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Stop Using Bride Price And Dowry Interchangeably, They Are Opposite In Meaning. - Romance - Nairaland

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Stop Using Bride Price And Dowry Interchangeably, They Are Opposite In Meaning. by englishmart(op): 9:13am On Oct 06, 2019
A lot of people use dowry when they should use bride price thinking they mean the same thing. Matter of factly, they are opposite in meaning.

Re: Stop Using Bride Price And Dowry Interchangeably, They Are Opposite In Meaning. by Ladylite: 9:34am On Oct 06, 2019
Wow but Nigeria has always had its own dictionary
Re: Stop Using Bride Price And Dowry Interchangeably, They Are Opposite In Meaning. by ZiriMane(m): 9:45am On Oct 06, 2019
OP oya so wat is bride pride?
Re: Stop Using Bride Price And Dowry Interchangeably, They Are Opposite In Meaning. by Nobody: 10:50am On Oct 06, 2019
Yea...

Dowry is obtainable in India.

Bride price is what most of us are familiar with.
Re: Stop Using Bride Price And Dowry Interchangeably, They Are Opposite In Meaning. by cooooooks(m): 11:14am On Oct 06, 2019
Dowry is practiced in parts of Nigeria (some Northern communities for sure) . We learned this in primary school.

Ladylite:
Wow but Nigeria has always had its own dictionary
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