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Family / Re: Advice Needed For Living In Nigeria by PTH(m): 10:26pm On Aug 28, 2007 |
mamaput: she'd better have the guy. . . last ii heard there's very little left of Greece to see unless she's going to help put out bush fires. |
Romance / Re: [poll] Would You Prefer to Marry a Virgin? by PTH(m): 10:24pm On Aug 28, 2007 |
Veracious: this oscilating pendulum! First you asked us if we wanted to marry a virgin yet you dont want to marry a male virgin? |
Fashion / Re: Women: Nigerian Men Lack Dress Sense by PTH(m): 10:11pm On Aug 28, 2007 |
omoge: what's the point when we cant touch it? |
Religion / Re: There Is No God? by PTH(m): 10:10pm On Aug 28, 2007 |
Ah, abeg the poster is the banned michelin89. tundewoods i'd suggest you leave her alone. Your assessment of her was spot on! |
Family / Re: Advice Needed For Living In Nigeria by PTH(m): 10:07pm On Aug 28, 2007 |
omoge: Roaming where? Bodi no be firewood. ordinary 5 weeks some guys are complaining of stomach ache. . . |
Religion / Re: Glory To Jesus, Honour To Mary! All The Real Catholics Please Stand Up! by PTH(m): 10:02pm On Aug 28, 2007 |
The most powerful unscriptural cult in christendom. |
Family / Re: Advice Needed For Living In Nigeria by PTH(m): 10:01pm On Aug 28, 2007 |
omoge: after 5 yrs of phone conversations and lonely nights, you'd think they'd not be able to keep their hands off each other for that 1 month. |
Religion / Re: There Is No God? by PTH(m): 6:05pm On Aug 28, 2007 |
ClimieNH89 will soon come back crying to be let into heaven. . . |
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Which Nairaland Members Would You Prefer To Date? by PTH(m): 6:03pm On Aug 28, 2007 |
@ veracious, do you mind if i refer to you as weak since you seem to be undecided about whether you want a "special someone for keeps" or the jury is still out searching? |
Romance / Re: [poll] Would You Prefer to Marry a Virgin? by PTH(m): 12:53am On Aug 28, 2007 |
tnaidaR: thou sayest. |
Culture / Re: A White Woman Singing Two Yoruba Christian Songs by PTH(m): 12:01am On Aug 28, 2007 |
Fufu King: This is a "fantastic" point of view. How do you lose a language and adopt a new one? Is it possible for igbos to "lose" their language and "adopt" yoruba? The only way languages "get lost" is when that tribe is decimated or completely whipped out. It may also be possible that a culture gets subsumed into a more dominant culture and over the yrs they gradually adopt the cultures and language of the dominant group. It is not possible for a large mass of people to suddenly lose their language and culture overnight. Fufu King: We dont have that leeway. That is why while serious nations are busy developing we are still squabbling over federal character, quota system and zoning. |
Culture / Re: A White Woman Singing Two Yoruba Christian Songs by PTH(m): 11:49pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
Fufu King: There are more than 10 different yoruba dialects, at the end of the day all recognise themselves as Yorubas not simply as egbas, ijebus, ijeshas e.t.c. This is similar to the italian situation. Imagine if Jews, Arabs, Germans and Russians were major ethnic groups within one single European nation? Fufu King: This is not the same thing as exists in Africa. Infact it is simply an untenable excuse to shift the blame from the European meddlers. |
Family / Re: Joint Account With My Spouse? by PTH(m): 11:45pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
excellent responses by Siena. Where we born by the same mother? |
Culture / Re: A White Woman Singing Two Yoruba Christian Songs by PTH(m): 11:30pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
Fufu King: Mother tongue does not "exist" in most african "countries" for the simple reasons that those countries themselves do not exist. We are simply living in unviable contraptions bequeathed to us by Europeans who themselves understand the power in a homogenous society. |
Food / Re: Nigerian Recipes by PTH(m): 11:11pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
Omoge thanks!! This peppersoup is to die for! |
Culture / Re: A White Woman Singing Two Yoruba Christian Songs by PTH(m): 11:10pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
Fufu King: Let us not belabour the issue. We have over 50 languages in Nigeria alone but by sheer size Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa are our primary languages which is why English was adopted as the lingua franca to avoid the problem of federal character. Come to think of it, is it any coincidence that ALL the worlds most powerful and most developed nations have only ONE language including the most stable nations of africa? |
Culture / Re: A White Woman Singing Two Yoruba Christian Songs by PTH(m): 10:18pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
pilgrim.1: There is nothing like "international languages". The English have exclusive rights to the English language that is why you dont see Germans writing English dictionaries for them. French is exclusive to the people of France, ditto for German, Spanish, Dutch. The reason why these languages are spoken widely is due largely to colonisation. The Europeans have been largely smart, the fact that English is one of the world's most universal languages is of significant economic benefit to the British and Americans. wales: A yoruba man born in Nigeria who cant speak yoruba language should be ashamed of himself. How many Frenchmen born in France would claim not to be able to speak French? pilgrim.1: Have you heard anything called WAZOBIA? Yoruba IS a major language in Nigeria. There are over 40million Yorubas in Nigeria alone. pilgrim.1: 1. Only colonial backward thinking African nations adopted foreign languages as lingua franca to the detriment of our mother tongue. English is not the major language of the Spanish, Germans, Russians, Chinese, Japanese, Dutch. 2. Show me a German who will put up a youtube video exclaiming about a Nigerian who can sing in German! pilgrim.1: NO! Majority of Americans have no clue where Nigeria is on the map little talk about what major or minor languages exist there. I am glad a white woman is praising God, i could care less whether she sang in igbo or yoruba. |
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Which Nairaland Members Would You Prefer To Date? by PTH(m): 7:32pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
Veracious: Sorry Vera, i'm definitely not that "someone". About the mercedes? You really dont want to know. |
Romance / Re: [poll] Would You Prefer to Marry a Virgin? by PTH(m): 4:29pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
kanz: awww kanz, i'm sowwy. . . |
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Which Nairaland Members Would You Prefer To Date? by PTH(m): 4:27pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
mishoo: You better date veracious now before she starts crying again Forget about the mercedes, this CAN NEVER be shared, well you can dream about it, no harm in that. doyin13: when did the general consensus on the forum become gospel truth that i shld abide by? Save veracious! |
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Which Nairaland Members Would You Prefer To Date? by PTH(m): 4:26pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
ClimieNH89: you wish eh |
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Which Nairaland Members Would You Prefer To Date? by PTH(m): 4:00pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
ThiefOfHearts: i'll take the headlamps. . . doyin13: when are you going to stop dreaming? |
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Which Nairaland Members Would You Prefer To Date? by PTH(m): 3:56pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
ThiefOfHearts: with our mercedes? |
Romance / Re: [poll] Would You Prefer to Marry a Virgin? by PTH(m): 3:54pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
kanz: awwww pele wipe ur tears. "She" could even have been refering to you for all u know. |
Fashion / Re: Women: Nigerian Men Lack Dress Sense by PTH(m): 3:49pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
wetin be the gift of nature? |
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Which Nairaland Members Would You Prefer To Date? by PTH(m): 3:47pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
ClimieNH89: too late. Besides Vera has already found her . . . and is only looking for a "Special friend". |
Fashion / Re: Women: Nigerian Men Lack Dress Sense by PTH(m): 3:46pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
omoge: the day that one happen na bye bye to that chic o! ThiefOfHearts: I say ur mercedes with their likkle headlamps are big enough abi |
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Which Nairaland Members Would You Prefer To Date? by PTH(m): 3:44pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
Veracious, at last someone has mentioned your name. Maybe now u'll leave me and my preferences alone eh. |
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Which Nairaland Members Would You Prefer To Date? by PTH(m): 3:38pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
Veracious: stop consoling urself while hiding under the banner of falsehood. Shame the devil, you cant have found anything and yet be requesting for a "special someone" to be "just a friend". Its impossible. Come out and look for a man, there's no shame in it. Women and their pretence! |
Romance / Re: [poll] Would You Prefer to Marry a Virgin? by PTH(m): 3:35pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
kanz: hanging out under madam's watchful eye |
Culture / Re: A White Woman Singing Two Yoruba Christian Songs by PTH(m): 3:26pm On Aug 27, 2007 |
For once pilgrim.1 i have to sadly disagree with your oppinion. pilgrim.1: Why should we be "proud" that others are interested in our languages? We adopt English (a foreign language as our lingua franca), we offer French classes from primary - tertiary level and YET no of these foreign countries considers it important to even mention our own languages. When one or two out of millions attempt to humor us by singing in our language all of a sudden we think it is cute and we shld be proud? How many English people are "proud" that Nigerians speak english? pilgrim.1: Trust me they do not think we have the mental capacity to be able to learn their language. When most Americans and English people express surprise that i speak English so well it is not because they are proud that i can do so but are amazed that people who live in the jungle, in trees, naked and with animals can even learn english. pilgrim.1: Yeah, they expect us more to be only capable of chattering like monkeys. pilgrim.1: When we start off by claiming to be proud that a white woman sings songs that an average 3 yr old in Nigeria should be able to, we are indirectly expressing white worship. |
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