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Weh don ma/sir. I hope night is going on well. Have a good night.

uuzba:
I'm a Nigerian
Born in Lagos and lived in Lagos most of my life
Lagos is the commercial centre of Nigeria and headquarter of the British colonial government.
They taught everyone British English, entered their sailing ship and went back to UK.

Don't ask me how my night was.
That is your own village English

I was born in Lagos. This is my village.
We speak either Yoruba, pidgin English or British English here.

The rest of Nigeria learnt same British English, pigin and their Language..

If you can't speak proper English, let's speak Pidgin instead ..

Stop struggling with who you are. Embrace it.

uuzba:
Nigeria is a multicultural country
Must you know somebody's village before you greet the person?
If that is your mission in life, I wish you the best

You've not even begun discussing serious issues and proposing solution, you are still there discovering a stranger's village before your even greet the person?

Dude, good morning. Blah-blah-blah.

I give no damn about your night or what you did in your house.... That's your private business. Don't ask me my own. We discuss business and get result.
When I trust you more or even Like you at all, I can then enquire about your village and tribe and ask you whet you did in your house.

Open the Oxford dictionary. Do you see BrE and AmE? That's respect

1Sharon:
Who told you the Brits respect American English?

May I remind you: the Niger-Congo languages of which Volta-Congo is a part of share genetic unity in structure. That is why almost all languages spoken in Nigeria except Hausa do not struggle with understanding these expressions. They share the same root. I make bold to say that you cannot point out a distinct Niger-Congo language that doesn't greet this way.

uuzba:
Before asking your question, make sure the person is from your exact village
We are Nigerians from different tribes. Consider that you are speaking to someone NOT from your village
To assist in this process, the white people gave us English, with its own rules. This is what me and you are currently using right now to communicate.
I cannot spesk your native language. You cannot speak mine
But we can both speak English
Speak it with English rules. Let us equally face the challenge.

If you keep speaking your version of English that offends me, I will reciprocate by speaking my version of English that will offend you
Final result, we bothoffend each other and there is no communication anymore

Americans now owned theirs. The British respect it even when spoken in the 'custodian's' domain. Dynamism of language

1Sharon:
Intellectually, mentally & culturally enslaved ? Definitely not me.

I did already state this a few posts back that there is nothing wrong in Nigerian English amongst Nigerians. But when among the Brits who are custodians of the language you would need to switch up some words and phrases cos they would call you out for that. Deal with it

Who else is more of an authority on English than the English themselves?

Majority of you here are missing the point and are feeling attacked.

Cambridge has even come to terms with this variant of English that they developed an English exam that accommodates it.

uuzba:
I live in Nigeria. I don't have to go to any encyclopaedia.
I was taught English right here in Nigeria.
I spoke it and passed my exams
I went over to UK. Spoke the English very well without ANY MISUNDERSTANDING. They spoke back without any misunderstanding. I cracked English Joke, they laughed. They cracked English Joke Iaughed.

If you can't speak English learn it.
Tune in to BBC.
Download BBC iPlayer app, hear English and learn it
Or buy a shortwave radio and tune BBC.

My dear, same here. I am in no contest with you. Deal with an emerging reality - Nigerian English.

uuzba:
I live in Nigeria. I don't have to go to any encyclopaedia.
I was taught English right here in Nigeria.
I spoke it and passed my exams
I went over to UK. Spoke the English very well without ANY MISUNDERSTANDING. They spoke back without any misunderstanding. I cracked English Joke, they laughed. They cracked English Joke Iaughed.

If you can't speak English learn it.
Tune in to BBC.
Download BBC iPlayer app, hear English and learn it
Or buy a shortwave radio and tune BBC.

We are not writing exams. When it is time to study English, we do so. When they visit Nigeria, they should go about correcting everyone who speaks a brand of English made by us and for us.

uuzba:
No it is not

Jamaicans speak own creole. A pigin English.
It is different from their English.
We also speak various dialects of Pidgin English. That is also a thing well recognised. It has always existed.
Pidgin English is a separate language with English and language words a mixed up by people trying to communicate in English straight from their native tounge

English is another language. Learn it and pass your exams. There's no excuse

One of the tacharistics of language is that it is dynamic. It evolves. 'They gave us English.' That's a prehistoric assertion. The world is developing the English language we speak today. Go to Encarta; search Nigerian English.

uuzba:
Before asking your question, make sure the person is from your exact village
We are Nigerians from different tribes. Consider that you are speaking to someone NOT from your village
To assist in this process, the white people gave us English, with its own rules. This is what me and you are currently using right now to communicate.
I cannot spesk your native language. You cannot speak mine
But we can both speak English
Speak it with English rules. Let us equally face the challenge.

If you keep speaking your version of English that offends me, I will reciprocate by speaking my version of English that will offend you
Final result, we bothoffend each other and there is no communication anymore

How else do you think that Americans, Canadians, Australians and their likes came up with their American English, Canadian English and Australian English. Once it is largely understood and accepted, it stays. Inferiority complex is a chronic disease. Because it is Yankee, it's automatically correct. Mbanu!

uuzba:
OP has told you, that non of your local languages ever translates to "How was your night".
Nigerian English is the English we speak speak when we translate word for word from our native tounge into English. It's a funny English.

Yoruba will say, "Ejo, E ba mi sun" (inside the bus).
Translated to Nigerian English, it means, "Please help me shift"
-
What it funny there is, I cannot HELP you shift. You have to shift with your own nyash, one by one
British English will say, "Please could you shift" or "Please could you shift FOR me.
(Shift your nyash by yourself, but do so because of me. I shall not HELP you push your GIGANTIC nyash.. You push your nyash by yourself)

So, "How was your night ?" is not anybody's language. It is not Nigerian English either.
As OP said, it intrudes upon one privacy .
And the answer is still, NONE OF YOUR GADDEM BUSINESSES.

How many local languages do you know? I hear as often as it is said, "iralukwalu ofuma?' That is Igbo for how was your night?

uuzba:
OP has told you, that non of your local languages ever translates to "How was your night".
Nigerian English is the English we speak speak when we translate word for word from our native tounge into English. It's a funny English.

Yoruba will say, "Ejo, E ba mi sun" (inside the bus).
Translated to Nigerian English, it means, "Please help me shift"
-
What it funny there is, I cannot HELP you shift. You have to shift with your own nyash, one by one
British English will say, "Please could you shift" or "Please could you shift FOR me.
(Shift your nyash by yourself, but do so because of me. I shall not HELP you push your GIGANTIC nyash.. You push your nyash by yourself)

So, "How was your night ?" is not anybody's language. It is not Nigerian English either.
As OP said, it intrudes upon one privacy .
And the answer is still, NONE OF YOUR GADDEM BUSINESSES.

Am drawn to tears whenever I see my people lost in mental, intellectual and cultural slavery. What you see those expression are direct translation of our local languages in English. That is how we greet as a people. We ask ourselves lots of interesting questions. In Igbo, we have 'itele?' - 'are you awake?' when loosely translated. You are no longer aware of your uniqueness because you have been extensively damaged. Our language is a bunch of figures of speech. Unfortunately, each line is usually literally translated by us into English - a result of our poor proficiency in English usage. On the bright side though, we have turned it into an invention called Nigerian English. It is staying; we are slaying it.

1Sharon:
Tell me about it Or when they ask " have you eaten"

Nigerians speak terrible English but get offended when ppl call it out

You missed an opportunity to teach them Nigerian English instead your inferiority complex turned you to an emergency English lecturer - a failed one at that.
Please, how was your night? Deal with it.

darling4real1:
I TRULY DON'T ANSWER THIS!!

*Do you know that asking a person “How was your night?” is wrong?*
Well, if you didn’t know it until today, get to know with the help of Edward E Onoriode who shared the update on his Facebook wall.
I felt it very necessary to spread the word and help people know about it too.

Here it is.... as posted by Edward E Onoriode.

I attended a IED (Improvise Explosive Device) fusion cell meeting with some US and British EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) experts yesterday to discuss all the IED incidences that had happened within the week across Somalia.

At the meeting hall, I saluted one of the British officers ‘Good morning sir’ and he responded back ‘good morning to you too’

My oversabi did not allow me to keep quiet so I went further with the Nigeria popular phrase ‘how was your night sir?’

Dude was shock. He looked at me in a weird way as if I’d said something out of the ordinary. Something that’s sacrilegious which is an abomination to his ears. After some sec, he said ‘how my night went is none of your business’!

I was awed in shock. Normally, I was expecting a simple ‘fine’ ‘Good’ ‘Splendid’ ‘ My night was great’ etc. But he didn’t say any of these but he told me ‘how my night went is none of your business’!
I felt embarrassed.

For minutes, I couldn’t mutter a word back to him. I just buried my head in shame.

All through the meeting, I was lost in thought and I couldn’t concentrate on the meeting minutes. I kept asking myself within, ‘was my question wrong?’ ‘have I said something that offended this man?’ ‘could it be that he had a bad night rest and he decided to transfer the aggression at me?’

After the meeting, I did a little Google search and I couldn’t believe the answers I got.

Ladies and gentlemen, did you know the phrase “How was your night ” In English Language means “How was last nights sex?” “How was your night shift duty?” “How was your health during the night hours?”

Whenever you ask this question in the morning to healthy people who are not in sick bed, you’re invariably inquiring about their sexual comfort/activities during the night or how their night shift went and it’s rude to ask such mostly if you’re not closely related to the person.
No wonder the British officer find my question condescending because he felt I was intruding in his private business since I’m not too familiar with him. But I asked that question with a sincere and innocent mind without any harm.
Basically, how was your night is normally asked to people who are receiving treatments in the hospital or people who are on night shift.

Nigeria has really messed me up. Now, I’d be more careful whenever I want to speak with these white folks because I never can tell when I’d say something that’s offensive and invasive again.
By the way, I need to un-learn so many English I’ve been proudly speaking, they’re wrong.
My happiness is that I know the appropriate question whenever I want to enquire how a person’s night went now and it should be;

“Did you have a good night sleep?” or
“Did you sleep well?

The answer to ‘ How was your night?’ Is actually ‘none of your business!’

I have checked our local languages. Even as literal translation goes, no Nigerian language asks ‘How was your night?’ I am checking because of this phrase, for those who know, was not in use in Nigeria as recent as 10 years ago.

As my Doctor friend said to me, it may have come from hospitals.
It’s common knowledge according to the doctor that sick people often have rough nights and most deaths occur at night. So a doctor’s question to the patient during morning ward rounds is usually ‘How was your night?’ If we exported hospital vocabulary to the streets, are we now to assume, we are all at death’s door?

The proper address for mornings is simply ‘good morning’ and if you want to spice it up by being overly friendly, you may add ‘hope you slept well?’ A person’s night is not our business.

If we are Igbo it’s either, ibolachi– have you woken up. Ututuoma- good morning.

If Yoruba, 'ę karo' – good morning. You can go further as Yorubas are won’t do by adding “se daada l'ę ji’ – hope you woke up well?

None of these our local greetings intrusively asks ‘How was your night?’ So, No! It is not African either.
Let us be well aware when we leave our lanes to go measuring that of others.
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*So now we know!*
*Don't go asking me or anyone else "How was my night anymore?*

*Copied*

This deserves that Bubu's toothpick pics. Can someone post it?

Despirado121:
President Buhari who is currently in Daura, Katsina state, was yesterday informed by his kinsmen that they only enjoy power suppy whenever he is in town. President Buhari travelled home for the Sallah Holiday.

While receiving some of his community leaders in his home on Tuesday August 13th, one of the leaders, Mohammed Saleh, complained bitterly about the epileptic power supply they suffer whenever he is not in town, Igbere TV reports.

According to Saleh, whenever the President is in town, they enjoy 24 hours power supply.

“Anytime the President is around we enjoy 24 hours power supply. But if he is not around, the power supply is not always stable,” Saleh said.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/897512/we-only-have-light-when-you-are-around-daura-residents-tells-president-buhari/

There is another show that makes sense; look for it. Google TRTS. It's for teachers

Nicklaus619:
Both joe and so called tacha are untalented mofos

Dumb show for lazy youths,
Bring back Gulder ultimate search, mtn project fame, multina dance hall, who wants to be a millioniare and the likes, this show annoys me as fvck

Not fair. This comment can induce suicide.

dipseacon:
If Tacha found herself amongst Zombies, she is safe. Zombies eat peoples brains but Tacha has none.

Anybody that votes for Tacha is also brainless are among those who voted Buhari.

There is another show that makes sense; look for it. Google TRTS. It's for teachers.

keko14:
This nonsense show will not let us rest.

Let me add that some contestants are already under probation and are facing possible eviction this week. Vote to keep your favourite housemate in the house. Selah

Sunsets:
There are fifteen contestants. More...The convener deserves support. The programme deserves support.

There are fifteen contestants. More...The convener deserves support. The programme deserves support.

Sunsets:
Other contestants

Other contestants

Sunsets:
Culled from their website:
www.teachersrealitytvshow.com.ng

"This Reality TV Show tends to bring out all about the life of a teacher. Our aim is the create a paradigm shift in the way teachers are perceived in the country. We want teachers to be first class citizens just like in the developed countries of the world. Teachers make other profession possible, why can’t they be given the right recognition and supported. This reality TV show tends to correct that."

My take:
For those of us who have cursed, rued and cried that a show such as BigBrother Nigeria is running against a more 'cerebral' endeavour, this is an opportunity for you to pour the energy reserved for BBN vituperation into promoting this well thought out reality TV show. Visit their website; watch them on Silverbird TV by 8:30pm. Just watched it this Sunday, not sure it runs daily.

Now to the big corporations: this programme has no sponsor yet. Go and sponsor it.

To the moderators:
Push this to front page as tour contribution to education in Nigeria and help to relegate BBN to the background.

I don't want to see any one condemn BBN on a BBN thread; please redirect that energy to TRTS.

Finally, no society has developed beyond the level of their education. No activity has engineered development the way education does it. Why then pay lip service to education. Voting less than six percent of our GDP to education versus the twenty-six percent recommended by the UN doesn't cut it.

Below are the contestants.

Culled from their website:
www.teachersrealitytvshow.com.ng

"This Reality TV Show tends to bring out all about the life of a teacher. Our aim is the create a paradigm shift in the way teachers are perceived in the country. We want teachers to be first class citizens just like in the developed countries of the world. Teachers make other profession possible, why can’t they be given the right recognition and supported. This reality TV show tends to correct that."

My take:
For those of us who have cursed, rued and cried that a show such as BigBrother Nigeria is running against a more 'cerebral' endeavour, this is an opportunity for you to pour the energy reserved for BBN vituperation into promoting this well thought out reality TV show. Visit their website; watch them on Silverbird TV by 8:30pm. Just watched it this Sunday, not sure it runs daily.

Now to the big corporations: this programme has no sponsor yet. Go and sponsor it.

To the moderators:
Push this to front page as tour contribution to education in Nigeria and help to relegate BBN to the background.

I don't want to see any one condemn BBN on a BBN thread; please redirect that energy to TRTS.

Finally, no society has developed beyond the level of their education. No activity has engineered development the way education does it. Why then pay lip service to education. Voting less than six percent of our GDP to education versus the twenty-six percent recommended by the UN doesn't cut it.

Below are the contestants.

You take Igbó; you are not Igbò.

Mogajunior:


I am igbo but truth be told, behind our enterprising and progressive mindset, we hold the records for drug trafficking, baby factory, 419, just 2 mention a few.

....and you believed lock, stock and barrel. Prayers for you.

gurnam:
Stop spilling dirty saliva on my mention. I’m not interested in your epistle.

Out of 21 Nigerians in Indonesia prison, 20 are Ibo criminals from Anambra. That is the gist here

Your destiny is your hands. Take your kaya and get out of that house or you'll live to regret it. Don't call it temptation as you are already mistakenly doing so. There are finer houses and hope for something better. Mybrother, RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MeeztaSoft:
I moved into this nice apartment a year ago while the business I was doing was booming. Things were moving very fine and I am single because I have not had time for ladies for years now.

The landlord and his family have their own separate building inside the same compound and the landlord is someone who works with an offshore company so he is usually away for quite a while.

The kids are in secondary school so most times the landlords wife is usually alone and runs a mini supermarket in front of the compound. Being that my business has really gone very slow and money isnt flowing like before, I hardly go out and just try to do some online freelance jobs while am still hoping on starting another business. Because of this the landlords wife have been really pressuring me for sex and I keep finding excuses to avoid it. My rent is due very soon and she knows am sort of broke because I owe some credit in her shop and she has secretly started telling me that she will make sure I am removed from the house if I don't agree to her request.

This is very sad because I love the house and the husband is a very nice man. Their kids are also very fund of me like I am their elder brother. Even if I have to move out I don't even have the money right now and the problem is that it was the lady who gave me the house being that her husband wasn't around then and he comes from time to time.

I am so very confused that I had to come here to see if I could get any good advice from good people here.

My dear dat road has been like that since Obasanjo days. I felt bittered that President Jonathan did nothing.

uzobaby:
That Oyigbo road /PORTHARCOURT -Aba - Enugu road is indeed in a terrible condition ..when people don't vote Apc down south /East ..that road is a good reason why. ..

Take a tutorial on critical thinking.

gurnam:
The only state I respect in Igbo land is Imo, mostly educated and intelligent people

This is about Abike and her inconsistencies; it is not about some unconfirmed stats. Who believes her contrived figures from a hate filled head? Remember when some boys from section of the country she loves to deodorises their crime news messed up in Saudi Arabia, she called them Nigerians. Pathetic. Mr. 95%, reel out the names.

gurnam:
Still doesn’t rub away the fact that over 95% of Nigerians rotting away in Indonesia prison awaiting the hangman are from Anambra state

It is confirmed. Abike Dabiri-Erewa is a tribalist. Remember what she did when some boys were involved in an infraction in South Africa, she called them out by their names and tribe. Surprisingly, when the same tribe she loves to shame achieved noble feats in UK, she called them Nigerians. Now, she is at it again. Are we drawing up state statistics? Why mention the states? Ain't this shameful? Whether Igbo, Tiv, Efik, Yoruba, or Hausa crime is absolutely detribalised. It catches anyone.

Adekamkpe23:
https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2019/8/out-of-the-21-drug-peddlers-on-death-roll-in-indonesia-20-are-from-anambra-abike-dabiri-erewa.html

beneficiaries abi benefactors?

Maxymilliano:
The same Amnesty International is now labelled a terrorist group by its benefactors ?

Intact, Naija problem na follow come ...

..and nominated her for eviction. Lovu gbakwa oku.

DRPAIT123:
Tacha isn't as bad as most pple think after all.
Seyi saw that and has now fallen in love.
Am beginning to like her too.

Ant the turn out was massive. How come?

TechCapon:
even me o. It was not well publicized

This was so huge that it completely paralysed vehicular activities on that axis. It was painful driving through Eliozu, Airforce and Rumuola. Cars were stuck for hours.

Omudia11:
I remember when my friend posted pictures of the first bole festival. It was so scanty with very few people in attendance and. They just chilled, played some indoor games, ate bolé drank and left.

There was a little improvement with the last year's edition, but damn this third edition is humongous. In just three years, the bolé festival has seen such huge success. Who would have known?

In this life, if you truly want something, go for it. It doesn't how small you start. What matters is that you keep persisting, improving and with time, you'll make significant progress.