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 Romance › Re: What's Your Definition Of A Good Girl? by Princek12(m): 7:50pm On Nov 23, 2011 |
A girl who sees good in a man; wants to be treated (and appreciates being treated) nice; cooks, cleans, and knows her role as a woman; respects her man and knows how to allow him to take the lead role in the relationship; identifies in a man character, integrity, potential, and work ethic; is not easily smitten by materialistic things, such as money, jewelry, luxury cars; cannot be bought with only money; has good hygiene, does not stink, and her puuny stays fresh to def; does not go out with men just primarily so they can feed her, or who does not go out to the bars primarily to be bought a drink--she can buy her own food and drinks; who fears God and treats people well. 1 Like |
| Celebrities › Re: Femi Kuti Impregnates Another Dancer - Expecting Baby No.6 by Princek12(m): 6:29pm On Nov 23, 2011 |
Since his band is named the Positive Force, I hope Baba Femo does not test positive for HIV. |
| Phones › Re: Chatting Application For Andriod by Princek12(m): 5:28am On Nov 23, 2011 |
LiveProfile is pretty good and is generating a lot of buzz and following. After switching from Blackberry to Android, I did not miss the BB messenger that much pretty I could chat on LiveProfile. |
| Romance › Re: Why Girls Never Call You After A Date by Princek12(m): 1:44am On Nov 23, 2011 |
Maybe the girls want you to buy them recharge cards after the date so they can have enough credit to call you. Even if you pay for the recharge card, they may use the recharge card bought with your money to add credit to their phone and use it to call someone else. |
| Programming › Re: Female Programmers Stand Up And Be Counted by Princek12(m): 11:45pm On Nov 22, 2011 |
Fancier: zeeleso: Bossman:Maybe my statement was a little bit broad, and I am sure there are successful and competent female programmers around. Forgive me if my comment on this thread offended any female programmers. |
| Programming › Re: Female Programmers Stand Up And Be Counted by Princek12(m): 5:19am On Nov 22, 2011 |
Women's brains are not created to be logical; they are created to be emotional. That is why many women don't fare well in computer science and engineering. They fare well with being counselors and other careers that requires less of a logical mind. |
| Romance › Re: How Do I Regain Control Or My Relationship by Princek12(m): 6:36pm On Nov 21, 2011 |
Finecat:GBAM! I have even heard some Naija girls brag to their friends about how they are dating a guy who hails from a reputable family. For example, they may say, I am dating Wale--he is an Obasanjo. Naija girls are very useless and have no ounce of reason or logic in their brain. All they fall in love is with money and status. The guys character and integrity, and their compatibility with the guy are all secondary. |
| Romance › Re: How Do I Regain Control Or My Relationship by Princek12(m): 3:12pm On Nov 21, 2011 |
Isn't it how the typical Naija babe thinks? To accord her man the respect he is due only if he is in a financially stable position. |
| Fashion › Re: Miss Nigeria 2011 Is Feyijimi Sodipo by Princek12(m): 8:42pm On Nov 20, 2011 |
lagcity:says who? go and do your research before coming here and spewing nonsense. look at the South American beauty contestants, and you will see that, even though they are skinny, they at least have hips. look at the past winners of the miss universe pageant. |
| Fashion › Re: Miss Nigeria 2011 Is Feyijimi Sodipo by Princek12(m): 4:51pm On Nov 20, 2011 |
as usual, she has a pancake nyansh and no hips |
| Romance › Re: -- by Princek12(m): 1:16am On Nov 20, 2011 |
Women do not know what they are moved by--all they know is that they are moved by something. One day it could be words; on another day, looks; and on some days, money. Sometimes they are moved by what they can't have. Women are the most confused out of the two sexes, and you will confuse yourself trying to find out what moves women. As a rule of thumb, and when in doubt, we all know that money moves women. That is probably as it simple as it gets. Even if, for argument sake, looks do move women, there are several holistic factors that make you look the way you are to women. For instance, a guy may be walking on the side of the road or waiting on a BRT bus and look ugly to a woman. Mysteriously, that same guy, wearing the same outfit and looking exactly the same way, may look attractive to that same lady if that same guy was on stage performing in a concert or in a position of authority. Now, how do you explain that? Welcome to the enigma of how women think. |
| Education › Re: The Scam Center Called Madonna University In Pictures by Princek12(m): 9:11am On Nov 18, 2011 |
I thought that just about all universities in Nigeria look like, or close enough to, Madonna University 1 Like |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Is Obama Likely To Win His Relection Bid In The States? by Princek12(m): 12:16pm On Nov 03, 2011 |
Obama is likely to win reelection because the Republican party has no candidate who possesses the charisma and the intellect to challenge Obama. And Mitt Romney, the one candidate who may have those qualities, is not getting the needed support from the Republican base because he is a Mormon and not a Christian, which many Republicans find repugnant. Herman Cain, a Black American former pizza restaurant executive, is surging in the polls because he is the one-eyed man in the land of the blind, and the Republicans are supporting him because of his hardcore conservative values. Herman Cain, however, is taking a beating lately by the leftist media, as they have broken a story about how Herman Cain was accused of seexual harassment and how he settled the case by paying off the women. Herman Cain responded by saying the charges were baseless, and that he did not pay off the women, which conflicted with a statement he made earlier in a television interview, where he expressly admitted to paying off the women. Rick Perry, another Republican who led the polls, is currently struggling to maintain his former mojo. He is clearly not an intellectual and bad in debates, and infuriated the Republican base when he admitted to allowing children of illegal immigrants in Texas to pay in state tuition in Texas. That statement or admission infuriated the Republican base so much that it obliterated his chances of winning. In short, as long as the Republican base is in disarray as to which candidate they will choose, Obama's way to a second term is guaranteed. |
| Fashion › Re: Girls: Do You Really Need Makeup? by Princek12(m): 12:35am On Nov 01, 2011 |
If you are an ugly girl, you must wear makeup. If you are a beautiful girl, especially if you have good skin, you may wear makeup. |
| Programming › Re: Web Application Development Contest: Jajad Wins by Princek12(m): 6:46pm On Oct 29, 2011 |
I am not a coder so I don't know the demands of this project. I have been, however, appalled by some of the responses on this thread asking Seun to change the contest, that he should change the contest into an invitation to bid, and that he should increase the winning prize. Money should not be a motivating factor in everything. Prestige, and an opportunity to pad your resume, among others, should motivate entrants to participate in this competition. Imagine how saying that you won a web app contest would boost your self confidence and resume, which may lead to more money. Even, for argument sake, that the project was a little demanding, the fact that it should be a weekend work (according to Seun) for the chance of winning $1,000 is not too bad. 1 Like |
| Business › Re: GEJ's Speech At Commonwealth Business Forum, Australia (Video) by Princek12(m): 12:28pm On Oct 28, 2011 |
So NTA is still broadcasting in the ancient analog system. Since Analog, there has been regular digital TV, and now HDTV. Naija don suffer. |
| Sports › Re: Can 2012: Which Country Will You Be Supporting? by Princek12(m): 1:42pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
So Libya, despite their players taking time off from fighting Gadhafi forces to play, qualified for the Nations Cup. But Naija could not qualify. |
| Forum Games › Re: Words Ending With '-ism' by Princek12(m): 4:19am On Oct 26, 2011 |
socialism |
| Literature › Re: Would You Buy A Book Written In Pidgin English? by Princek12(op): 9:16pm On Oct 25, 2011 |
tlops:I also think that English literacy is different from Pidgin English literacy. Put simply, I believe it is possible for Pidgin English speakers to easily read and comprehend Pidgin. Only time will tell. |
| Literature › Re: Would You Buy A Book Written In Pidgin English? by Princek12(op): 9:14pm On Oct 25, 2011 |
BlackLibya:I believe that you are right that Nigerian pidgin differs somewhat from Sierra Leonean Creola/Pidgin. Nigerian Pidgin, however, is similar to those of Ghana and Cameroon. I may not be able to capture all of the audience, but I am sure I can make a dent. |
| Literature › Re: Would You Buy A Book Written In Pidgin English? by Princek12(op): 9:02pm On Oct 25, 2011 |
emofine:My goal is to write, to the extent practicable, the entire novel in Pidgin English. I am sure that some concepts would be difficult to translate in Pidgin, but the gist of the story should be easily translatable to Pidgin. |
| Literature › Re: Would You Buy A Book Written In Pidgin English? by Princek12(op): 7:42pm On Oct 25, 2011 |
emofine:My book is what I call a legal romance thriller, capturing the experience and situations that many Africans who seek greener pastures in Western countries. It is fiction, and involves a lot of international laws and how they may sometime conflict with each other. Not to worry, it does not involve any complex international laws, and any laws discussed in the book will be broken down in comprehensible form for the lay reader. My book is about a Nigerian guy who was married in Nigeria and won the green card lottery, paving the way for him to emigrate to the United States. Once he arrived in the United States, he struggled to fit in the American way of life. He lived a double life and eventually got married to another Nigerian lady in America who did not know of the wife in Nigeria. Likewise, the wife in Nigeria did not know of her husband's new wife in America. He lived a double life for ten years, during which time the wife in Nigeria was constantly pressuring him to file her paperwork that will enable her to come to the United States. He had children with both of his wives, neither of whom knew of the other. Frustrated and understandably impatient, the wife in Nigeria, without getting a divorce, married another man, and she did not tell her new husband that she has not obtained a divorce in her previous marriage, nor did she tell her husband in America that she married another man back home in Nigeria. They were both deceiving each other. The husband in America now becomes exceedingly rich, owning multimillion dollar properties. He eventually dies, and the legal question was how his property would be distributed: whether the wife in America could inherit her share of the man's estate, or whether the wife in Nigeria could fight to have her husband’s marriage declared void on grounds of bigamy. If the marriage were declared void, the wife in America would get nothing. The wife in Nigeria gets a permit from the American embassy to come to America to fight in court. Questions of fairness also arise. They were also issues of whether one of the children born in Nigeria of the American husband was fathered by the new husband. As you might expect, the children also lay claim to the man’s estate. The court in America, seeing these problems, declares that paternity of the children have to be determined before they inherit from their father's estate. The cat is subsequently let out of the bag, as a DNA test reveals that the deceased is not the father of some of the children. The children take on their biological mother. I can't give every detail for copyright reasons, but it is one legal thriller you don't want to miss. |
| Literature › Re: Would You Buy A Book Written In Pidgin English? by Princek12(op): 7:29pm On Oct 25, 2011 |
Yeske!:The fact that Pidgin English is not yet standardized is the very reason I intend to write this book. I believe that a thousand-mile journey begins with a step, and I might well be one of the people who starts the journey towards standardizing Pidgin English. I believe many authors would follow once they realize the market potential, if any, of Pidgin English books. You have to also realize that Pidgin English may not be standardized because it has been ignored by many authors. |
| Literature › Re: Would You Buy A Book Written In Pidgin English? by Princek12(op): 4:59pm On Oct 25, 2011 |
Olodostein:I am not a linguist by trade, but I do love languages. I am actually a patent lawyer in America, but I am fascinated by languages. One of my biggest role model is Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther, who was a linguist and translated the English Bible to Yoruba. A book titled "Good out of Evil" tells a story of how he was captured as slave and shipped to Sierra Leone, where he converted to Christianity. He eventually received a PhD in divinity from Oxford University. Bibeli Mimo, the Yoruba Bible, has been read by millions of Yorubas who cannot read English. In that same spirit, many market traders are denied the benefit of reading stories simply because they can't read regular English. My book is what I call a legal romance thriller, capturing the experience and situations that many Africans who seek greener pastures in Western countries face. It is fiction, and involves a lot of international law and conflict of laws, although it is broken down in comprehensible form for the lay reader. My book is about a Nigerian guy who was married in Nigeria but won the green card lottery, paving the way for him to emigrate to the United States. Once he arrived in the United States, he struggled to fit in the American way of life. He lived a double life and eventually got married to another Nigerian lady in America who did not know of the wife in Nigeria. Likewise, the wife in Nigeria did not know of her husband's wife in America. He lived this double life for ten years, during which time the wife in Nigeria was constantly pressuring her husband to file her paperwork for her to come to the United States. He had children with both of his wives, who did not know of each other. Frustrated and understandably impatient, the wife in Nigeria, without getting a divorce, married another man, and she did not tell her new husband that she has not obtained a divorce from her previous marriage, nor did she tell her legal husband that she married another man. The husband in America now becomes exceedingly rich, owning multimillion dollar properties. He eventually dies, and the legal question was how his property would be distributed: whether the wife in America could inherit it or whether the wife in Nigeria could fight to have her husband’s wedding judicially annulled on grounds of bigamy. Questions of fairness also arise. They were also issues of whether one of the Nigerian-born children of the American husband (now deceased) was fathered by the new husband. As you might expect, the children also lay claim to the man’s estate. I can't give every detail for copyright reasons, but it is one legal thriller you don't want to miss. |
| Literature › Re: Would You Buy A Book Written In Pidgin English? by Princek12(op): 4:09pm On Oct 25, 2011 |
Chuck D:Admittedly, Pidgin English is yet to be standardized, but I think that there are many commonalities among all the variants of Pidgin English that it will not be that difficult for the different Pidgin English speakers to understand a book written in Pidgin English. As to whether my version would be easily understood, I would hope that the different Pidgin English speakers can understand or make sense of the words even if they are spelled differently from their own version of Pidgin English. You have a good point. |
| Literature › Re: Would You Buy A Book Written In Pidgin English? by Princek12(op): 4:05pm On Oct 25, 2011 |
gaffer:Interesting. I didn't know that Wazobia FM is the most listened to radio station. That is a good sign that a book in pidgin will sell. |
| Literature › Re: Would You Buy A Book Written In Pidgin English? by Princek12(op): 4:02pm On Oct 25, 2011 |
emofine:I would hope that you will give my book a chance once it is completed. You may end up liking it. I think you will actually like it, so please don't write me off yet. I take God beg you. |
| Literature › Would You Buy A Book Written In Pidgin English? by Princek12(op): 7:48pm On Oct 24, 2011 |
Good day my brethren of Nairaland. I really need your candid advice on this issue. I am currently writing a book in English, and I plan to subsequently write a Yoruba version of the book. I intend on writing a Yoruba version because I want to reach many Yoruba readers who can neither read nor understand English. Last night, though, I had an epiphany about writing a pidgin English version of the same book. I thought that writing the book in pidgin English would help me reach an audience that is not literate enough to easily read and comprehend English but can easily read Pidgin English. My rationale was that the many Pidgin English readers are ignored, and that I haven't seen many books written in Pidgin English. In addition, I want to communicate to them. Now to the question: would you buy a book completely written in Pidgin English? Do you think that there is a huge market for a book written in Pidgin English, considering Pidgin English is technically not an official language? Consider also that although Pidgin English is technically not an official language, it is steadily gaining popularity and is the primary language spoken by many West Africans, i.e., Ghanaians, Sierra Leonians, Cameroonians, and, of course, Nigerians, among others. Please be candid with your advise, as I am taking this seriously. You guys should consider that my primary goal of writing the book is communication, so I don't need any advise as to whether writing a book in Pidgin English will encourage the disregard for proper English; and that I want a book that people will buy, for it is imprudent to write a book in Pidgin that will not be welcomed by even Pidgin English speakers. Thank you all and have a blessed day. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Paul Biya Reelected As Cameroon's President by Princek12(m): 9:50pm On Oct 22, 2011 |
BlackLibya:keep quiet. I would rather have elections in which a new leader is elected every four years (eight year max for relections) than have one person rule me for life. At least you stand a better chance at electing a good leader and someone with new ideas than have some grandfather with old ideas rule you since 1982, as in Cameroon, or since 1969, as in Libya. We know who we elect, and although our democracy is not perfect in Nigeria, it is far better than Cameroon, where the president and his controlling party control every darn thing, including amending the Cameroonian Constitution to remove term limits for presidents. Thee crappiest democracy is one million times better than a dictatorship |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Paul Biya Reelected As Cameroon's President by Princek12(m): 9:02pm On Oct 22, 2011 |
BlackLibya:What do you mean that the Nigerian people don't care. When Obasanjo even proposed the idea of allowing the president to serve for a third term, he was faced with heavy criticism and pressure from opposing groups, many of whom said that there would be an all out assault if he dared do it. He eventually bowed to the pressure. Cameroonians, on the other hand, seem to have no problem with the presidency having no term limits. Nayah said that as long as the president is giving them money and fixing the country, he can rule them for life. My point is that Cameroonians are more like, as someone said earlier, Ca-mooron-ians. They should have raised serious hell. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Paul Biya Reelected As Cameroon's President by Princek12(m): 8:46pm On Oct 22, 2011 |
Nayah and the rest of some Cameroonians support a dictator like Paul Biya--that he can govern and rule them for life as long as he has sound economic policies like Gadhafi and gives Cameroonians a bag of rice and money when they get married. This is despite the fact that they are denied their basic liberties and freedom, and cannot have a new person govern them. There is no longer a term limit in Cameroon, and each term is seven years long. So Paul Biya will be there for at least another seven years and rig the next elections, giving him another seven years. That bastard has been ruling Cameroon since 1982 and is 78 years old. The way some Africans reason, boy I tell ya. |
| Fashion › Re: Pain In The Name Of Beauty by Princek12(m): 7:54pm On Oct 22, 2011 |
Amaka G29:Unlike, for example, Black American or Brazilian girls, no wonder many (if not most) Naija girls lack sex appeal when they dress. I guess you all are thinking about impressing or competing with other women when you dress up. If you had men in mind, maybe many of y'all will know how to dress sexy. An average Black American girl knows how to wear them "get em girl" type dresses. Naija girl will be wearing kwashiokor dresses trying to impress her girl, as if it is girls that will sleep with you. As to those men who are trying to holla at you while you are not all dressed up and with your plain harir, maybe they are desperados or maybe you are still looking good despite not all that make up and with your plain hair. It goes to show that all that weave and Indonesian hair is unnecessary sometimes. Anyway, you all Naija girls are living in a whole nother planet. |
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