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How I Was Insulted By A Lady Who Misconceived My Good English Expression'. by facenglish: 7:55am On Apr 13, 2018 |
'How I was insulted by a lady who misconceived my good English expression',said Mr John. Let's read their conversation and learn from it. Mr John: Hello Tayo, How are you doing? Tayo: I'm fine,thanks. Mr John: My friend called me yesterday. He said you were no longer interested in the relationship.Why? Tayo: Yes! I don't love him anymore. But he should have explained to you what he did. Mr John: He told me he didn't do anything wrong. So that is why I have decided to GIVE YOU A RING tonight. Tayo: Me! GIVE ME A RING! The relationship that we haven't started. If I didn't see any man to marry. So I will now marry my ex-boy friend's friend,a gateman for that matter! Pls go ahead and give me a ring. Ashawo... Note: From the conversation between Mr John and Tayo, we can affirm that a particular phrase has been misconceived by Tayo which has resulted in an insult to mr Mr John. The phrase 'give somebody a ring'(British English) means to make a telephone call to someone: I’ll give you a ring later in the week You can also give somebody a call; I will give you a call later in the week. For more interesting grammar lessons read on www.Facebook.com/facenglish SPEAK & WRITE IMPECCABLE ENGLISH |
Re: How I Was Insulted By A Lady Who Misconceived My Good English Expression'. by forreelinc(m): 7:58am On Apr 13, 2018 |
Ugh that was a terrible write up you suck 7 Likes |
Re: How I Was Insulted By A Lady Who Misconceived My Good English Expression'. by Shedrack777: 8:21am On Apr 13, 2018 |
this is nigeria, not britain. even you, you'lll also think same thing with her. nanaija we dey |
Re: How I Was Insulted By A Lady Who Misconceived My Good English Expression'. by Nobody: 10:27am On Apr 13, 2018 |
She has a bad impression of you plus she is not intelligent. |
Re: How I Was Insulted By A Lady Who Misconceived My Good English Expression'. by Nobody: 11:33am On Apr 13, 2018 |
She is actually right pragmatically. That's an ambiguous statement. You are talking about relationship and marriage then you suddenly decide to use the word "ring" who wouldn't misconceive you in such a situation 2 Likes |
Re: How I Was Insulted By A Lady Who Misconceived My Good English Expression'. by MistadeRegal(m): 12:26pm On Apr 13, 2018 |
That was how I told a lady one day during a chat, I told her, "Well, you're bound to be a mother someday." The next message when she was going to reply, she was binding, rebuking, casting, nullifying, decreeing, prophesying and countering me and demons. I was like, "Sister, you got me wrong!" Since then, we're not like friends or foes. So don't be down OP. Most women don't normally think before saying. I'm used to that so if they get angry, I just let them chill before explaining. 1 Like |
Re: How I Was Insulted By A Lady Who Misconceived My Good English Expression'. by Nicklaus619(m): 4:42pm On Apr 13, 2018 |
forreelinc: People like u nah over sabi dey kee unah, why don't u point out the terrible part and correct the writer, rather than being a bitch about it? ![]() 1 Like |
Re: How I Was Insulted By A Lady Who Misconceived My Good English Expression'. by samuelchimmy(m): 4:48pm On Apr 13, 2018 |
man,you at fault,even me got confuse,in this situation,a british could easily get confused too,you get common sense so |
Re: How I Was Insulted By A Lady Who Misconceived My Good English Expression'. by forreelinc(m): 4:53pm On Apr 13, 2018 |
Nicklaus619:becos its all bad 1 Like |
Re: How I Was Insulted By A Lady Who Misconceived My Good English Expression'. by Nobody: 8:33pm On Apr 13, 2018 |
This thread has been grossly misconcieved. The essence of this thead is to draw our attention to how our choice of vocabulary can be misconstrued by our listeners or target audience. I bet this is not a true story but a fiction. 1 Like |
Re: How I Was Insulted By A Lady Who Misconceived My Good English Expression'. by Deckline(m): 9:40pm On Apr 13, 2018 |
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Re: How I Was Insulted By A Lady Who Misconceived My Good English Expression'. by falcon01: 10:09pm On Apr 13, 2018 |
it wasn't good enough but The OP tried at least he brought something educative something positive something better than " hot teenager shares nudes online" "cee c big brother caught sucking her boobs" "how i banged to ladies from same mother". |
Re: How I Was Insulted By A Lady Who Misconceived My Good English Expression'. by phemmyfour: 7:32am On Apr 14, 2018 |
The only ring familiar to naija girls is the one wore on the finger |
Re: How I Was Insulted By A Lady Who Misconceived My Good English Expression'. by Aceed: 9:54am On Apr 14, 2018 |
When you decide to use simplicity to compound simple issues... The situation wey dey ground no be the one wey you go dey blow grammar for or begin dey show mouth... Your are the major cause of the misunderstanding because I can not blame the lady for being ajepako upstairs... |
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