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YANKEES, ABROADIANS, WHY FRONT 4 OTHER NIJA'S EHN?

Started by ummita, March 09, 2004, 12:18:04 AM

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ajingi

#30
March 18, 2004, 06:43:03 PM
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Anonymous

#31
March 22, 2004, 04:56:03 PM
I just ran across this thread and I think it fit right here....


I think the speaking fone part is just that. An attempt to sound comprehensible. If you can't beat them, shebi you go join them shey?. The whole time you are trying to talk, they are staring at you like a deer caught in headlights. As if you're speaking Russian or something. Some of them keep saying "what?, excuse me? pardon"? All of that make person tire so you just try to speak like them so at least they can understand you. They are the majority here and you are in their country, you gotta learn to adapt somehow. If you are in Nigeria and some oyinbo person come, they have to try and adapt to your language too.

Believe it or not, I have also heard of cases where people were turned down for jobs because they were not "fluent" enough. It's just like speaking ebonics. This oyinbo people self.

In addition, if you've lived abroad for a few years, you can't help but pick up on the accent. When everyone around you speak in a certain way, you will most likely pick up on it, consciously or subconsciously. If you are Ibo but you grew up in Kano, you will eventually find yourself speaking hausa.

Anonymous

#32
March 22, 2004, 07:10:10 PM
hi everyone ive been viewin this topic but never reply i just decide to reply today.............. peeps that skool yanke, jand or wherever abroad are not all thesame and belive practice begins at home so what ever yu do outside yu see......... yu most have pratice it at home........ wallahi ive meet so many ohter nigerians skoolin abroad who are very religious and ive meet those that sai dai gyaran Allah but ai what ever is done yanke is done in nigerian also...........ok i know this might not be of this topic but naji so many mutane sayin those abroad are so bad they are so free they do what ever they like belive me what ever they do is done even in nigeria as well. example some parent dont like they kids skoolin abroad wai coz they think they cant watch them 247 and they will do whatever they want and end up allowin them go to ABU, BUK or gwags ok will they be with them in the uni nope........... so not only abroad every where people can be what they want to be . ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

IBB

#33
March 24, 2004, 03:38:45 PM
QuoteI just ran across this thread and I think it fit right here....


I think the speaking fone part is just that. An attempt to sound comprehensible. If you can't beat them, shebi you go join them shey?. The whole time you are trying to talk, they are staring at you like a deer caught in headlights. As if you're speaking Russian or something. Some of them keep saying "what?, excuse me? pardon"? All of that make person tire so you just try to speak like them so at least they can understand you. They are the majority here and you are in their country, you gotta learn to adapt somehow. If you are in Nigeria and some oyinbo person come, they have to try and adapt to your language too.

Believe it or not, I have also heard of cases where people were turned down for jobs because they were not "fluent" enough. It's just like speaking ebonics. This oyinbo people self.

In addition, if you've lived abroad for a few years, you can't help but pick up on the accent. When everyone around you speak in a certain way, you will most likely pick up on it, consciously or subconsciously. If you are Ibo but you grew up in Kano, you will eventually find yourself speaking hausa.


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Hafsy_Lady

#34
March 24, 2004, 05:13:54 PM
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A'a! sista
[img]http:// My freinds: Funmi, Omotola and Kehinde were studyin in US, dey came bck home afta 6yrs......dat thick lagos broken accent mix wit a lil flow of yoruba accent plus d americanised accent were all janded in one i cud tell na forgery slangs! Moreso, Omotola changed her name to Shakwana! I asked her "wat happened 2 d name her father gave her" she said nah shakwana is juss a black american name!!! u seeeeee!
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

Quote[color]why is it if a foreigner comes to 9ja their accent doesnt change wit immediate effect & it still wudnt change afta spendin 3-8yrs in nigerian[/color]

VERY TRUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, IT TAKES THEM MORE THAN 8YRS TO ADOPT & DEVELOP NIGERIAN SOUND OF ENGLISH, ANOTHER TWO YEARS TO LEARN BROKEN ENGRISH. I ALSO WONDER WHY IT TAKES OUR OWN PEOPLE JUST A FEW DAYS OR A FEW HOURS FOR THEIR TONGUE TO CHANGE TO SLANGS :-/ HENIWE WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT SLANG NA FRONTIN!!! OYA THOSE THAT DO IT QUIT IT, IT AINT YOUR STYLE!

EMMMMM OH GEL ALYEESHA,
FROM HADYZAH TO ALYEESHA ;), WONDERS SHALL NEVER END.
What you see is what you get[/b]

*~MuDa~*

#35
March 24, 2004, 07:49:06 PM
What is it about Yankees n Abroadians? U Zis kanoonliners r 2 interogatory....u guys r making it sound as ip going abroad is a sin! I fersonally habe a sfecial dislyk por feofle who pronts....but abroadians got 2 b understood...zey habe adafted 2 ze way op ze Eurofeans... it's normal about adapting a language zat is sfoken in an area whereby ur own language is not sfoken....damma basu ma manta naija languages din ba.

And talking about ?ze isue op whites not adapting 2 our languages intime is b'cos ze didnt study our language as zeir lingua-pranca but we studyied zeirs since we were "yan tamilo's"...so u c...it wil b easy por us 2 adapt.

I know zat zeir zose guys who go abroad just 1ce n not por a long tym, n come back began 2 pront lyk say zeir papa na frime minister por dem clinton dem. But ip u were in zeir shoes u ?will do tha same ...fut zat in ur Brains! AM out!
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Fulanizzle

#36
March 25, 2004, 01:14:54 PM
salam salam salam...

errr people...have u eva considered that SOME of the people r  really like that furreal?   what  do u  say or think about  say for example - someone who lived 17 years of his life abroad?and still living out....and in the interval say he lived in nija for like 4 years....so do u still think he is putting on a show?????

i know  u get some people off the hook....like i know this gurl from kano...neva been to even Chad. but she acts more WHITE than melissa joane hart! when i go to nija for holidays....i see these people and i crack up. theve neva been anywhere  but they try to put up some ish.....

i hate fake people......pisses me off...
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figorms

#37
March 28, 2004, 11:07:13 PM
me dai this wan pass my power i dont know wat to say. so i will hand it over to u all, NA WU NA SA BI. eleru ge ru we,na ur load wa bge. :D :D
at u see is wat u get........................RMS

BG

#38
April 22, 2004, 01:32:39 AM
Quote from: "figorms"me dai this wan pass my power i dont know wat to say. so i will hand it over to u all, NA WU NA SA BI. eleru ge ru we,na ur load wa bge. :D :D

Why are you speaking Yoruba again? I thought this was about yanks? lets get serious. many pple abroad are not like that. it's just a few bad eggs

ali_grema

#39
April 27, 2004, 07:39:58 PM
:evil:  8)

Surayya Galandanci

#40
May 07, 2004, 01:00:37 PM
Nima dai bari na tofa nawa albarkacin. Duk da dai wani turanci bana fahimta manufarta.  I will not say it is not happening and I will not say it is rampant. Like Galadanci, it is like an urban area. We have people trooping into that area. I was walking down to escort a freind who came to visit me, there was a gentleman in a nice car looking all elegant who parked around a curb. As usual everyone likes to show off their GSM. he was talking about going to the States abu kaza dai shiyayi kaza, immediately he spotted us just few paces behind him aka fara mana kwalisa yana wani cewa shi kuda sun isheshi. Ina dalili dai? :roll: Abun nasu sai su masu iyawa, mudai yan kallo ne

Hafsy_Lady

#41
May 10, 2004, 03:12:12 PM
Quote from: "Surayya Galandanci"As usual everyone likes to show off their GSM. he was talking about going to the States abu kaza dai shiyayi kaza, immediately he spotted us just few paces behind him aka fara mana kwalisa yana wani cewa shi kuda sun isheshi.

A'A U WAN TRYYYYYYYYY KANO PEOPLE AND GSM, They LOVEEEEEEEEEEE CELL FONES :lol: :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
What you see is what you get[/b]

straightalkin

#42
May 20, 2004, 04:25:44 PM
hi everyone. this is interesting. i agree that there are some people that put on fake accents but then there are also some people that have accents that are in-between local and foreign but are not necessarily fake. to us they might sound fake but i sincerely believe that if you live abroad for a few years the way u pronounce some words can change and you may not even be aware of it. Anyway, to tell you the truth the way some nigerians slaughter the english language they should not be allowed to open their mouths, for goodness sake when obasanjo speaks on CNN they have to put subtitles!!!!!!!!!! shame

Hafsy_Lady

#43
May 20, 2004, 04:41:36 PM
Quote from: "straightalkin" for goodness sake when obasanjo speaks on CNN they have to put subtitles!!!!!!!!!! shame

WAYYO ALLAH CIKINA. HA HA HA HA HA.............YOU DONT MEAN IT??? SUBTITLES?? WHAT!!!!?
IF OBANSANJO SPEAKS ENGLISH, YOU BE THINKING WHAT IN LORDS NAME IS HE ON ABOUT? NOT TO MENTION HOW LONG HIS SPEECHES ARE.

BUT HONESTLY, YORUBA HAVE  THICK ENGLISH ACCENT, HAUSA & IGBO THEIR ACCENT IS NOT AS THICK AS YORUBAS.........BECAUSE THEY PRONOUNCE EVERY SINGUL LE-T-T-ER. I MET THIS YORUBA DUDE WHO WENT TO YANKEE AND CAME BACK, VISITING MY BROTHER WE WATCHED DRAMA!!!. EVEN HIS PIGIN ENGLISH WAS IN SLANGS. HE GOES TO MY BROTHER "WERRIN DEY HAN" MEANING WETIN DEY HAPPUN.........

NACE SHOWWWWWWWWW :? [/b]
What you see is what you get[/b]

straightalkin

#44
May 20, 2004, 04:52:38 PM
LOL
aaato, kin gani. wani lokaci sai kaji kaman ka nitse in suka fara. anyway everyone has a right to use whichever accent they want
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