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Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by buzugee(m): 7:11pm On May 29, 2011 |
Ileke-IdI:i hear ya ![]() SEFAGO:yeah do what you do and when you are free, come see me for a beat-down. i smash on loquacious folks like you for fun. this is what i do mayne. okkkkk. say hello to my lil frennnnnnn ![]() |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by Nobody: 7:13pm On May 29, 2011 |
There was this Nigerian boy I dealth with a while ago. He was trying to explain himself to me, I did not want to listen so I increased the volume. Bobo come dey shout say "you increased the volume on me because you did not want to hear me? T, you increased the volume on me! You increased the volume on me!". I simply said "yes" and increased it the more. nonsense. ![]() SEFAGO: This is the arrogance we're talking about @ bolded. ![]() You only find it difficult because you havent been checking with your audiologist and your optometrist as frequently suggested. |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by dempeople(m): 7:48pm On May 29, 2011 |
@OP, Isn't this psychological? I think it is. Think about it this way, Nigeria is a very "fast" environment where everything is almost done by the use of force; whether with firearms, fists or shouts which all require aggression of some sort. And so, the under 50s have grown in such ruthless, unruly environment where it has been programmed into most people's brain that aggression is sexy, or a better way of communication. A lot of Nigerians have mental issues or to put it mildly, psychological behavioural problems. Ask other nationalities about how they view Nigerians. The answers you're most likely to get are quite shocking. But yes, I see most of my country people in those answers. |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by pleep(m): 8:15pm On May 29, 2011 |
Yes!!!! This is a huge thing I noticed in nigerians. So many odd behaviors ![]() People in the city are rediculously arogant and unnecacarily loud even indoors ![]() I think the loudest tribes are the Igbo/youroba while the hausa are almost unnaturally passive. Friggin weird country ![]() |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by nedu666: 9:10pm On May 29, 2011 |
One day on a bus to edinburgh there was this nigerian woman who was speaking so LOUD on the phone in embarrasing manner, to make it worse she was speaking her local dialect, the bus driver issued the first warning, she refused to listen, second warning lie lie, as we reach one stop, olopa enter arrest the woman for public disorder, see the woman begin beg, begin cry shoo meanwhile immigration was outside waiting for her, see drama this woman no wan leave bus, police wan drag her she no wan come down, the next thing she begin confess she be illegal say war dey her country, war ke ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by Jakumo(m): 9:13pm On May 29, 2011 |
On my very infrequent visits to the northern Nigerian cities of Kano, Kaduna and Maiduguri many moons ago, before the cancer of Boko Haram Islamic fundamentalism spread to the area, I was struck by the low, subdued tones with which Hausa people engaged in normal conversation. The quiet, understated conduct of the Hausas stood in stark contrast to the ear-splitting bellowed volume of "conversation" that I was used to being bombarded with in southern Nigerian cities. There was, in fact, something almost, well, British, about the stiff-upper-lip reserve displayed by the Hausas I observed in their homeland, so it is little wonder that Hausa emigrants blend un-noticed into Western society with such ease. Walking into a post office in Maiduguri during a week-long stay there back then, I was almost relieved to hear a group of men hollering and carrying on in the "usual" African fashion which I had come to expect. As I drew close enough to distinguish the language the loud men were speaking, it became apparent that they were not Hausa men, but Yorubas, doing what they do best, shouting each other down at full volume, while gesticulating wildly with their arms. |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by Eziachi: 9:51pm On May 29, 2011 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Peter Tosh sang that "When everyone is crying about crime, who exactly is the criminal?" So if everyone agree with me that Nigerians shout instead of speak and non has confessed of doing it, so who is the guilty Nigerians? |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by pleep(m): 10:00pm On May 29, 2011 |
^^^ not me oo!!! ;d |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by SEFAGO(m): 10:04pm On May 29, 2011 |
Eziachi: In general Nigerians like to shout. There are exceptions to the rule. Posh and well-educated ones like me, are quite gentlemanly and courteous. Its the poor riff-raffs that shout like Ileke-Idi |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by Ibime(m): 10:14pm On May 29, 2011 |
Yoruba is not a language you can speak softly because the language is based on vowel intonation. Yorubas no doubt started this trend in Naija, and other tribes picked it up from them, most likely in Lagos. Most times, when Yoruba women start discussing, I need ear plugs. |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by Nobody: 10:17pm On May 29, 2011 |
Ibime:Rubbish ![]() I dont need to shout to speak Yoruba. SEFAGO: Thanks baby. The love is mutual. |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by Eziachi: 10:50pm On May 29, 2011 |
SEFAGO:Have you seen that guy Mike Ozohkome (probaby wrongly spelt) talks? He will shout and pound his fist with saliva shooting like bullets from his mouth. He will think too that he is posh/educated. ![]() ![]() ![]() Do you guys knew whom I am talking about? Gani Fawehinmi, when he was alive, was the same, he shouts so much. I cannot forget his Oputa panel performance, he was so animated and shouting so loud that you forget what he was saying as you reach for ear plugs. |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by tpia5: 10:59pm On May 29, 2011 |
Jakumo and ibime turn it to yoruba bashing why dont you. |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by Adonike(m): 11:04pm On May 29, 2011 |
If this statement is anything to go by, "an empty drum makes the loudest noise", then it will be factual to say that Nigerians are hungry financially, economically, psychologically, physiologically, mentally, emotionally passionally, frictionally, thermodynamically, mathematically, logically, spiritually, syllogistically, biblographically, geographically, chemically, instrumentally, electricallly, biometrically, biologically, governmentally, Etc, |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by Adonike(m): 11:06pm On May 29, 2011 |
If this statement is anything to go by, "an empty drum makes the loudest noise", then it will be factual to say that Nigerians are hungry financially, economically, psychologically, physiologically, mentally, emotionally passionally, frictionally, thermodynamically, mathematically, logically, spiritually, syllogistically, biblographically, geographically, chemically, instrumentally, electricallly, biometrically, biologically, governmentally, Etc, |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by MeGaStReEt: 11:42pm On May 29, 2011 |
I asked my brothers from Benin City why they shout when talking. . . The funny thing is, they don't know when they are shouting. |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by Beaf: 12:22am On May 30, 2011 |
Adonike: Damn. ![]() |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by lepasharon(f): 12:45am On May 30, 2011 |
black ppl in general nt just nigerians |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by Beaf: 12:59am On May 30, 2011 |
lepasharon: That is not true. Most Africans speak normally, the problem is with Nigerians. |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by pleep(m): 1:02am On May 30, 2011 |
Adonike:hahaha, don't forget sexually! ![]() |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by DisGuy: 1:03am On May 30, 2011 |
and Oyinbo man not dare say this to us else we will descend on him and his colonial blah blah blah good we can admit it, someone else saying it is Taboo ![]() |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by naijangel7(f): 1:05am On May 30, 2011 |
Ibime: Who taught you linguistics? What is "vowel intonation"? Nothing like that exists. Intonation is a phenomenon that encompasses a whole sentence. Even English, French, German and other European languages are based on intonation. There's no such thing as "vowel intonation". Intonation is a sentential property. If you meant to say that Yoruba is a "tonal" language, which Nigerian language isn't? @Topic, no be small thing! Can anyone remember watching a Nigerian movie without an angry screaming man in every other scene? But i think it's an African thing because if you think Nigerians are loud, wait till you meet people from Botswana!!! There are some Botswana exchange students in my building now and we recently took a short trip together after which i swore never to appear in public with them again. They were dancing and ululating and making strange noises at the train station as i blushed all the colours of the rainbow and ALL eyes were on us!!! NEVER AGAIN!!!! |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by Halliema(f): 1:12am On May 30, 2011 |
well i ges most pple dnt knw dey shout<at times i'm nt alwayz conscious of it>,i ges shouting hz also bn encouraged in debates&oratory contest coz d loudest contestent alwayz end up being d winner&most applauded, ,even most pple r alwayz more willing to listen to d more aggresive speaker dan d gentle,slow&quite speaker, in argument too,d loudest&more aggressive speaker scares d hell out of d other<s>, who cares if d empty barrels make d loudest noise as long as u've succeded in scaring ur opponent.sh https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=678079.45;wap2 |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by tellwisdom: 1:17am On May 30, 2011 |
Black color, black voice, wetin u expect, NO BE NOISE?? |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by Kilode1: 1:25am On May 30, 2011 |
I think it's our high level of Testosterone + too much Garri. Very bad combo. ![]() Ibime: All those Nollywood Advert/Preview Voice-Over Specialists, are they Yorubas? |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by pleep(m): 1:28am On May 30, 2011 |
^^^ probably, yurobas are definatly the loudest nigerians ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by Kilode1: 1:42am On May 30, 2011 |
pleep: Liar, why are you shouting? ![]() |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by toyemz(f): 1:47am On May 30, 2011 |
@poster true that realisation startled me years ago and honestly you cant pin point one particular tribe as being the noisiest i will say however that the Gwari are the most quiet, you hardly ever hear them raise their voices in conversation but honestly speaking this trait is just not only a Nigerian thing, kos i have also found that the Asians are very loud in communication so are some other countries i just pin it down to bushness oh |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by naijangel7(f): 1:48am On May 30, 2011 |
pleep: probably definitely make up your mind ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by sojimade(m): 1:50am On May 30, 2011 |
just for the populace to hear their rubbish! |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by Konnekt(m): 2:05am On May 30, 2011 |
too much testosterone Grin thats from eating ofe ji, ofe nsala, akpu, ofe onugbu, bokoto, shaki, abodi, tuwo shainkafa, shayi Am not surprised to see under your signature that you are a real full-time Agege area boy, what else could you have siad than make us laugh? Funny set of 9ja boiz, ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Shout When They Speak? by sosilly1(m): 2:06am On May 30, 2011 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 1- Nigeria has a high level of noise pollution - Ppl increase the volume of their TV sets to drown out the noise of the generators but don't turn it down when having a conversation, no distinct separation between residential and commercial areas and so on. 2- Nigerians have a strong mix of passion and frustration - This comes across in our use of 3- The need to be the Alpha Male/Female - Often with nothing of substance to back it up. 4- Nigerian phone etiquette dictates that "the volume of your voice should be directly proportional to the distance of your listener" ![]() Then again, I dont think this trait is specific to just Nigeria/Africa, we just do it best ![]() |
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