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Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by olaolabiy: 10:53pm On Feb 17, 2011
slap1:

Time well spent.

Yeah! Arsenal, my blue ribbon club.
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by Busybody2(f): 12:54am On Feb 18, 2011
mairodi:

hello people! The way you find my saying "pregnant from" as wrong is the same way I find the saying "pregnant for" equally strange. I think u can agree with me that saying something a certain way all your life does not make it correct. Its just that its the way you know it, and if you hear it said differently, it sounds wrong. I am refering to all of us. I am not saying either of us is right. I was surprised to see people saying I am wrong. Anyway, can anyone else give us their input ( Not Naija's or Zimbos because it will be a long debate). Thanks


You are wrong, the use of the two words together turns it into what is called a "phrasal verb" and this turns the preposition "for" into a particle. And no, it ain't Nigerian lingo either wink


ZIM DRILL:

it seem like some nigerian substute GIST for TALK

i.e LET US GIST which i think he meant to say lets us TALK the main points

as far as i know GIST is the main point or focus point in a message

check this

Hey guyz today is valentine eve, as we all know, 2morrow would be a working day, and majority of us would make maximum use of today(sunday) to share love, time and gifts with our loved one's, This thread is specially opened for us to jist about our experiences either good, bad or worse,

Were u slapped, Kissed, beaten, Deceived, Robbed, Made love, Snatched your friend Gf, Cheated, Whatever the case maybe. Just Gist us, Lets av fun guuuuuuyzzzzzz






In this context, the word "gist" is used as a slang in Nigeria. If you don't know what a slang is, sorry I can't help you further undecided And by the way, you need to lose the chip on your brain and quit your nauseating them (Naijas) against us (Zims) mentality, and start acting your age, otherwise you are gonna burst a vein very soon. Live and let live biko cool
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by Busybody2(f): 1:06am On Feb 18, 2011
semid4lyfe:

Didn't know posts couldn't be modified in this section. Ignore my 2 posts above.

This na the origo one wey I wan post




Chei see as Lamidi Semidi kaka di kuku de display dey dengepose dey bedazzle us for hia, thank God say we too kuku get am for small education and just graduated from Primary seven tongue Kai, oyinbo no go finish today cheesy
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by olaolabiy: 1:10am On Feb 18, 2011
Here comes the girl o, hey o, hey oo (Sugababes).


Busy_body, how body nau?
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by Busybody2(f): 1:34am On Feb 18, 2011
@ Odunnu

Ehn hen, what is this I am hearing that you are looking for my Husband Pastor Na2day of the Endtime Omnipotent Everlasting Foundation of Zion Annointing Ministry  angry Yes how can we help you angry [s]Er dunno if it is the spambot, but he is currently using another variation of the name, I think twas Na2day@ the last time i checked [/s] grin


@ Prof Ola Olabiy

Thanks for the triple promotion and catapaulting me to Primary 10, enabling me to graduate from this School to Politics Section School Sir kiss I am gonna miss you all cry Na dat ya thread in the Politics section i dey follow nau oh, i dey gbadun am die grin Keep it up wink

Erm, i wasn't supposed to tell you this, but Stevetboy9 told me he spent all his School fees for this semester wooing a girl wey no even show am face, hence reason he can't attend lipsrsealed If he asks i didn't tell you and you haven't seen me Sir lipsrsealed lipsrsealed cheesy



slap1:
I've learnt to read your posts from the last words to the first. That way, I get to read the 'nonsense' before the 'sense'.


See the green-eyed monster at work because I said Mai Suya is ripped and buffed with 8 packs unlike you with your beer belly, you come use scope talk say the last part addressed to him na nonsense tongue You too stop following Mr Cork and chasing girls with big yanshes and extra thighs and save your small coins for yourself and spend it on your health and wellbeing tongue
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by Busybody2(f): 1:38am On Feb 18, 2011
ola olabiy:

Here comes the girl o, hey o, hey oo (Sugababes).


Busy_body, how body nau?


Hey, my favourite Village Headmaster cheesy

Yuck, thats so gay grin grin grin

Off to the Politics section o jare, na insult i kuku dey chop there cos dem talk say i be conspiration theorist abi na conspirational theorist, i nor kukuma sabi jare embarassed tongue Ciao kiss kiss kiss
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by olaolabiy: 1:45am On Feb 18, 2011
Busy_body:


Hey, my favourite Village Headmaster cheesy

Yuck, thats so gay grin grin grin

Off to the Politics section o jare, na insult i kuku dey chop there cos dem talk say i be conspiration theorist abi na conspirational theorist, i nor kukuma sabi jare embarassed tongue Ciao kiss kiss kiss

LWKMD. grin

You no go kill me Busy grin cheesy

Again, how your body?
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by olaolabiy: 3:24am On Feb 18, 2011
Busy_body:



Erm, i wasn't supposed to tell you this, but Stevetboy9 told me he spent all his School fees for this semester wooing a girl wey no even show am face, hence reason he can't attend lipsrsealed If he asks i didn't tell you and you haven't seen me Sir lipsrsealed lipsrsealed cheesy

grin grin
Your Busybody name is apt. Leave Stevet o. He's a very good boy now.
I am sure it's Atreides.
Stevet quits NOT. I will make sure the girl ends up in his lap. grin
I didn't want to tease him. But, I like his swagger cool. E dey learn from me cool (Mr Sleek) cool. LOL.
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by denzel2009: 10:59am On Feb 18, 2011
ola olabiy:

grin grin
Your Busybody name is apt. Leave Stevet o. He's a very good boy now.
I am sure it's Atreides.
Stevet quits NOT. I will make sure the girl ends up in his lap. grin
I didn't want to tease him. But, I like his swagger cool. E dey learn from me cool (Mr Sleek) cool. LOL.

shocked shocked shocked Na you dey match underage with overage?
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by olaolabiy: 12:29pm On Feb 18, 2011
denzel2009:

shocked shocked shocked Na you dey match underage with overage?

Na 16 be age of discretion nau grin. Dem don pass dat smiley. So u dey aware of this too? I wandered into the so-called Se.xuality Section about 6 weeks ago.
I was pleasantly surprised to see my friend, Stevet. He's busy deploying those time-tested lines. I was happy;very happy. I tell ya wink wink

And, Atreides is very brilliant, cultured and mature. So precocious!

I hope Stevet achieves his aim. Because I don't understand that Koolchicco boy. cheesy cheesy
Team Stevetboy, all night long cool
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by denzel2009: 12:32pm On Feb 18, 2011
I hear you Mr Matchmaker. grin
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by olaolabiy: 12:37pm On Feb 18, 2011
denzel2009:

I hear you Mr Matchmaker. grin
Hahaaaaaaaa grin

Abi nau cheesy grin. We gotta share the luv nau?
Busy_body don teach me how to ogle cheesy
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by Odunnu: 1:13pm On Feb 18, 2011
@BB: That ID is Na2day?'s. In one of hs posts when he was regular,he had a fight with that Na2day! ID user.
Your mouth too sharp sha!
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by Odunnu: 1:14pm On Feb 18, 2011
@BB: That ID is Na2day?'s. In one of hs posts when he was regular,he had a fight with that Na2day! ID user.
Your mouth too sharp sha!
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by olaolabiy: 1:22pm On Feb 18, 2011
denzel2009:

shocked shocked shocked Na you dey match underage with overage?

I think both are NOT 20 yet.
Except one dey lie sha.
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by Nobody: 3:18pm On Feb 18, 2011
BB, if I catch u for corner. . . liar liar shior.
Was it nt bcus I refused 2 buy u val gift u'r talking ill of me?


Sir Ola, 10ks 4 encouraging in wooing Angel Atreides of Africa.
I'm of freak of girls whose disposition are intelligence, jocular articulate; such is she! She is feisty, not grumpy, intriguing with ample exquisite.

Sir, can u pls help lure her here? 4give my grammatical blunders, it's due to an issue I av with GST101. Happy val to d rest of d class.
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by Nobody: 3:22pm On Feb 18, 2011
Err, Lioness Odunnu, I don't know any Na2day ooo
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by olaolabiy: 3:31pm On Feb 18, 2011
stevetboy9:

BB, if I catch u for corner. . . liar liar shior.
Was it nt bcus I refused 2 buy u val gift u'r talking ill of me?


Sir Ola, 10ks 4 encouraging in wooing Angel Atreides of Africa.
I'm of freak of girls whose disposition are intelligence, jocular articulate; such is she! She is feisty, not grumpy, intriguing with ample exquisite.

Sir, can u pls help lure her here? 4give my grammatical blunders, it's due to an issue I av with GST101. Happy val to d rest of d class.

Consider it done, Stevet.
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by Nobody: 3:44pm On Feb 18, 2011
That's my man! Take Five jor. . .
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by semid4lyfe(m): 8:48pm On Feb 18, 2011
Mr Ola,

Heard ''crack your/my head'' ain't correct (that it's Nigerian English) . .you know, something like ''I cracked my head for the answer to the question 1''

What's the correct thing to say? undecided
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by Atreides(f): 11:54pm On Feb 18, 2011
grin grin grin grin grin grin. . @ola and stevet,i'm here now! What is it you wanted to tell me?
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by LordReed(m): 12:08am On Feb 19, 2011
Am here too. If any boy as much as smiles at you your daddy will hear o! And Banky too!
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by Atreides(f): 12:13am On Feb 19, 2011
Lord_Reed:

Am here too. If any boy as much as smiles at you your daddy will hear o! And Banky too!
grin grin grin. . Don't make me laugh too loud Reed! Do you want to wake Banky? Don't you know he's a light sleeper?
P.s-They won't smile at me.
Double P.s-Awon boyzi-have you heard? No smiling when Lord Reed is on duty! grin
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by Nobody: 12:15am On Feb 19, 2011
^^busy body II of Nl! My dear AAA, as I'll be refering to u, thank God you're within reach. What do u see to the eulogy I 'ascribe' to u in my previous post?
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by olaolabiy: 12:24am On Feb 19, 2011
semid4lyfe:

Mr Ola,

Heard ''crack your/my head'' ain't correct (that it's Nigerian English) . .you know, something like ''I cracked my head for the answer to the question 1''
What's the correct thing to say? undecided


Hi Semid4lyfe,

It is correct! But, it is figurative (with object).
E.g. His face cracked into a smile (Oxford Dico).
The witnesses cracked and the truth came out (Oxford Dico).
It means the question's brain taxing.
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by olaolabiy: 12:28am On Feb 19, 2011
stevetboy9:

^^busy body II of Nl! My dear AAA, as I'll be refering to u, thank God you're within reach. What do u see to the eulogy I 'ascribe' to u in my previous post?

Oh mai! Are you kidding me?

Did you just call her Busybody?

You are not making things easy for yourself, are you?
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by olaolabiy: 12:36am On Feb 19, 2011
Atreides:

grin grin grin grin grin grin. . @ola and stevet,i'm here now! What is it you wanted to tell me?

How are you, Atreides? I am very happy to see you.

I have seen many of your posts and you are mouth-wateringly brilliant.

Stevet is besotted with you.

What do you think?
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by olaolabiy: 12:41am On Feb 19, 2011
Atreides:

grin grin grin grin grin grin. . @ola and stevet,i'm here now! What is it you wanted to tell me?

He's a young man with propects. Focused, responsible, caring, nice and handsome.
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by Atreides(f): 12:57am On Feb 19, 2011
@Ola,'mouth-wateringly brilliant',eh? You know how they say flattery will get you everywhere? Well they're right. . grin.
@Stevet,busybody II,eehn kwaa?
@ola again,please i don't like guys who send their friends/elder brothers to come and toast me. grin grin
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by denzel2009: 1:02am On Feb 19, 2011
ola olabiy:

He's a young man with propects. Focused, responsible, caring, nice and handsome.

See lyrics. . . cheesy
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by olaolabiy: 1:04am On Feb 19, 2011
Atreides:

@ola again,please i don't like guys who send their friends/elder brothers to come and toast me. grin grin
Hahaaa grin grin

He's naturally shy. But, he means well.

He's smitten with you. But, before you accept his dinner date, I have to know more about him. I don't want you to get it wrong. I really want the best for you.

And, he has promised to tell me everything.
You are too special. You need a young man like him. But, I will make sure you get it right.
Re: ABC Of Common Errors And Mistakes In English by olaolabiy: 1:06am On Feb 19, 2011
denzel2009:

See lyrics. . . cheesy

cheesy The boy go cuss u o cheesy

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