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Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 12:02pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
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Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by AmeLonRo(m): 12:09pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
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Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by Nobody: 1:34pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
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Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by ZACHIE: 1:55pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
owagbeba: Jollof is of West African origin. Actually, wallof. The guy should breathe more life into his youtube. I didn't watch the presentation. |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 2:14pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
ZACHIE: Breathe more life? I am not hosting BBNaija or a beauty pageant. I make videos with my phone and edit it with an app used for Tiktok videos. I don't have the resources to make a professional video or pay a professional video editor. You are the only one who has said something negative and I am not bothered. |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by ZACHIE: 2:30pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
BinamRex: No vex. Continue with your style. I'm sorry for disturbing your peace. Cheers . |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by ZACHIE: 2:30pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
BinamRex: You are the best. |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by Nobody: 5:15pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
Sit down there deyspeak English. People that are making money can't even pronounce people without saying fiful. 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by ItachiU(m): 5:35pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
dat one no be my problem the tin bi say u understand wetin I talk |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 5:42pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
nijaomegacode: You are assuming that business people are not educated and do not speak good English. I have nothing to say about this. |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by nams77: 5:53pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
BinamRex:Good one bro Keep up the good work. Tnx 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 6:14pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
nams77: I will, thanks. 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by kingPhidel(m): 8:00pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
After you pronounce them finish how much den credit you ? I come in peace sha BinamRex: 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by Nobody: 8:06pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
BinamRex: Not me. I can pronounce all of the above correctly. |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 9:16pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
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Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 9:17pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
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Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by 1Sharon(f): 9:28pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
BinamRex: Obviously. Shawarma itself is an Arab dish. |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by 1Sharon(f): 9:32pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
BinamRex: *studied |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 9:32pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
1Sharon: I didn't know this. Thanks for telling me. 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 9:44pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
1Sharon: This is the 13th meaning of "read" in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 10th Edition. SUBJECT AT UNIVERSITY 13 [T, I] (BrE, rather old-fashioned) to study a subject, especially at a university e.g. I read English at Oxford. "My cousin read nursing" is a grammatically correct sentence. It's rather old-fashioned but it's still correct. You are not wrong either. ''Studied" can be used in place of read. 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by AndroBlaze: 9:44pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
BinamRex: He tried, but speaking English as an African means you should be confident in correcting the English when they get it wrong, especially when it comes to African words with African orgins and meanings. Tsetse is a Bantu word and the way we call it in Nigeria is far closer to the correct pronunciation than the English one he called. No whiteman will teach me how to pronounce "Dele" as I can see how they have struggled with simple Dele Alli's name for years. |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 9:52pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
AndroBlaze: What if the English man anglicizes "Dele" and puts the anglicized pronunciation in the dictionary? It means everyone learning English, whether they are in India, China, Malaysia, etc would have to use the anglicized pronunciation of Dele, not the Yoruba pronunciation. Besides I have never heard a Bantu person say the word "tsetse fly" so I wouldn't know if the phonetic transcription of the word in the dictionary is different from the way a Bantu person would say it. I appreciate your contribution bro. |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by AndroBlaze: 11:53pm On Jul 21, 2022 |
BinamRex: You are shooting yourself in the foot with that argument; if they can Anglicise our words freely ( i.e. killing the meanings by pronouncing it wrongly) then every Nigerian should be allowed to Nigerianise (or Africanise) their words, which me and you agree we shouldn't do with bad pronunciations, unless backed up with meaingful history. Instead of the English being lazy and calling him "Deli' (which means something entirely different in their language), they could easily be thought to pronounce it "Daylay" which at least would still give a semblance of the Yoruba meaning. Anyway the research of Tsetse is freely available and my advice to you is before you put African words in your English lessons, you owe it to all of us as proud Africans to do research and just not repeat the "dictionary" pronunciation. Please see etymology. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsetse_fly#:~:text=13%20External%20links-,Etymology,rendered%20in%20other%20African%20languages But again, you did well overall, this is just advice to go deeper into what you teach. 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by Lamanii22(f): 1:22am On Jul 22, 2022 |
I got them all correctly... I love oral English, it helps my accent... I have always being a lover of posh english |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by fratermathy(m): 3:08am On Jul 22, 2022 |
AndroBlaze: You make good points. I am one of those who believe in the bastardization of English as a form of postcolonial resistance. I do not make any pretences about how I speak English as a Nigerian, and I owe no one any apology for that. I live in an English-speaking country outside Africa, and everyone understands me well when I speak. Interestingly, I also teach undergraduate students using my educated Nigerian accent, and everyone is happy and mostly on the same page. I do not quarrel with English phonetics. I know that subject all too well, but I fight with those who think there is a right way to speak English. There is no right way to speak the language. Most of the Op’s transcriptions are appropriate in a specific British context (and definitely not even in all of Britain). Pronunciations greatly vary in Canada, various parts of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, etc. In fact, we talk of Englishes rather than English these days. Back to the topic. The Op did well for trying to educate people, but I think his following argument about speaking English in a particular way falls apart. My grandmother in the village, who is educated by the way, doesn’t understand American English, but she understands Nigerian English well. Should she learn to speak like an American just to impress someone who wouldn’t return such a favour to her? Definitely not! We should all strive for intelligibility. Speak that you may be understood. However, do not be forced to speak like someone you’re not. If you fancy accents or spot on pronunciations and it comes natural to you, then you should go ahead and do it. However, do not make such a norm or an expectation. If the average joe in Nigeria pronounces /tetsi flai/ as /tsese flai/, we will all understand. In fact, any native English speaker in the world would understand. That’s what matters. 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 3:38am On Jul 22, 2022 |
AndroBlaze: Thanks for your advice. It is duly noted. |
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