You don't want ppl to know that you're Oladapo, right? @Busy Body Adugbo, Mr. Ola didn't send u outta his class! So you are always welcome. Let's fight small before we become friends, what do you see to that, asshole?

^^^Haba, Stevet, why this one again?

This is a woman, abi you no no ni.

Haba!

I know naa, BB I'm waiting for you, don't worry after fighting, we'll kiss and hug, ain't that beautiful?

stevetboy9:

You don't want ppl to know that you're Oladapo, right? @Busy Body Adugbo, Mr. Ola didn't send u outta his class! So you are always welcome. Let's fight small before we become friends, what do you see to that, asshole?

ola olabiy:

^^^Haba, Stevet, why this one again?

This is a woman, abi you no no ni.

Haba!

All is fair in 'war' and love, they say. I hope Busy Body sees it that way, though. Her sense of humour is wickedly cool, I like it. Merry Xmas to Prof. Ola and all my 'course-mates'. May we always remember . . .

ola olabiy:

'WELL'.

When a compound adjective begins with 'well', it should be written with no hyphen when used after a VERB.

E.g. She is well informed.

But, when the adjective (compound) comes before a noun, hyphen MUST be used.

E.g. Busybody is a well-informed woman.

Its comparative and superlative forms are 'better' and 'best'.

E.g. My girlfie's the best-dressed woman on Nairaland.

British newpapers and magazines don't apply this Oxford RULE sha.
E.g. The Economist, TheSun and erm. . Evening Standard, I think.

slap1:

All is fair in 'war' and love, they say. I hope Busy Body sees it that way, though. Her sense of humour is wickedly cool, I like it. Merry Xmas to Prof. Ola and all my 'course-mates'. May we always remember . . .

Abeg Slap1, no vex. I don't know what to say again.

stevetboy9:

You don't want ppl to know that you're Oladapo, right? @Busy Body Adugbo, Mr. Ola didn't send u outta his class! So you are always welcome. Let's fight small before we become friends, what do you see to that, asshole?

Na wa for this Stevetboy oh, somebody said they don't want people to cotton on to the fact that their name is [size=14pt]Oladapo[/size], and instead of you to let this slide, you went to quote it in your post You this olodo upon 30 of a dense dodo, you should be with your ilks in Primary 2, and not be in Primary 5 with us jare

slap1:

All is fair in 'war' and love, they say. I hope Busy Body sees it that way, though. Her sense of humour is wickedly cool, I like it. Merry Xmas to Prof. Ola and all my 'course-mates'. May we always remember . . .

You are no longer my best friend so quit trying to sweet talk me joo Yoruba you did not let me copy your assignment yesterday nko Now all thanks to you, I got zero marks because of you

ola olabiy:

OK. No enrolment if u no grace my temple

Odunnu said: you like quarell pass fight.

Chai, I don't understand a word of French Prof Olabiy wrote up here I bet it is some romantic poem he specially composed for me Translation anyone [s]Oh why, oh why, oh why, did I lie to the Prof that I am fluent in French I hope he doesn't find out though [/s]

I'm not in Pri.5 with you BB! I'm your senior! I guess you're just 8yrs old shiorrr. Err, next time, I'll make sure you scope less than 0, maybe -5/20, you this thief thief. Slap, don't borrow (is this the right word?) BB any of ya note, KK? Bon lièz vous

Before you attack me, I meant score not scope, OhKay?

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slap1:

MERRY XMAS, EVERYONE! ** Where is Odunnu? Oops! In the kitchen! **

Odunnu's attending to Ola's needs nau. The gurl sabiiiiiiiiiii.

Merry Xmas!
Oh, Slappie the class Rep,thanx for the wishes. Hope you are having fun.
@Prof Ola,why are you sexually molesting me?I'l fall in love with report you o!

^Merry xmas lioness of UNN. BB, merry xmas o! I'll visit you tonight sha. My prof, I hail o! To the rest of the class members, slap and the rest, merry xristmas and happy new year in advance! ~~~~~~~~

stevetboy9:

^Merry xmas lioness of UNN. BB, merry xmas o! I'll visit you tonight sha. My prof, I hail o! To the rest of the class members, slap and the rest, merry xristmas and happy new year in advance! ~~~~~~~~

Odunnu:

Merry Xmas!
Oh, Slappie the class Rep,thanx for the wishes. Hope you are having fun.
@Prof Ola,why are you sexually molesting me?I'l fall in love with report you o!

Merry xmas.

Did you watch Arsenal-Chelsea match? Did you watch it on Sky Sports channel?

About 10 minutes into the match, the commentator (Martin Tyler?) said:

"Clichy plays the shot with his right foot; not his best foot".

Is this statement correct or incorrect?

Please help.

ola olabiy:

Did you watch Arsenal-Chelsea match? Did you watch it on Sky Sports channel?

About 10 minutes into the match, the commentator (Martin Tyler?) said:

"Clichy plays the shot with his right foot; not his best foot".

Is this statement correct or incorrect?

Please help.

good question. "best foot" is used so ubiquitously nowadays that I wouldn't consider it to be incorrect.
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/best-foot-forward/

infact it sounds awkward to say better foot. lol

^^^Oyinda, how are you?

Thanks. I'm sure Nlanders have 1 or 2 things to say about this. So, I'm waiting oo.

I am expecting more replies.

What about 'best man' and 'best lady'.

There are myths here and we have to disect so many things. Nlanders, come on. Comments please!


Thought-provoking!

^dissect oo.

These ones sound awkward as well:

Funnily enough.

Joking apart.

Most of these errors are due to the gradual infusion of Pidgin English into everyday spoken English.
I don't think our English teachers are responsible per se. Since Pidgin is heavily into ad-libbing, you find that people will incorporate the same ideas into regular English, creating phrases and words on the fly, or modifying existing words and phrases to convey meaning.

People should separate the two in their minds; pidgin English is different from English.

^^^

What about influences from mother tongue/first language.

We also have to recognize and promote our version of the language: Nigerian English.

South Africans have their own. Phrases/clauses like[b] 'live large' [/b] and 'large it' are South African.

ola olabiy:

^^^

What about influences from mother tongue/first language.

We also have to recognize and promote our version of the language: Nigerian English.

South Africans have their own. Phrases/clauses like[b] 'live large' [/b] and 'large it' are South African.

That is basically the root of these 'errors'. The way a child speaks is influenced by [what is spoken] his environment.

ola olabiy:

Did you watch Arsenal-Chelsea match? Did you watch it on Sky Sports channel?

About 10 minutes into the match, the commentator (Martin Tyler?) said:

"Clichy plays the shot with his right foot; not his best foot".

Is this statement correct or incorrect?

Please help.

"Best foot" clearly SOUNDS correct because it's been in use for a long time. "Better foot", however, IS correct. But it's better to use the former in informal/everyday writing and use the latter in 'hyper'-formal writing. Thanks for that link, I've subscribed 'shaperly'.

^^^^
Oyinda explained it as well.

We have to keep this in mind: there are exceptions to language rules.


Thanks.

When is lecture starting for the new session

^^^^Very soon, darling. Drop that prof thing and let's allow cosy feeling . Got it?

You've refused to say 'Ola'. Say it, darling

'Nike' it. . Just do it.

Lecture starts.

"Not to talk of" or "let alone" which is correct prof ola

Lecture starts.

"Not to talk of" or "let alone" which is correct prof ola

adagz 01:

Lecture starts.

"Not to talk of" or "let alone" which is correct ola

Odunnu rules.

^u can say that again,

oya answer the Q, abeg naw