Yeah guys. Its all about your Diction!!!
I want to help with a few correction of some common african mispronunciation of the English words as my little val give away. especially for those who feel the need to Polish their diction.

I know this is not education section but hey...Ive decided to drop this here cos this place seems to have a larger number of views compared to others.

I'll try to be make this very easy and straight forward for all by using some conventional and nonconventional words to suggest the articulation/sound of certain words eg using 'woe' to suggest the pronunciation of words like worship where it will be articulated as 'woeship'
work,> woke

Let go!!!!

Word family with these spellings ('ir' 'ur' 'wor', 'er' ear' ) are articulated with the sound of 'oa' ( not the real IPA, just to make it easy for the lay man)

Words. >. To sound as
Church. Choach
Bird. .boad
Her. Hoa
Dirt. Doat
Word. Woad
Firm. Foam
Earth. Oath
Germs. Joams
Assert. ursoat
Heard. Hoad
Turn tone

Articulate this sound in the above word family.


Word family with these spellings 'u' 'o' 'oo' 'oe' will sound similar to 'Ah'
As in


Run. Rahn. ( I'm trying not to use 'ran')
Fun. Fahn
Mother. Mahvur
Brother. Brahvur
Does dahz
Blood. Blahd
Flood. Flahd
Come. Kahm
Sun. Sahn
Son. Sahn
Stuck. Stahk
Knowledge. Nahlij
Country. Kahntri
Above. Urbahv
Dove. Dahv
Love. lahv

We shall be udating this liat from time to time.
Please note this are not the IPAs but words that suggest the sounds of these words for easy understanding as the IPAs requires some intense studying and learning.
Enjoy.

To be continued.

Froshloaded

What nonsense is this

Continuation of 'ah!' In word family with these spellings ('u' 'o' 'oe')

Umbrella. Ahmbrelur
Under. Ahndur
Hut. Haht
Judge. Jahj
Jungle. Jahngl
Uncle. Ahnkl
Hungry. Hahngri
Sung. Sahn the 'n' here is not really sounding nnnnn. Its taking the nasal sound articulated at the upper back of larynx. Check nasal sound audio for better articulation.

What mannner of nonsense is this

dingbang:
What nonsense is this

Must you always display your stupidity on every thread? Just simply take a walk if you cant comprehend cos its not for dumb heads like you.

Now you've been noticed, kindly crawl back to your Cage. Ass hole.

Davash222:
What mannner of nonsense is this

Oh... I see the animals of nairaland are awake.
Confused? Don't be little dog. It wasn't meant for dullards like you who's brains is only filled with dirty sex talks and hate speech.
Its for the brainy ones. So crawl to the nearest sex topics. Not a must you drool over this one.

AshiraWealthy:


Oh... I see the animals of nairaland are awake.
Confused? Don't be little dog. It wasn't meant for dullards like you who's brains is only filled with dirty sex talks and hate speech.
Its for the brainy ones. So crawl to the nearest sex topics. Not a must you drool over this one.

You come to romance section to teach me how to pronounce words like Umbrella
You must be sick! Didirin

Davash222:

You come to romance section to teach me how to pronounce words like Umbrella
You must be sick! Didirin

Yes. Too much sex talks is making you DAVASH222 lose your senses and articulation.

Learn it or get the hell outta my thread!!!!!

AshiraWealthy:


Yes. Too much sex talks is making you DAVASH222 lose your senses and articulation.

Learn it or get the hell outta my thread!!!!!

You can’t force me to learn nonsense. Take down this nonsense now!!

Davash222:

You can’t force me to learn nonsense. Take down this nonsense now!!

Go and command your puppy at home.

Two off you should just get a room... It's too early for this

AshiraWealthy:



Go and command your puppy at home.

You’re one of my puppies, darling.

konkonbilo:
Two off you should just get a room... It's too early for this

Kikikikichchchiii...
No no no? I dont cohabit with dogs. Let him look for his type.

AshiraWealthy:


Kikikikichchchiii...
No no no? I dont cohabit with dogs. Let him look for his type.

For your mind na. I can’t waste my precious gbola on your person.

Davash222:

For your mind na. I can’t waste my precious gbola on your person.

Thats the only thing left in your brain. Sorry.

AshiraWealthy:



Thats the only thing left in your brain. Sorry.

Isn’t that the only thing you deserve

Davash222:

Isn’t that the only thing you deserve

Stop patronizing me. I'm not interested in you. So get lost!

AshiraWealthy:


Stop patronizing me. I'm not interested in you. So get lost!

You must have sense by force in jesus name, amen!

Hmmmmm.... interesting! I think this is fahn how we pronounce these woads urbahv that become stahk with us in another kahntri but we cry blahd when a brahvur there dahz not have nahlij of what we speak.
Just saying... didn't kahm here to jahj anybody.

Originalsly:
Hmmmmm.... interesting! I think this is fahn how we pronounce these woads urbahv that become stahk with us in another kahntri but we cry blahd when a brahvur there dahz not have nahlij of what we speak.
Just saying... didn't kahm here to jahj anybody.

lol....

AshiraWealthy:



Must you always display your stupidity on every thread? Just simply take a walk if you cant comprehend cos its not for dumb heads like you.

Now you've been noticed, kindly crawl back to your Cage. Ass hole.

lmao. You have to deal with your anger issues o...

Nice @op. Thank you

Davash222:
What mannner of nonsense is this

Its not compulsory for you to be on this post if you don't want to.

Expensiverichyb:
Nice @op. Thank you

You're welcome my love.

Very useless thread and op!

Originalsly:
Hmmmmm.... interesting! I think this is fahn how we pronounce these woads urbahv that become stahk with us in another kahntri but we cry blahd when a brahvur there dahz not have nahlij of what we speak.
Just saying... didn't kahm here to jahj anybody.

Ha hahaha...wow wow wow...excellent!
I see you're already in the spirit of diction! Hehehe....nice one.

Expensiverichyb:
Its not compulsory for you to be on this post if you don't want to.

Gbam!

wetin concern me,all i am knew is thatt i did can spoke english vairly well

A continuation of the 'oa' family with the following spellings >> ir' 'wor'. 'ear'. 'er' 'ur'

Nursery. Noazri
Nurse Nose
Burn. Bone
Curve. Kove
Circle. Soakul
Earnest. Oanest
Furl. Foal

Now with these few examples you can actually decode the the pronunciation of other English Woads that fall ahndur these spellings.

Lol, so Nigerians now know that they make a lot of pronunciation errors before they laugh at the Ghanaian accent, good.

makydebbie:
Lol, so Nigerians now know that they make a lot of pronunciation errors before they laugh at the Ghanaian accent, good.

Sorry to disappoint you but the Ghanaians diction is not same as the British diction. What I have up there is pure British pronunciation.
Ghanaians will pronounce Nurse >>>> as >>>ness. While the British pronunciation is Nose.

Ghanaians pronounce 'her'. as >> hair
British. >>> hoe

Ghanaians pronounce 'burn' as 'ben'. While British say 'bone'.

So Ghanaians also murder the English words.

makydebbie:
Lol, so Nigerians now know that they make a lot of pronunciation errors before they laugh at the Ghanaian accent, good.

GH people will be like
Its ya brather

Ashirawealthy nice one