Descartes:

You might be right

BreezyRita:
[quvote author=kristina1 post=28402767]Parental consent is very important in a marriage..
parents can never mislead you,they must have a reason before rejectin ur partner.

At times the reasons could be quite selfish......
Say, tribal for instance.

tpia6:
Misconceptions contd:


5. Everybody who is not a beauty queen or beauty pageant contestant, is local.

Absolutely not true.

You dont have to go through special training in order to shed local behaviour. Its entirely up to you, although admittedly the beauty pageants will give you an edge if you need one.

I'm referring to official offline beauty pageants plz.

So do not be intimidated or discouraged by the photos, glamour and blitz you see in pageant contestants or specialized photos. You can be just as classy and glamorous as they are if you want to (ok, maybe not quite as glamorous as them but at least what you can be in your own little way).



6. Local is "in" these days.

Is it?



7. If you have tried to be "unlocal" and it just seems impossible or you just cant cope, then why bother.

Local is mostly about mindset, not necessarily behaviour or appearance (or behavioural appearance) only. You can try to do as much as you personally are comfortable with, and check to see how it looks in general interaction. That's the yardstick you can measure your attempts by.

If you find you constantly need support from "like minds" (ie other local folk who encourage the local behaviour) in order to make you feel better, then chances are you are still at square one. If however, you get encouraging feedback (check body language) from people who ordinarily would consider you local, then you will find out what is being improved on and what still needs work.

tpia6:
and yes, this debate has been going on from time immemorial.

for example, pygmalion, trading places, miss congeniality, are all stories which examine this issue.

tpia6:
few misconceptions about "local":

1. It is limited to region.

This is not quite true. While being local may indeed seem more pronounced in some areas, people with local mindset can be found anywhere, even in the most "sophisticated" setting. This is what gave rise to the expression "money cant buy class" and its variants.

There are local people who have class, and "sophisticated" people who totally lack it.



2. Local is permanent.

No its not. If you make conscious efforts to improve/modify your worldview and behaviour, you will probably not be considered local so much.
Lack of adaptation skills, or low adaptation skills, also contribute to local behaviour, so if you broaden your mind, it goes a long way in changing the perception you are local.


3. If you are from a local background, you will be local.

well, this is to a large extent, true. However, as pointed out before, when you make a conscious effort to adjust your behaviour and inculcate non local mindset, you can largely overcome whatever limitations were imposed by your background.

4. Local people are always talking (yapping).

maybe.

However, not being talkative doesnt always mean someone is not local.

Ibadannimowa:
tpia, how do u explain that being local is opposite of being a lady like your title suggests

babyosisi:


Hahahahahahahaha
E speaki kwe le!!( according to nkoli nwa Nsukka)
E don set!!

ToyozzieTohBad:
whats dis? local or international...some of you are just suffering from what i call.."Depression and lack of self esteem"
i be confirm local....ko de kan aye...mtscheeewww...just like the black and white discussion anyway

wakacome:
What is the purpose of this thread?you can be local or international,so who are those that are international? ...who you term "local"may be different from what someone else will term "local"do you know that to some people some very popular artistes in nigeria are very local so it depends on the way you define "local"

kilokeys:
at the end of pocahontas I.. we saw the "and they lived happily ever after"

why did pocahontas II have a different story?

One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said "Cretans are always liars, lazy beasts, gluttons". This testimony is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith.

Of whom is . . . . . . . . . . . who I have delivered unto satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

Ishilove:
Nollywood filmmaker and self-proclaimed culture critic Charles Novia says there should be no fuss about international stars who have big butts, because African women, especially Yoruba women are naturally endowed while theirs are usually artificial. He explains that Nicki Minaj, Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Lopez should be should be jealous of Mercy Johnson, Yvonne Okoro and a lot of African women – especially Yoruba women.

Read his hilarious piece:



On his thoughts about today's fashion and the butt pad:


Source:http://www.kemifilani.com/2014/11/why-yoruba-ladies-have-biggest-butts-in.html?m=1

Descartes:
Political stunt I guess

Just watch out for his political aspirations in the offing


Meanwhile, I need to see the picture and video footage of the village before the "rebuilding" or ....you know the rest

Anyways kudos to the Billionaire