentence.

That's the reason till date, I can never watch a Hollywood movie that isn't subtitled otherwise, I'm only seeing the action and neglecting the conversations.

Barrytone:
We speak every shades of English, just like our economy which mixed economy, our English is mixed English. We combine British, American, pidgin and even our local dialects. Languages keep transforming and Nigerians are not left out. Am proud of our brand. Bros how far?

Master i'm doing okay o

On the issue why is it that ivory coast and Benin adopted the French language from their colonial masters and perfected it...whereas Nigeria is still sitting on the fence, We were taught English by the best English speakers in the world yet our spoken English is next to nothing in terms of sophistication

mamajj17:
Cos most of our Teachers are DROPPED OUT l said most not all

i'm beginning to think so too because i see no reason why your master will teach you to speak in a certain way and you will desert it to form your own (pidgin English)

alphaNomega:
Please while you are splitting your hair about which dialect of English you want to use, make out time to learn French, German and Mandarin. If you can learn Spanish too that would be awesome

i recently downloaded apps on my phone that assisted me in learning these lingua franca, but i tell ya its not as easy as it looks, the reason i'm not happy is because we had a solid chance of becoming master speakers of English if only we learnt judiciously from the British colonialists but we threw all that away to form our own (pidgin English)

C505:
Apparently Nigerians don't care about the Queen's English again. They prefer the Trump's English..... A language that sounds so bizarre that if you don't have big ears, you'll never hear one full sentence.

That's the reason till date, I can never watch a Hollywood movie that isn't subtitled otherwise, I'm only seeing the action and neglecting the conversations.

Exactly

TissuePaper:
i'm beginning to think so too because i see no reason why your master will teach you to speak in a certain way and you will desert it to form your own (pidgin English)

I tell you my dear

TissuePaper:
i recently downloaded apps on my phone that assisted me in learning these lingua franca, but i tell ya its not as easy as it looks, the reason i'm not happy is because we had a solid chance of becoming master speakers of English if only we learnt judiciously from the British colonialists but we threw all that away to form our own (pidgin English)

Being multilingual is way better. Your proficiency in English is good enough, DuoLingo can help you learn other foreign languages.

alphaNomega:
Being multilingual is way better. Your proficiency in English is good enough, DuoLingo can help you learn other foreign languages.

Valid point