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 Celebrities › Re: Naira Marley - We Should Try Having Sex Before Rushing Into Relationships by tpiar: 1:36am On Jan 03, 2020 |
(Nigerian) born again Christians should follow the sexual advice in the bible. Which is, if you can't marry, then hold off sex until you can. Non Christians are free to enjoy themselves as they like, and have anyone they choose as their role models. |
| Culture › Re: 12 True Facts You Have Never Heard About The Yoruba Nation by tpiar: 1:30am On Jan 03, 2020 |
If you noticed ategun also doesnt have consonants together, then note the n at the end which is not followed by a verb. It's just some rules of Yoruba semantics, not necessarily always consistent. |
| Culture › Re: 12 True Facts You Have Never Heard About The Yoruba Nation by tpiar: 1:18am On Jan 03, 2020 |
Your posts are too lengthy for me to want to analyze in detail, so I just pick points here and there to respond to. Similarly, if your assiciation of the Yoruba word "Ofurufu" to the Yoruba word "Afefe" is anything to go by, then it will be making my point rather than yours because it will be showing that this word is cognate with another Yoruba word, and hence always part of the Yoruba language.Afefe is recent because an older Yoruba word for wind is ategun. One easy way to guess which words are recent and which are not likely to be loaned are break it down into it's constituent parts and see if it still has a meaning. Afefe (fluff) is difficult to explain in Yoruba because it's a whole word and has vowels inserted between the consonants, meaning it could be a loan word from another language. Ategun on the other hand, is descriptive (remember this is important because most subsaharan Africans do not have a written language therefore they store their history via oratory, among other things. You can analyze ategun (wind) by breaking it into smaller units and it still makes sense. Ate could be to step or we step (on), referring to the far reaches of the wind which goes everywhere. Long refers to the same. Te can mean spread as in a long or wide spread. The clusters of ofurufu, afefe, efulefu and fluff which all have similar descriptive contexts (wind, emptiness, etc), indicates the Yoruba words are recent additions. Recent could mean anything up to 200 years, minus or plus. |
| Culture › Re: This Strange Post On Colonial Nigeria by tpiar(op): 1:11am On Jan 03, 2020 |
When they WERE ASKED TO LEAVE in 1960, all those places you see infrastructure today were BUSH. No road led to your village. It was a bush path that led there. Go and ask your elders if you don't know.Note the bolded. |
| Culture › Re: This Strange Post On Colonial Nigeria by tpiar(op): 1:07am On Jan 03, 2020 |
Was it not Nigerian leaders who built EVERYTHING we see around us today? All the infrastructure, airports, flyovers, roads, expressways, bridges, 200 universities, power plants. WE BUILT THEM, not the white colonialists.With what expertise were they built? My point is, it's western technology which many Nigerians are uncomfortable with anyway. Nigerians don't plan on a general level but a tribal or ethnic one, meaning anything involving a unitary backing, is most likely foreign. |
| Culture › Re: This Strange Post On Colonial Nigeria by tpiar(op): 1:05am On Jan 03, 2020 |
The colonialists that your dumb heads are praising, what did they do with the TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS (in today's money) they looted from Nigeria?I think you mean pounds, not dollars. And it probably wasn't in the trillions, there wasn't even any oil then except for palm oil. The oil boom didnt come until the seventies. As per what they did, much of Lagos was developed by them, other parts by the Brazilian returnees. eg they (colonialists) sandfilled many parts of Lagos, thus increasing the landmass and creating more places for people to move to. They also built many towns and cities for freed and returning slaves. They established agricultural development (also assisted by black Nigerians), forming a base for wealth creation. They engaged native peoples in cultural dialogue in order to save rejects and outcasts who then became productive members of society. Some of these dialogues involved hard cash or wealth generating opportunities in exchange for people's freedom. Remember many Nigerian peoples saw no reason to end the slave trade or unconventional practices of population control. They brought an uneasy and difficult peace to the country of Nigeria. This was not done easily or for free. And they took the peace with them after leaving. |
| Culture › This Strange Post On Colonial Nigeria by tpiar(op): 12:57am On Jan 03, 2020 |
The colonialists that your dumb heads are praising, what did they do with the TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS (in today's money) they looted from Nigeria? Or your dull head doesn't know they ruled for 100 years and built near zero of anything? |
| Nairaland General › Give Examples Of Male Versus Female Advice by tpiar(op): 5:56pm On Jan 02, 2020 |
ie what advice would a male likely give, and what type of advice would often come from a female . Minimize sex talk please. |
| Culture › Nigerian Art by tpiar(op): 4:38am On Jan 02, 2020 |
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| Romance › What Do Nigerians Understand By Personal Space? by tpiar(op): 1:15am On Jan 02, 2020 |
 Especially Nigerians abroad. |
| Christianity Etc › Did God Want Adam And Eve To Eat The Forbidden Fruit? The Answer Is Yes by tpiar(op): 4:07pm On Jan 01, 2020 |
Your question should be why was it important they leave the garden permanently? |
| Politics › Re: Stop Asking Nlers To Beat People Up by tpiar(op): 9:28am On Jan 01, 2020 |
Be civilized without being told. |
| Politics › Stop Asking Nlers To Beat People Up by tpiar(op): 9:27am On Jan 01, 2020 |
Its annoying when you do that. Where are the ones preaching about turning a new leaf in 2020? Nowhere? |
| Romance › Re: Have You Ever Been Misrepresented And Misunderstood? Its Infuriating by tpiar(op): 3:00am On Dec 16, 2019 |
and then, you just have to leave them to their self aggrandizement because it's simply not fruitful calling them out for their behaviour, it's entrenched in them and very exhausting for you. |
| Romance › Have You Ever Been Misrepresented And Misunderstood? Its Infuriating by tpiar(op): 2:57am On Dec 16, 2019 |
especially when the other people are the ones with the problem but they blame it all on you while ignoring theirs. Meaning they never apologize because they call you crazy. And they believe you deserve everything you're going through. |
| Romance › Re: When A Girl Mentions Money In A Guy's Presence, Does It Mean She Wants His Cash? by tpiar(op): 2:46am On Dec 16, 2019 |
You could always try to apologize if you read a woman wrongly. As long as that's all it was. |
| Culture › Re: If You Read About Islands, And Exploration As A Kid Like Me, Drop Something New by tpiar(op): 2:40am On Dec 16, 2019 |
The Nigerian books about travel to every part of Nigeria, |
| Culture › Re: If You Read About Islands, And Exploration As A Kid Like Me, Drop Something New by tpiar(op): 2:38am On Dec 16, 2019 |
Around the world in 80 days, |
| Culture › Re: If You Read About Islands, And Exploration As A Kid Like Me, Drop Something New by tpiar(op): 2:35am On Dec 16, 2019 |
Blefuscu, Glubbdubdrib, etc. |
| Culture › Re: If You Read About Islands, And Exploration As A Kid Like Me, Drop Something New by tpiar(op): 2:15am On Dec 16, 2019*. Modified: 2:53am On Dec 16, 2019 |
I haven't been to a lot of islands but I like the concept of being different from the continents. It seems strange to those of us from inland Africa but not so strange to the people on the coasts who have islands close to them. |
| Romance › Re: When A Girl Mentions Money In A Guy's Presence, Does It Mean She Wants His Cash? by tpiar(op): 2:12am On Dec 16, 2019 |
@ topic Clarify further if a girl mentions money, so you can actually know if she is asking you for money or not. |
| Romance › Re: When A Girl Mentions Money In A Guy's Presence, Does It Mean She Wants His Cash? by tpiar(op): 2:09am On Dec 16, 2019 |
Also, just for the record (and offtopic), if you sound like someone else here and I ask if you are the other moniker, a simple yes or no is ok. I am not asking in order to besmirch you, I'm asking because I want to know if you are that person. Please take note, @ the supporters et al. If I am called another moniker, I make the effort to let people know if it is or isn't me. Shouldn't be a big deal unless I'm missing something. Sometimes it's very hard to interact with Nigerians or perhaps nairalanders, they take offence at just about everything if you arent in their clique. Permanent "fight" mode. |
| Culture › If You Read About Islands, And Exploration As A Kid Like Me, Drop Something New by tpiar(op): 2:04am On Dec 16, 2019 |
I like the idea. |
| Romance › Re: When A Girl Mentions Money In A Guy's Presence, Does It Mean She Wants His Cash? by tpiar(op): 1:53am On Dec 16, 2019 |
I don't believe asking for further clarification on a post means the asker is a troll. It simply means they dont understand and would like it explained. |
| Romance › Re: When A Girl Mentions Money In A Guy's Presence, Does It Mean She Wants His Cash? by tpiar(op): 1:50am On Dec 16, 2019 |
Robert1da:Explain in clearer language please, just so we know what you're saying. |
| Romance › Re: When A Girl Mentions Money In A Guy's Presence, Does It Mean She Wants His Cash? by tpiar(op): 1:38am On Dec 16, 2019 |
When a guy also is not that financially buoyant, he would have money worries of his own. This could lead to an unwitting or inadverdent reaction when a female mentions something pertaining to money. |
| Romance › Re: When A Girl Mentions Money In A Guy's Presence, Does It Mean She Wants His Cash? by tpiar(op): 1:31am On Dec 16, 2019 |
Most of the males here do give the impression they are not used to seeing females who work and have their own money. They say all the women they meet ask them for cash. |
| Romance › Re: When A Girl Mentions Money In A Guy's Presence, Does It Mean She Wants His Cash? by tpiar(op): 1:27am On Dec 16, 2019 |
It's possible people don't realise women work just as hard as men and also have expenses of their own which they attend to. So, discussing money or finances is not only a man's domain. My opinion. |
| Romance › When A Girl Mentions Money In A Guy's Presence, Does It Mean She Wants His Cash? by tpiar(op): 1:26am On Dec 16, 2019 |
I think sometimes context matters, but it's always advisable to clarify further before assuming. I know the general consensus here is Nigerian females are after a man's money and prefer he carries all expenses. |
| Celebrities › As A Nler, What Is That Obsession And Fixation Controlling You? by tpiar(op): 12:51am On Dec 16, 2019 |
Talk. |
| Education › What Is That Obsessive Thought That has Taken Over Your Existence? by tpiar(op): 9:11pm On Dec 15, 2019 |
What advice do you need on how to cope? |
| Family › Take A Moment To Think About God's Blessings For You by tpiar(op): 10:33pm On Dec 13, 2019 |
Just think and appreciate, dont type. - Are you single? Thank God for your health - Are you sick? Thank God for healing even if it's yet to manifest - Are you facing challenges getting married? Thank God for your job, your friends, etc - Do you have personal challenges? Thank God for being there for you even if you dont know it -Are you unemployed? Thank God for opening a place for you and keeping you all the while -Have you had problems that placed you in a difficult position? Thank God for providing succour no matter how insufficient it might seem 1 Like |
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