Desyner: Good news. I have nothing against performing private universities. It is when people bash them unjustly out of insecurity that I get defensive.
Çonvenant of all universities in Nigeria, what was the yardstick they used in the ranking ?
Pussyisfood: Today we shall be learning 35 words that are commonly pronounced incorrectly, and how to correctly pronounce these.
Let's begin
1. Pronunciation Although we pronounce the word, pronounce as /prə-nouns/, the correct way to pronounce the word pronunciation is /prə-nən-si-'ei-shən/.
2. Says This word is commonly mispronounced by people learning English as /saiz/, but the correct way to pronounce the word is /sez/.
3. Etcetera (etc) Although many people pronounce the word as /ek-'se-tra/, the correct pronunciation however is /et-'se-tə-rə/ or /et-'se-trə/ (this pronunciation is less common but it's ok).
4. Often Now many people pronounce this word with the t. That is not wrong, but a more preferable pronunciation is /ɒ-fən/.
5. Women Nigerians alike have perfected the art of mispronouncing words. Now although we pronounce woman as /wu-mən/, the correct pronunciation for the word women, is infact /wi-min/.
6. Police The correct pronunciation is /pə-'lees/. shikenan
7. Vehicle If you guessed /'vee-ə-kl/ then you are correct.
8. Genre The correct pronunciation for this word is /'zhɒn-rə/.
9. Video The important thing to note in this one is that the i and the e are pronounced as short i sounds. So it's /'vi-di-o/. Tan queue, Shola.
10. Comment Most speakers in Nigeria will pronounce this word as /kə-ment/ or /koment/, but the real pronunciation is /'kɒ-ment/. The secret is in realizing that the stress is in the first syllable. You can simply watch this 9 seconds video for the vocals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLYU2hfzOyQ
11. Suite This word is pronounced, /'sweet/ and not /'soot/
12. Restaurant This word is not pronounced, /'rest-orant/ as many Nigerian speakers will make us believe, as a matter of fact the correct pronunciation for this word is /'res-tə-rɒnt/. You might hear some British speakers pronouncing this word as /res-trɒnt/. This is also correct
13 Sewage I hear a lot of Nigerians pronounce this word as /'sea-wage/. This is incorrect as the correct way to pronounce the word is /'soo-ij/.
14. Breakfast /'brek-fəst/
15. Vegetable The e after the g is silent, and so the pronunciation is /'vej-tə-bl/
16. Cucumber Ladies and gentlemen, it's not /'koo-koom-ba/. It is /'kyoo-kəm-bər/. Also make sure you pronounce the r
17. Lettuce This vegetable is called /'letis/
Many word in the English language have silent letters or alphabets we don't pronounce. Take for instance
18. Receipt Here the p is silent, and so the pronunciation becomes /ri-'seet/.
19. Debt Here too the b is silent in this word, and so the pronunciation becomes /'det/.
20. Mortgage This word that means a loan that a bank gives you to buy a house is actually pronounced /'mor-gij/ and you have to pronounce the R too. It's not there for nothing.
21. Subtle How will you say this word? It is /'sə-tl/ because the b is silent.
22. Singer In this word, the g is silent and so our end pronunciation is /'siŋ-er/. Other words like younger and finger have the G present but not in singer... no, it's not.
23. Plumber The mistake that Nigerians make is pronouncing this word with the B in it and so replacing the R with an A. The correct pronunciation for this word is /'pləm-ər/.
In many words when you have the combination letters, m and b, the b is silent. Like comb or climb or even thumb and tomb
24. Bury Apparently one of the words that Nigerians pronounce correctly is bury. It is pronounced /'beri/ as like berry. Forget those Nollywood actors.
25. Wednesday This day of the week is pronounced without the first D. The pronunciation is /'wenz-deɪ/.
26. Sword This word is pronounced /'sord/ with the R inclusive. So don't go pronouncing the word as so:d then that will just be absurd.
27. Arctic /ark-tik/
28. Mischievous I hear a lot of people pronounce this word as /'mis-chi-vi-yourz/, and that is wrong. The correct way is /'mis-chi-vəs/.
29. Tuition The right way to pronounce this word is /tu-'wi-shən/. British call it /tyu-'wi-shən/. Both are correct.
30.Zoology If you pronounce the word as /zoo-lo-ji/ or /zoo-a-lo-ji/ then you're wrong. The correct pronunciation for this word is /zo-ɒ-lə-ji/.
31. Develop /di-vel-əp/
32. Photography /fə-'tɒ-grə-fi/
3. Jewelry Although it's spelt differently in American and British English, the pronunciation is the same. /'joo-əl-ri/
34. Quote Often mispronounced the same as coat, the correct pronunciation for this word is /'kwot/.
35. Schedule American pronunciation is /'ske-jool/ and the British pronunciation is /'shɛ-jool/ or /'shɛd-yool/.
36. Bonus lesson Am is a state of being verb. I'm is a contraction that means I am. So how we came to a point where people use 'am' in place of 'I'm' is mind boggling.
Romeo3: I am an uber driver. Ogunvic is an uber driver. Driving is in our blood. When people were complaining about Uber, we were busy making 140k weekly. The strategy we used in making the money, is what we are selling. We do not explain all our modalities, so anyone is free to interpret what we do any how they like, but the facts are there, and they are undeniable. If i drive on uber next week, i will make 150k minimum. We employ people who work like we do, and we in still this mindset in them. Our drivers are not our employees or our slaves and we do not treat them as such. They are our friends and We treat them as such. We treat drivers with the dignity and respect they deserve and they work with us diligently and from their hearts.
Note. I did not say they work for us. They work with us. We know what they go through and we are there to guide and see them through. None of our drivers currently make less than a 100k weekly. Everyone is happy. Drivers are happy, partners are happy, cars are happy.
If we both pick up cars and drive next week, we will both make a minimum of 150k each. Consistency. You cannot beat consistency. You cannot sell what you do not have. FLEETXPERT exists as a result of our hard work. What we are selling to drivers and partners is what we have seen and done.
Anyone is free to compete with our first-hand experience. Lagos has a population of 25million people that need to move. uber and taxify cars are less than 10,000 combined. Enough space.
Let's keep moving lagos.
Please what is the secret of making big money on uber bcus na only 30k I don make since I started
BluFlyBoy: Greetings my fellow Nigerians. I'm facing the prospect of coming back to Nigeria after 8 years in the USA. I finished my post-graduate degree and I'm coming back with a Bsc, MBA and 2 years of work experience in the telecoms industry. I want to know from my people back home, how is the general national feeling, how they enjoy their lifestyle/quality of life and the hard-truths of what I'll be facing coming back as I've been so far removed from the national consciousness because I've been in the USA for almost a decade. I feel passion about my country and people but I need to know what too expect. So my people are you happy with life back home?
There is no light
You will even pay for the electricity you did not use
Police and SARS will harras u, dey will even collect ur fone
If u don't av a car yet, u will av to be entering old buses
No respect for human right o
The Fulani's headsmen are still killing people o
Boko haram has not technically ended
High rate of unemployment is on the increase every 2months
Nedfed: We both live in the same estate, her husband worked with a private company in Abeokuta while we live in Ikeja For the past 3 days now she as being bringing me food cos she no am a bachelor and she do come to my apartment at times to play cheese and ludo. The way she dress must time shows what she want and it also seems am having an affection towards her also. Shud I go ahead? Kindly advice
You are fully aware that she is married but her husband has not been around due to certain reason, she need sex from but I will advice you not to do it bcus if u do someone else will sleep with your wife too
I grad from Lautech in 2004 and I no say yahoo yahoo don dey happen since den, come see small small boy wey dey use big big exotic cars There lecturered self no fit use such cars even the vc
One of the act of nysc establishment is not to engage corp members in excessive and rigous training Soldiers are also warned very serious not to maltreat corp members prior to the start of the 3 wks orientation
ped007: It's gradually becoming a chaos in Karaye NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp... The face off is between Corp Members and Soldiers, as a result of excessive punishment and little or no social activities in the camp... Details as events unfold.
One of the act of nysc establishment is not to engage corp members in excessive and rigous training Soldiers are also warned very serious not to maltreat corp members prior to the start of the 3 wks orientation
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