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1  Forum / Religion / Re: Allahu Akbar! Pope Benedict XVI Resigns Papacy, Converts to Islam on: 6-03-2013 07:35 PM
even if T.B Joshua, Adeboye, Olukoya among others converted Islam I will not be moved. it is already written in the Bible that even d elected will b deceived.
secondly, it might just be mere visitation which some ignorants misinterpreted as conversion to create unity co-existence BTW the religions involved. Remember pastor sunny okposo, during his life time, sang an Islamic song when he was still pastoring. most Muslims, then, thought he had converted not knowing dat d purpose of d song was to create peaceful co-existence.   
2  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Re: Oh! Another Celebrity Has Died on: 28-02-2013 08:41 PM
Amen in Jesus name and u too
3  Forum / Education / Bad grammar about grammar in Nigerian English on: 18-02-2013 02:43 PM
There is a category of usage errors in
Nigerian English that I like to call bad
grammar about grammar. By this I mean our
tendency to misuse and encipher the
terminologies of grammarians with our
unique meanings. Find below a sample of
such errors.
“Grammar.” Many Nigerian English speakers
use the term “grammar” to mean pretentious
unfamiliar words, what George Orwell once
elegantly called “exaggerated Latinisms.” For
instance, if a speaker or writer were to use
words like “tintinnabulation,” “propinquity”
“concatenation,” etc., Nigerian English
speakers would describe such a speaker as
“blowing grammar.” But that’s a nonstandard
meaning of “grammar.” Grammar merely
means the branch of linguistics that is
concerned with syntax (arrangement of
words in sentences), morphology (rules for
forming words) and, sometimes, semantics
(study of meaning). In other words, grammar
basically means the science of correct usage
of a language. Many of the words and
sentences that Nigerians call “grammar” are
often, ironically, riddled with bad grammar.
The technical name for what Nigerians call
“grammar” is “inkhorn term.” They are also
called “sesquipedalia.” (Americans call
inkhorn terms “vocabulary words,” which
strikes me as tautological since “vocabulary”
and “word” are almost interchangeable).
Most inkhorn terms have Latin and Greek
origins and made their way into the English
language in large numbers from about the
mid-16th century. That came about because
English began to be used in place of Latin as
the language of scholarship and science. So
a whole host of Latin words were Anglicized.
I once read about how Samuel Johnson, one
of the first English literary critics to
incorporate inkhorn terms in his literary
criticism, provoked a confused mixture of
admiration and condemnation when he
abandoned Anglo-Saxon terminology in
preference for Latinate expressions in his
critique of a work of art. Instead of writing
that a literary work lacked enough wit to
make its effect last, he wrote that the work
had “insufficient vitality to preserve it from
putrefaction.”
Most “original” Anglo-Saxon words are
monosyllabic and consist of no more than
four letters. Examples: come, go, see, you,
that. Most contemporary polysyllabic English
words are foreign borrowings.
Inkhorn terms have always been
controversial since their infusion into the
lexis of the English language, as the Johnson
example above shows. George Orwell fiercely
railed against it. In his celebrated “Politics
and the English Language” essay, he wrote:
“Bad writers, and especially scientific,
political, and sociological writers, are nearly
always haunted by the notion that Latin or
Greek words are grander than Saxon ones,
and unnecessary words like expedite,
ameliorate, predict, extraneous, deracinated,
clandestine, subaqueous, and hundreds of
others constantly gain ground from their
Anglo-Saxon numbers.”
In sum, to call inkhorn terms “grammar” is
bad grammar.
“Grammarian.” This is the Nigerian English
word for someone who uses many inkhorn
terms. Of course, this is not the conventional,
dictionary meaning of grammarian. A
grammarian is someone who studies the
science of correct usage of language. Most
grammarians, in fact, avoid inkhorn terms.
Native English speakers have no word that I
know of for someone who uses many
inkhorn terms.
“Lexicographer.” When Nigerians don’t use
“grammarian” to refer to someone who uses
big words, they use “lexicographer” or
“lexicologist.” A Nigerian online publication
referred to bombastic, ostentatious wordy
former House of Representatives member
Patrick Obahiagbon as a “lexicographer.” But
the dictionary definition of “lexicographer” or
“lexicologist” is “A compiler or writer of a
dictionary; a student of the lexical
component of language.” As far as I am
aware, Obahiagbon has never written a
dictionary, nor is he a student of the lexical
component of the English language.
“Jargon.” I grew up in Nigeria thinking that
“jargon” meant grammatically incorrect,
nonsensical English. This understanding was
based on how the word was widely used in
my immediate surroundings. While
memorizing the dictionary in my teens, I
remember being concerned that the meaning
of “jargon” that I encountered in the
dictionary completely displaced what I
initially thought it meant. I thought my
dictionary was probably not advanced
enough to capture the whole range of
significations of the word.
The word only means the specialized
technical vocabulary of a group or a
discipline, usually not accessible to the
general populace, as in, the jargon of the
legal/medical/journalistic profession. Based
on this meaning, jargon can also be
extended to mean incomprehensible talk or
gibberish. But it is not unusual to hear many
educated Nigerians tell people, in a state of
anger, that they are speaking or talking
jargons even when the accused are speaking
plain, comprehensible English! I once
speculated that Nigerian use “jargon” the
way they do because the word almost sounds
like “jagajaga”— a Nigerian Pidgin English
word that encapsulates everything that we
deem objectionable.
“Colloquial English.” Many Nigerian English
speakers use this phrase to mean bad, old-
fashioned English. In truth, however,
colloquial English simply means
conversational English, that is, informal
spoken English as opposed to formal written
English. Everybody—from Britain to America
to Nigeria—speaks colloquial English when
they speak in casual, everyday settings.
Perhaps, Nigerians have such a negative view
of the word “colloquial” because it almost
sounds like “colonial,” a word that now has a
pejorative connotation in Nigeria and
elsewhere.
“Queen’s English.” Nigerians often say people
speak—and, rather oddly, write— the
Queen’s English when we are impressed with
their command of the English language.
However, the Queen’s English, also called
Received Pronunciation (or just RP), now
simply means English as SPOKEN (not
written) by educated people in southeastern
England. It is also the accent taught in British
public schools and, until recently, it was the
only pronunciation used in British
broadcasting. There is no way a Nigerian who
did not grow up in southern England—or
who didn’t attend a British public school—
can speak the Queen’s English. To use the
expression as a synonym for “Standard
English” is obsolete even in British English
4  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Re: Why Do Yoruba People Have Low Facebook Name Self Esteem - Kemi Olunloyo (Page 8) on: 10-02-2013 12:33 AM
number 2. changing my name in Facebook does nt mean I discard my culture. I love my culture than this woman. my name is Idowu samson Oluwasegun but on my Facebook profile it is eedoewoo samson hoeloowashegoon. anyone who is nt please wit dis should join my ancestors.
5  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Re: Why Do Yoruba People Have Low Facebook Name Self Esteem - Kemi Olunloyo (Page 8) on: 10-02-2013 12:27 AM
wetin I concern d woman concern d changing of my name, and wetin concern d changing of my name concern d woman?
6  Forum / The Buzz Central / Re: How Kim Kardashian Would Look When Heavily Pregnant(photos) on: 5-01-2013 05:08 PM
wetin I concern me concern Kim kardashan belle, wetin I concern Kim kardashan belle concern me!
7  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Re: Lagos Starts Electricity Generation From Waste on: 12-12-2012 09:45 PM
Quote from: xband on 11-12-2012 12:29 PM
Ok oh. Person go soon talk say na yoruba state. Make I caught that person first, then he/she go know "what up".

from ur comment, there is no doubt dat u re an igbo guy. listen good and listen carefully, lagos is yoruba own state whether u accept it or not. may I ask u some questions? from which tribe d king of lagos is? what of d current governor? what of d parliaments? is there any igbo among them? tribalism has clouded ur mental faculty so much so dat u don't know ur left frm ur right. a learning child ought to be corrected if he say wat u commented. ur comment has neither head nor tail. it has nothing to do wit d post. absolutely baseless. dis is wat tribalism is turning u guys(igbos) into. u better stop dis tribalistic behaviour before u start going round d bend.
8  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Re: Living Faith Church Set Ablaze In Ilorin on: 12-12-2012 09:17 PM
ARE BOKOHARAMS PRESENT IN KWARA TOO? REMEMBER IT IS PREDOMINANTLY A MUSLIM STATE.  DIS MADNESS SHOULD NT COME DOWN TO WEST O.
9  Forum / The Buzz Central / Re: Breaking News: 8 Years Old Amarachi Uyanne Wins Nigeria's Got Talent on: 12-12-2012 05:52 PM
Quote from: prince775 on 10-12-2012 08:51 PM
yorubas are traitors and betrayals!  beware and very careful of them bro.

NO BE UR FAULT NA. I BLAME DAT THINKLESS MAN NAMED CHINUA ACHEBE. HE IS THE ROOT OF IGBO HATREDNESS TOWARDS YORUBA NATION. MIND U(IGBOS)  WE DO NT phyukING CARE ABOUT IT.WAT BAFFLES ME IS DAT IN DIS AGE OF CIVILIZATION, A GROUP OF PPLE(IGBOS) ALLOWED THEIR MIND TO BE POISONED BY A MAN WHO IS VERY CLOSED TO HIS GRAVE, SIMPLY BCOS HE IS A LEARNED MAN(PROF). NO IGBO EVER GIVE A SECOND THOUGHT ON THIS. HE WILL DO DIS AND GERROUT OF DIS WORLD LEAVING TWO GREAT NATIONS AT LOGGER HEAD. I DO NT SUPPORT WAT AWOLOWO DID TO IGBO NATION. U GUYS DO NT HAV TO GENERALIZE AWOLOWO'S DEED TO YORUBA NATION. THE DUMB-FOUNDING THING IS THAT D HATREDNESS ARE BEING POSSESSED BY PPLE WHO WERE NT YET BORNE DURING D TYM. IF U PUT DIS HATREDNESS IN UR HEART THEN WHAT IS UR STAND AS A CHRISTIAN SINCE IGBO NATION IS PREDOMINANTLY CHRISTIAN? PLS LET US BURY D HATCHETS AND THINK, REASON TOGETHER TO MOVE DIS NATION FORWARD.
10  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Re: Woman Murdered By Muslim Ex-Boyfriend After Attempting To Convert Their Daughter (Page 6) on: 12-12-2012 04:24 PM
WHERE IS SOPHIEBABY? I NEED HER HERE.
11  Forum / Relationships & Romance / Re: Christian Lady marrying a muslim Guy,is it advisable please? on: 12-12-2012 04:22 PM
Quote from: sophiebaby on 11-12-2012 10:07 AM
and if u dont type my name u wont be able to comment right?

I HAD TO DO DAT MY LADY COS U MADE ME DO SO
12  Forum / Relationships & Romance / Re: Christian Lady marrying a muslim Guy,is it advisable please? on: 11-12-2012 08:39 AM
I have read every comments of every persons from beggining to the end. hmm some advices are based on heart(emotions), some based on bias(religion differences) and some based on head(experiences). the very wrong of all is d one by heart(emotions) which sophiebaby happened to be d head of dis category.
to my lady concerned, here is my advice:
marriage is not just a union but more than union. it is not a game dat u can play. it is a live-long relationship. it is an institution dat is established by God. Selecting a life partner is very crucial and paramount. now going to d main business which is marrying some who does not share the same religion with u. u need to ask urself some questions like, what is his religion beliefs? are they conflicting with my religion beliefs? what is d religion perception or practices about/of marriage? what will be d effect of religion differences on our future and unborn children? my dear concerned lady, ur life partner determine ur home, ur future children and most importantly ur final destination( Dr D.K Olukoya, g.o mfm). now I shall be biased dis time cos it a must do for me and wat I will be saying is nothing but d truth. some personalities like sophiebaby advised based on "EMOTIONAL FEELINGS". but do they knw dat L. O. V. E.  does not exist in Islam dictionary? I advise all of d Christians to try to get access to d their book. u will see how they feel for people who do not practice their religion. a guy or a girl talked of if d guy is a devoted Muslim and d girl a devoted Christian dat d marriage will be peaceful and longlasting. That is one of the GREATEST LIES ever told!. infact it is fallacy of incompatibility!
a devoted Muslim will never think of marrying a Christian girl at d first place. to me d bokoharams, al-qeadas among others are d devoted Muslims based on d doctrines of their book.my concerned lady, can u cope with polygamous family cos it may happen along d line of ur matrimony since it is part of their marriage practices? I could remember when I was having a chat wit a Muslim northerner girl, disguising myself as Muslim, on 2go, the girl told me dat she hated how Muslim men treat their wives most especially d polygamous nature of Muslim marriage. then I told her dat but dis was d teaching of prophet Mohammed(SAW), she replied" a lady like can not tolerate polygamous family or marriage, dats why I luv d Christians they stick to one wife and treat their wives as treasure", she continued, "if not for d fear of being killed or neglected or being d black sheep of d family Christian guy will be my life partner"  sophiebaby said she read a book bla bla bla my question is, who wrote d book? what religion does d person belong to? is d book scripturally backed up? put dis into considerations before recommending it or justifying it. my concerned lady, A WORD IS ENOUGH FOR D WISE.
13  Forum / The Buzz Central / Re: Breaking News: 8 Years Old Amarachi Uyanne Wins Nigeria's Got Talent on: 8-12-2012 09:45 PM
Quote from: dogodajiabuja on  8-12-2012 08:52 PM
shataaaaaaaap!
keep dreaming!
u better wake up from ur slumber! or before you wake up, Biafra don go!
ofe mmanu!


you can say dat again, but dis tym to d igbos who share d same ideas and mentality wit u.
14  Forum / The Buzz Central / Re: Breaking News: 8 Years Old Amarachi Uyanne Wins Nigeria's Got Talent on: 8-12-2012 09:41 PM
Quote from: dogodajiabuja on  8-12-2012 08:45 PM
see malaria @ work
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moomoodilysis dey run in your system
15  Forum / The Buzz Central / Re: Breaking News: 8 Years Old Amarachi Uyanne Wins Nigeria's Got Talent on: 8-12-2012 07:58 PM
Quote from: dogodajiabuja on  8-12-2012 07:41 PM
THATS THE IGBO BLOOD IN HER!!!!!!
NO BE ALL THESE YEYE HAUSA PEOPLE!!

igbo amaka!...............we need our own country Biafra!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


wat d hell make u guys think u can stand unshaken if u re separated from Nigeria? this relationship is long-standing and it has rolled and rolled 2geda to make 1.
16  Forum / The Buzz Central / Re: Breaking News: 8 Years Old Amarachi Uyanne Wins Nigeria's Got Talent on: 8-12-2012 07:52 PM
don't bring tribalism in2 dis bcos it has nothing 2 do wit it.  if u insist then touch not my yoruba tribe nor do my yoruba tribe no harm.
17  Forum / The Buzz Central / Re: HOT ROMANCE! Photo Of Goldie And Denrele During A Steamy Romance Section on: 25-11-2012 11:38 AM
Quote from: DJSNIPPER on 25-11-2012 04:57 AM
....WE ALL KNOWE  BENIN AS  ASHAWO HULKERS ...WHERE  THIER BASE
1.KOKOLIKO BUS STOP ALABA ORO RD AJEGUNLE ..BENIN GIRLS
2.AKPASA B STP ALABA RD  AJ ..BENIN ASHAWO..YOUNG GIRLS
3.OJO RD B STP..ASHAWO BENIN
4.SEVEN UP B STP ..ASHAWO BENIN UNDER AGE.
5.SAFEJO.....B STP  BENIN LADYS
6,COCONUT ..B STP BENIN OLD MAMA
7.AGDOJU...ALL TYPES OF BENIN YORUBA MAMAS
8.HELL FIRE RD YABA..YORUBA YOUNG GIRLS

9.RAIL WAY OYINGBO YORUBA ..BENIN.. 
WE ALL KNOW OUR SELF.YORUBA THERE ARE VERY LAZY THEY CAN NOT FEED THEM SELF,INSTEAD THEY WILL ALLOWE THIER WOMAN TO GO AFTER MONEY ...FROM 10YS OLD ,DON DEY GET BALLE..POVERTY..GREEDYNESS.. USELESS ANIMALS LAZY PPLE .STRECH MARK BODYS...SABOTUAS...GDEREDGE...ANU OFIA...NA WE GET NAIJA,......IGBO KWENU ! IGBO KWENU !! KWEZUE EN!!!ANYI GA  DI OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..LONG LIFE UMUNNE...

 

SEE THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK. IT SHALL NT B WELL WITH U UNLESS IF THE ABOVE IS NT PRACTICED BY UR TRYB.
18  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Re: OMG: Woman Gives Birth To Baby In A Latrine In Delta State [photo] on: 8-08-2012 08:51 PM
Biblical historical story has repeated itself in a different way. praise God
19  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Re: Thumb Down: ARROGANT Display of Wealth By Son Of a Bauchi State Politician. !! on: 2-08-2012 06:51 PM
Quote from: Amor1444 on  2-08-2012 05:23 PM
So everybody that works in CBN or in any Bank now has access to safe-rooms including security men? It's a shame that many can write, but only few can think. U no see ur life?

vantheo might be right, cos looking at the guy and the environment of dat place, it doesn't go at all. the guy looks shabby and the environment looks poor.
and come to think of it, a guy, who is in his right sense, would never do such a thing cos he would as well expose his father's secretive crime of looting public fund. if this is true and nobody,expecially those who re to hold people accountable for a thing like this, is not doing anything then NAIJA don.....
20  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Re: Thumb Down: ARROGANT Display of Wealth By Son Of a Bauchi State Politician. !! on: 2-08-2012 02:39 PM
Quote from: daveozoalor on  2-08-2012 12:18 PM
50 cents does it - its not arrogant.
Wayne does it - its not arrogant.
This dude does it - it becomes arrogant!

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO REFER U TO AS.
COMPLETELY DUMBFOUNDED AT UR COMMENT.
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