honey001:
Not only in Asokoro or Maitama, even in remote area of Abuja where I reside, same thing is being taught, now I can not pronounce words in peace again without my son not correcting me. And I'm loving it!

And funny thing is,go to California with your Nigeria accent,u will land a job in less than a week.People in the state value our accent.We don't appreciate what we have.

jhubril:


Please stop weeping

Please stop weeping . lwkmd

Attend to your bad grammar. e pain am!!!!


yahhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Precisely why you saw no sense in what that other geezer wrote.

Sir, you have for shît for brains.

jhubril:



HOW ON EARTH IS "SCHOOL" A VERB? This is another good reason to teach proper English. smh.

It is an adjective, you illiterate aboki! Google is your friend.

sanpipita:


I just talking about it being an extra skill for their future endeavors, I know kids who are taught Mandarin so they can into the best schools easily

People travel to China a lot for business, learning the language gives you an advantage, but you wont be expected to speak with a chinese accent.

shaybebaby:

Precisely why you saw no sense in what that other geezer wrote.
Sir, you have for shît for brains.

Let me quote you:
"Sir,you have for shit for brains".
FOR SHIT FOR BRAINS?? This is so poor!
What are you saying?

sacluxisback:


It is an adjective, you illiterate aboki! Google is your friend.

Do you care to read?

An 'Illiterate Aboki ' wrote this:

Dear Lunkhead,
It is still a very valid point of argument that you lack a proper understanding of when and how to use the word " School'. Kindly take note of the following points :
1. The word ' school ' is not a verb . It is grammatically wrong to say : I SCHOOLED in Harvard. From whom did you learn that 'school ' is a verb in this context? SMH
2. The word 'school' applies basically as the COLLECTIVE for FISH when it is understood that they swim together. That's why you could say : A SCHOOL OF FISH. Got this?
When & How To Verbalise the word "SCHOOL".
Gerunds come to mind. When you add 'ing' to a verb it does not merely become a noun except when properly used to do what nouns do.
ING.
1. SCHOOLING the new horses is time consuming ( How does this sound? Incorrect? Hell no ! It is absolutely correct.
The word 'school ' is used as a noun by adding 'ing'. So avoid this pitfall!
2. I SCHOOLED myself to be compassionate. ( I have deliberately used the word 'school ' as a verb to mean that I taught myself the virtue of compassion)
Education is in a state of infirmity in this country.

ladygudhead:
Sir nobody is talking about proper English on thread.The debate here is 'accent' so don't bring proper English to play.Not because some of us type informally here does not mean we cannot construct good and proper English in a formal shetting.

lol!!!

It's setting not shetting.

lwkmd

lucreziaborgia:
so speaking a strange accent will make it better? Do Nigerians know that we speak and write English better than most brits?

Nigerians are taught British English actually. It's not a 'strange' accent. It's also interesting to hear that we speak people's language better than them.

jhubril:


Let me quote you:

"Sir,you have for shit for brains".

FOR SHIT FOR BRAINS?? This is so poor!

What are you saying?

Exactly what it reads, Lord Shît for Brains.

soberdrunk:
Inferiority complex at its peak!!!

hypocrite !!

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shaybebaby:
Exactly what it reads, Lord Shît for Brains.

shaybebaby:
Exactly what it reads, Lord Shît for Brains.

lmao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm really enjoying this. What a bad day for you!!!
Please I need more fun.

It's well

jhubril:

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lmao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm really enjoying this. What a bad day for you!!!

Please I need more fun.

Sigh! Do carry on reinforcing your stupidity.

My job here is done, now go play with your balls.

shaybebaby:
Sigh! Do carry on reinforcing your stupidity.
My job here is done, now go play with your balls.

shaybebaby:
Sigh! Do carry on reinforcing your stupidity.
My job here is done, now go play with your balls.

A poor defence mechanism. Try another!
Guttersnipe!

jhubril:
For God's sake you can't use 'school' for 'educated'. The word 'school' is not a verb in this example .

You are an example of why I don't really blame those parents for their decision.

LoL! So you think conflating grammar with accent proves your point? What a joke.

We too like copy copy, d same way our traditional/cultural dress code life is vanishing that makes it difficult to differential married women from girls, men from boys, all in d name of civilization and updates.
Claiming!

WORLDPEACE:

It is not inferiority complex. If a person is learning Yoruba, should they be speaking it in Tiv accent?
If you speak English, you should speak in British accent-Queens English specifically.
Everything is not inferiority complex.

Question is English was taken to various corners of the world. From there people developed own unique versions. Americans, Australians, NZlers, South Africans, Caribbeans, etc. They now own their own versions of English.

It is we Africans whose versions are still considered inferior. Primarily because we ourselves consider it inferior.

Nelson Mandela once addressed this issue. He said their many "Englishes".

I have long advocated for pidgin to be made official language alongside English. So how 9ja music has exploded since our young singers became confident rapping in local languages & pidgin compared to the days of Alex "O" trying to be like Michael Jackson.

LordReed:


LoL! So you think conflating grammar with accent proves your point? What a joke.

LordReed:


LoL! So you think conflating grammar with accent proves your point? What a joke.

What are you saying?

jhubril:


lol!!!

It's setting not shetting.

lwkmd

Thanks for correcting that and it has made you more intelligent than i am, right? Good! So the award for MOST intelligent goes to...JHHUUUBRILLL! I can imagine your satisfaction now.

This is the height. Melanin is seeming to be a disease. Shame on those parents.

AreaFada2:


Question is English was taken to various corners of the world. From there people developed own unique versions. Americans, Australians, NZlers, South Africans, Caribbeans, etc. They now own their own versions of English.

It is we Africans whose versions are still considered inferior. Primarily because we ourselves consider it inferior.

Nelson Mandela once addressed this issue. He said their many "Englishes".

I have long advocated for pidgin to be made official language alongside English. So how 9ja music has exploded since our young singers became confident rapping in local languages & pidgin compared to the days of Alex "O" trying to be like Michael Jackson.

Nigerian English is not standardized. You can't teach people something that is not in the curriculum. Stop confusing our children.

A whole book is coming out soon on this topic and the whole fraud called education. This is one of the worst possible thing that could happen to a mind. Indeed, an earlier article on my signature predicted that in future we would become more British than British people, unless we re-invent what we call education. This is the saddest thing I've ever read on Nairaland.

delivryboy:


Your inferiority has two horns and a tail. People in Abuja generally live fake lives, parents brag about the cost of their children's school fees, some tell you they pay in foreign currency. Later the children will be speaking trash in British accent like "uncle, won't you come and chop" (in British accent.

Me and you are not talking about the same thing. When you learned oral English in secondary school, all the pronunciation you learned was based on British or American English, not Nigerian.

Whatever reason your parents had for making you learn it is the headache of you and your parents. If your parents paid your fees because they were inferior, that's your own problem. Mine paid because they wanted me to learn the language well.

“You hear some parents bragging that their children can speak in British accent, to them, education is complete''.

Yes, indeed, when you begin speaking in British accent your education (indoctrination) is complete!!.

ladygudhead:
Thanks for correcting that and it has made you more intelligent than i am, right? Good! So the award for MOST intelligent goes to...JHHUUUBRILLL! I can imagine your satisfaction now.

TBH. You disguised your intention to undermine my post but it worked against you.

I don't think I should be blamed for this

jhubril:





What are you saying?

The parents are not happy their children are speaking proper grammar, they are happy that the children are speaking with a British accent. A British accent has no bearing on being understood by other people of the world. There are illiterates with British accents with no idea of what proper grammar is so those are 2 different things entirely.

You are going off on me because of grammar when I was particular about accent and imagine you proved yourself by pointing out what you think is bad grammar, is that logical to you?

jhubril:


TBH. You disguised your intention to undermine my post but it worked against you.

I don't think I should be blamed for this

I dont have your time please

LordReed:


The parents are not happy their children are speaking proper grammar, they are happy that the children are speaking with a British accent. A British accent has no bearing on being understood by other people of the world. There are illiterates with British accents with no idea of what proper grammar is so those are 2 different things entirely.

You are going off on me because of grammar when I was particular about accent and imagine you proved yourself by pointing out what you think is bad grammar, is that logical to you?

How can you prove this? When did I mention that accent was grammar?

Please quote me!

ladygudhead:
I dont have your time please

Do I care?

ladygudhead:
I dont have your time please

Do I care?

jhubril:



How can you prove this? When did I mention that accent was grammar?

Please quote me!

Prove I wrote that accent is grammar or I implied thats what you wrote.

Divay22:

Any link

No dear, just selecting what I want from random searches