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@gen2genius,

1. Jesus, asked his disciples to sell their garments to buy swords, what do you use sword for, peel eggs?

2. During his arrest it was recorded that Peter cut off the ear of one the soldiers and Jesus healed him, if it was never needed or used why did he have the sword with him?

3. What is the origin and the meaning of the word "Crusade"?

[quote author=Abu-Maryam link=topic=307986.msg4336865#msg4336865 date=1250029801]@ NL
Surprise will never end.  Riot  is a northerner, poverty is a northerner, illetrate is a northerner, Niger Delter issue is a northerner, defeat of Biafra is a northerner, boko haram is a northerner, mai tatsine is a northerner, marginalisatn of Igbo is a northerner. why why why why why north?? But yet  they are ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit)of Nigeria.[/quote]Yes, the South especialy the South South and South East are suffering from serious "Afganistanism", a condition where one refused to deal with local source of problem and believe all his problems are caused by far, foreign and remote people. If the Southern leaders are so weak and could not influence anything and not responsible for anything good or bad, why not remove all of them and hire the all powerful  Northners to represent the South also. lol.

@gen2genius, could you please provide evidence of Mohammed killing people who refused to accept Islam during his life time. Historically Muslims were in minority when Mohammed stated his teaching in Mecca, and they were so tormented by the Mecca pagans that they have to flee to Abyssinia and later to Medina. Even in Medina there were non Muslims (Christians and Jews) during the Islamic rule of Mohammed and the Califs after him, history had it that they were protected and did not participate in the wars. All the four wars fought during his life time were waged at locations close to Medina, If you could look at the map of Saudi Arabia you would see that Mecca pagans had to travel almost 400 miles to wage war against Muslims in Medina all in teir despiration to destroy the religion of Islam. Muslims were only defending themselves.
As matter of fact Islam spread from Saudi Arabia to as far as Spain and North Africa due to fair and honest trading techniques and peaceful dispositions of Muslim not by war.

Jihad does not mean war, it means striving to correct unjust situation and the best Jihad is against yourself, that is making sure that one does not engage in unjust and un Godly dealings.

Most of the killing going on today have political undertone and one should not be covered with religious sentiment when discussing it. You can not tell tell me that all the soldiers and police that fought against boko harram sect were non Muslims. The Americans fighting in Middle East have their command center in Qatar, Qatar is an Islamic country. Till today there are non Muslim Arabs, they have not been beheadedn Doha, Christians go to Church on Friday or Saturday because the week starts on Sunday and they are not harassed. Please let be objective andand openminded in our discussions.

@Ibkaye, idanrawo ni mimoo se, maa gbiyanju lati so iwonba too ba mo, (Practice leads to perfection)

Partners should have some understanding of each other before proposing to marry each other, so in my opinion the dowry becomes too much when the bride knowingly asked for the groom would not be able to afford.

There was no school called great before Great Ife and there would not be another Great Ife, Greatest of the Greatness and Meanest of the Meanness IFE.

Oluwa l'oda Great Ife k'owa j'oba l'aye, eniyan l'oda 'won yio'ku kan wa s'eru laye.

bluspice, a buoda is always a buoda, nothing go happen, go blu, go spice, go, go go,

UBA charges N100 for the same card, na wa.

@bluspice, o ma to jo meta a, se ara nle o,

@tpia, I withdraw the comment if the meaning is offending, I was only referring to physical appearances fingers not individual functional importances.

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=297077.msg4311590#msg4311590 date=1249587295]really?

cut off any of your fingers that isnt equal to the others and see how you fare [/quote]

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=297077.msg4309718#msg4309718 date=1249569488]abeg all fingers are equal [/quote], , but some are more equal than others, hahahahaha

@faakay, Jowo, mabinu o sugbon a dabi eni wipe waa losi trend yi https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-181300.2080.html lati lo maa so oro alufansa re ni be, awon omode wa ni trendi eyi jeki o wa pelu ede to b'eti mu, lol

@tpia, amosexy et al,
Ikale are full blooded Yorubas, their dialects like other Yorubas like Igbomina, Ijebu, Ekiti, Ife, Akoko, Egba, etc are unique to the extent that if visit some homes with your Ijebu, Ife, Igbomina or Ekiti friends they would  be speaking the dialect and you would not understand. Like I said before only Oyo dialect mainly spoken in central part of Oyo and Osun States could not be hidden from others. Maybe it is because this the form that is closest to written Yoruba.

Ijaws and Itshekiris have historical links with Yorubas, Itshekiri sounds very close to Ijebu and their is Ijaw compound in Ile Ife. Itshekiris have names like Omagbemi, Omasheyin, etc, counts , Okan, meji, meta, meren , good night is odejuma, etc. I remember as a Youth Corps member in Rivers State during the orientation, one speaker told us that Ijaws originated from Ife but being fishermen they were always away and eventually settled at riverines area.

faakay:
Oba o le pe meji lafin! Eyin imu ju abe lo! kinihun ni oba eran

Iba idi omo ki oma gbon be sekere!! ye!! Ere kini aja ba ekun se! ani ka lo sokisonbolo!

Se alafia ni?

teissys:
Oshodi Shuffle be dat ni

are you sure you are a kenyata?

YORUBA KALENDA

Sere - January,
Erele - February,
Erena - March,
Igbe - April,
Ebibi - May,
Okudu - June,
Agemo - July,
Ogun - August,
Owere - September,
Owaro - October,
Belu - November,
Ope - December.

Aiku - Sunday
Aje - Monday
Isegun - Tuesday
Ojo 'ru - Wednesday
Ojo'bo - Thursday
Eti - Friday
Abameta - Saturday

Yeah, the real meaning of resource control is coming out now, yeye fowl

[quote author=*Hauwa* link=topic=297077.msg4299238#msg4299238 date=1249408712]tpia, it reminds me of a song

Baba mo juba re o
Baba mo juba re o
mo juba re o
mo juba re o

ummm, does it mean worship?[/quote]It means father (God) I serve, worship or bow for you. It is a praise song.

tubabie:
Ekaaro gbogbo ile, se alaafia lawa?


Jowo kini itumo "egbodo"?

Isu tuntun, nigbati isu ba sese njade,  ni won maa npe ni EGBODO (do re do), o le je eyi keyi bii ewuru, ar'eyin gba kunmo, nangan nangan, ewura ati beebeee lo, kii se iru kan pato nigbati IGBODO (do re re) je isu gbigbe ti won oi tii lo si elubo.

Arofo Iyawo tunutn

A gun'yan lebe, Iyawo ko je,
Ar'oka lebe, Iyawo ko je
Awon onilu de, Iyawo dide
Ijo onijo ni'yawo le jo
Ayo alayo ni 'yawo yo
Bi ise ba de Iyawo le lo.

oge4real:
Strange as it may sound, it is actually possible for the girl to have concieved from the swimming pool. The mother must be careful to ensure that her daughter is not yet sexually active, then they can place the date of conception to match her swimming date.

We have had a case of a girl who was impreganted by wearing her elder brother's boxer shorts. The spermatozoa can swim its way up the vagina and the speed or viability depends on the donor's fertile status.

debest1:
Oge are you a medical doctor? just curious

e reach to ask her, maybe very soon all those abroad need to do is send stained panties and boxers home to get their wives pregnant back home. he he he I need laugh partners here, i no fit laugh alone.

Wow, this one na "to whom it may concern sperm" abi, wonder wonder wonder till you turn to wanderer , I thought sperms are unable to survive outside womb or acid condition unless specially collected and preserved,

Moyola:
Oti o! dhiz one wey luff arrow chuck HotTeju anyhao. . it seemz i'll be mur of d weddin' crasher o!

What are you saying, moyola, are you saying the bridegroom is "anything can happen guy"? could ditch the bride on her way to alter?, lol.

E kaaro oo, eyin ore l'okunrin, l'obinrin. Se ara nle o.

@tpia, yes, giving traditional names depends on the family and sometimes religious awareness, I have an aunt who never had single child, she either had twins or triplets, so all the Idowus and Alabas are Taiye and Kehindes on their own. On another hand, Muslims shave new born head hair before naming on the 7th or 8th day as the case maybe so if a Dada is born they may not name him or allow hair to grow like others who believe strongly in traditional names.

Swit D, I have an offer you can not refuse, but tell me what are you first

There trends and there trends this in aonther level, heheheheheheheheheheheheeeeeeeeeeeee

Kini pipe oruko, ikamefa, se ikamefa - six fingers or six folds or counting six or six wickedness or wickeds, ewo lewo.

It means "is everything alright?" If the horse is not well fed or sick and lost appetite, would;t if injure or kill the queen if used for outing unknowingly by the queen, what is queenly if she does not bother about thewell being of her subjects and possesions, again, SE ESIN OBA NJE OKO?

Bawo ni gbogbo nkan o, ara o le bi? Se esin Oba nje'ko? stay cool.

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=297077.msg4273544#msg4273544 date=1248973942]

they dont actually mean anything. They're just applied at birth based on the child's presentation.

another one: Oni which is given to a baby still wrapped in the placental sack or what do they call the covering.[/quote]@tpia, names both of persons and objects do not necessarily have meaning, that is the part of essence of dictionary,  for example what is the meaning of water, table , road, car, I mean how do they relate to their meaning if you do not speak English. Some names are derived from action or sound they make like what linguists call onomatopoeia while others are descriptive, So names like Ojo, Ajayi, Ige, Oke, etc may not have comprehensible meaning but those who give then know who to give when they are born.