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Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by CAMNEWTON4PRES: 5:05pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
tpia6: it is annoying , esp when you know the person never been or lived abroad, I mean your audience is a local one why faking an accent then? who are the oyibo supposed to hear you? it is annoying I can't watch a tv show with people speaking like martians @op I don't know for Nigeria but here the women take the cup, sometimes it is like a contest ![]() ![]() I will never change my accent 1 Like |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by Junipero: 5:08pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
claremont: I owe you a plate of fried plantain 1 Like |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by Nobody: 5:08pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
Its even more annoying when u call ur friends back home in nija and they will be like " guy how come u no dey blow fonee" Its simply inferiority complex. If Asians and Europeans here in state's still speak English without changing their accents then why should I? My people and their fake life don tire me. |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by timmy(m): 5:08pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
@op. Since when has it been a crime to choose how you speak? You make it sound like it's a crime, punishable next to sodomy. What does having a Nigerian accent do to you? So long I can hear you i'm just as fine. Why don't you wear Ankara every day because you choose to dress Nigerian? 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by seangy4konji: 5:09pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
There is dis gal on beat fm 99.9. U can't miss her. A disgusting. I tweeted her on a program telling her how disgusting she sounds and they started talking about my tweet that it was rude and had my twitter handle blocked . U can't miss that gal on 99.9 fm beat. Very irritating gal. 3 Likes |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by CAMNEWTON4PRES: 5:10pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
timmy:no relation whatsoever |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by MsNas(f): 5:12pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
Ishilove:No I didn't. He talked about those that lived abroad for a few and dumped their Nigerian accents and also those that didn't stay long enough to have acquired the accent. He also mentioned those who haven't been outside of Africa ![]() |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by CAMNEWTON4PRES: 5:14pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
claremont:bad/wrong pronunciation has nothing to do with an accent, even the white you are so eager to emulate have an accent, why is that they don't change their to make you comfortable? I m pretty sure it never crossed their mind nor yours, so why should you change yours? they are just trying to bully you except if you really have a bad diction other than that everyone has an accent 1 Like |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by Nobody: 5:16pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
@OP Why don't you stop writing and doing conversation in English all together? If you are so much concerned about accent change or fake. What is wrong in faking accent? Nigerians are so anti-change that they view it with disgust. Even the old accent evolves before this point in time. I don't think the accent you are talking about is different and it depends on your ethnic background. 2 Likes |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by Prymestrr(m): 5:19pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
EroticAngelina:wat a truckload of crap...so 1 can now develop an accent via black-on-white typed curriculum eh ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by Nobody: 5:20pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
I work in UK customer service industry and I try to speak very clearly, I know I have a different accent from the British and Nigerians but I still have my Nigerian accent whenever I am with Nigerians. My accent has really differentiated my from my fellow Nigerians in the industry who face racism because of their accent. I really depends on where you work and the part of the world you are living but that does not stop you from keeping your Nigerian accent 1 Like |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by Nobody: 5:23pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
![]() so ärgerlich. Leider sind wir nicht viel dagegen tun. 1 Like |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by iebelieve(m): 5:28pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
what do u expect when you now offer diction and elocution as part of the primary and secondary school curriculum. i have three friends who are diction consultants to schools today.... though they speak pretty well, but i find it pretty hilarious a times. well, British accent speaking is now big business...many communicators are striving to develop themselvs in that area. its a new thread, life style and a vogue. |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by Nobody: 5:30pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
seangy4konji: Maria okan I guess Well she won the award for the best oap at the just concluded Nea just because she has a British accent |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by Nobody: 5:30pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
Eyaaaa ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by Calculux95: 5:32pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
Hmmm its not too easy to school abroad with a nigerian accent, especially high school, with the new trend of nigerian actors in hollywood and nigerian music getting world wide acknowledgment, you end up being picked on and having your accent mimicked in an effort to embarrass you, so gradually... You unconsciously start to emulate the accents of those around you in an attempt to fit in, I remember once when I was in high school I was asked to read an excerpt from a biology textbook something about animal lifestyle, I pronounced leopard... Instead of the american sounding "lepard", I said it the nigerian way with emphasis on the "eo", I was ridiculed and embarrassed so badly, up to date some of my friends still refer to it, we adapt to survive its natural, if emulating a british accent helps make life easier why not ![]() 5 Likes |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by CAMNEWTON4PRES: 5:32pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
datalossvictim1:so you see nothing wrong with an Anambra radio host speaking like a white redneck? ![]() |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by tpia6: 5:35pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
elevated2012: so not having an accent means you don't face racism. kudos. in any case, learn to understand the world does not revolve around you. what works for you doesn't have to work for others. I I I I I I I I I I I, do you not get tired of worshiping yourself? ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by tpia6: 5:36pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
CAMNEWTON4PRES: you should use examples from your own country. |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by CAMNEWTON4PRES: 5:37pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
tpia6:why ? im talking to a Nigerian ? ![]() |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by abduldope(m): 5:37pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
bestads:hahahahaha lwkmdddddddd..... Ah the only thing that made me laugh.out.loud ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by jovalkom(m): 5:41pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
My man i thut i was d only one who notices this. It got so bad one day that i was swearing at d presenta on radio. D funny ting is dat many of dem av neva board a plane talkles of traveln abroad. One was readn d news d oda day and pronuncd a yoruba name wrongly despite bn a yoruba herself. I felt lyk slaping her. Dis is xtremely bad broadcastn ethic which NBC shld ban 2 Likes |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by a4hafoe(m): 5:45pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
if you speak english the correct way, ur pronunciation will b nothing less lyk dat of an oyinbo!...the fact is that we Nigerians don't pronounce well certain wordz because our L1 or mother tongue's influence on how we pronounce is quite inevitable. if we get all the phonetics well,u will find out u ain't faking, u just pronouncing the way it should b. if u say some foreigners lived here and the don't have nija accent den dy ain't speaking the nija language the way they ought to speak it...the intonation matters alot. Though some pple dey fake am fr akorlization sha oo...na shakara oloje.. 3 Likes |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by phanter: 5:46pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
Interesting |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by Nobody: 5:47pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
CAMNEWTON4PRES: ![]() If the Anambra radio host has never lived abroad, doesn't have Americans in his/ her social circle, and speaks in an American accent to Anambra residents, it would be totally ridiculous. 1 Like |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by 5thNOTE: 5:47pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
EroticAngelina:u won that one, that is beautiful. |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by tpia6: 5:50pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
CAMNEWTON4PRES: use discretion regardless who you're talking to. its hard enough dealing with intertribal wars all the time, |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by Nobody: 5:51pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
What a piece of trash and racist article. I think your state is low and so, you sounded discombobulated probably because you've been mocked at due to your deep accent. Life is a great adventure. If you've had your first degree abroad and lived for so many years, your accent automatically changes. Another thing is environment and of course, your classmates. So, leave us alone with your idiotic piece to make money for advertisements. Get the most out of life now. 3 Likes |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by Nobody: 5:53pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
5thNOTE:u think? thank u x |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by CAMNEWTON4PRES: 5:54pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
tpia6:the girl I was talking to is Igbo, hence one of the most popular Nigerian-Igbo state, plus I doubt she knows where i'm from so if I said you see nothing wrong with someone(radio or tv host) speaking like a white redneck in the mefou Afamba, im pretty sure here next question would be what is mefou Afamba ![]() ![]() so chillax, I doubt using Anambra as an example can lead in any tribal war 1 Like |
Re: Nigerians And Fake Foreign Accents by CAMNEWTON4PRES: 5:55pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
CFCfan:exactly that's the point since im not allowed to use Nigerian location imagine a grand pa in my village listening to his radio, how is he going to understand? like I said their audiences are local, so they should work for us 2 Likes |
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