This guy needs to shut his mouth, piracy affects all Nigerians in the entertainment industry and it needs to be sorted out asap, To get ethnocentric clouds the seriousness of the issue, Rubbish guy,

To be honest, I think Chuck Soludo would be the best choice outta the list that I have read,

agabaI23:

You are listening to nwa baby . ,. flavour.

Next you ill ask what is 'ife nsoli'?

Well, if I am going to marry the guy, as is my plan, I would need to know what to say to him, no? So, are you going to help with the translation or not?

Gamine:

lol!!

Hey, how's Lala?

Instead of leading social change, our own Pastors turn in soothsayers, phony Nostradamuses, rubbish!

It took me a long time to post in this thread because I really had to think about it,

I love Nigeria, I really do but should push come to shove, I'll be an Eko Islander first, that is just the way it is.

You cannot be 'deported' within the same borders! they were relocated, forcibly, to the North. I am not going to argue for the legality of Fashola's actions but I am not mad that them either.

It is about time the Northerners really looked at their situation and assessed it thoroughly, they contribute zilch and consume the most. They have the most states, so there is plenty of land for them to do their thing, why come to Lagos that is already choked up?

Andre Uweh:

I suppose it should be in the translation thread. Nevertherless, Osondi--what people like: Owendi--what people dislike. Osondi owendi literarily means what is cherished by some people is despised by some people.

Thank you, I have one more, I do not want to kill the spelling and I hope you can help,

Ofodusele malu ko si eme?

Please folks, what does 'osondi owendi' mean?

MC Loph feat. Flavour - Osondi Owendi

@Becomerich, carry on jor, I dey enjoy all those pictures, sans the dead body,

german007:

@afrocynic.

Like I said before and I will repeat.


You're a bored, lonely,miserable wind-up and a trouble-stirer.

FYI Im not yoruba,igbo ,hausa ,tiv,ijaw,fulani or kanuri.
IM NIGERIAN

Tribalism is clearly nigeria's biggest killer, and here you are out of boredom and loneliness starting up a tribalistic thread.



IF U ARE THAT BORED, GO GET A SACK OF RICE, SIT DOWN AND COUNT THE GRAINS,    WHEN YOU'R DONE YOU CAN START ALL OVER AGAIN

Its best for you to keep mute, than to start ludicruos and sarcastic threads.

And you, my friend, clearly cannot read. I will not insult, because I do not believe in picking on the mentally impaired, but I will tell you to engage your energy in a more worthwhile cause since your plan to intimidate me has clearly backfired.

Thank you so much!

citizenY:

You are the intellectual midget.

You have stepped down anyway.

Bigotry is intellectual prowess in your books
and we are saying no.

Did you read the initial post? Where I state that I do not agree with the assertion? Have you read the subsequent responses? No, you just want to come here and be the local champion, shooting your mouth off,

citizenY:

@ALL

Afrocynic don mellow /step down. Keep your powder dry. Fall out

This is what we should be doing to all those rabble rousers.

If you want to do research on this matter, produce a questionaire.

We shall all contribute. No charge (FOC)

If i be your project supervisor, na F u go get.Your project no get outline.

Do not take style bring rubbish talk here.

Opening thread na free but if you no use sense, na thorough bashing u go get

even if na with the fibre optic cable of broadband

Oh please, You all cannot censor me, if you do not like it, don't comment, ignore the thread, I have thrown the question out there, you're an intellectual midget which is why the premise and the subsequent disagreement is too hard for you to comprehend, so fall back young one.

P.s. thanks to the people that actually read and understood the question.

This thread was great,

udezue:

List em sir.

I'd rather not disclose, I find that it colours arguments or gives the impression of bias when none exists, it people know your ethnic make-up. I will however state that I am female,
.

udezue:

Are u Yoruba?

I am a lot of things.

What does 'Mazi' mean?

udezue:

Urhobo is not Bini in anyway. They are separate ethnic nations.

Thank you.

chiogo:

Right, you don't hear non-hausas making music in hausa, etc. It's not just about speaking the language. But I guess since most known artistes are in Lagos, it's typical that even non-yorubas speak yoruba. I guess people over stretch the diversity issue being that Lagos is the place where businesses supposedly 'boom'. Yoruba language is likely to be used as the yardstick for the 'most influential' Nigerian language. my view point from what I noticed.

Yes, you have a point there, I guess.

$osisi:

Many Yorubas in Nigeria, at least the ones here on nairaland are like the typical Texan who thinks the word starts and ends in Fort Worth Texas.
I wonder how many kids in Uwani Enugu that care much much about speaking Yoruba.

I would actually wager that more Igbos speak Hausa than Yoruba not because of popularity of either but out of pure necessity due to the environment they find themselves in.

Hmmn, okay more Igbos speak Hausa, that is entirely feasible as Kano and Kaduna are as diverse as the most diverse Southern states.  But what about other ethnicities, what is the most widely spoken second language amongst them? I would love to know, shame there is no way one can conduct a survey,

chiogo:

Yes lol. . . .but it seems not many non-hausa people live in hausa states these days. maybe during the civil war, my mother for example lived in maiduguri during the war so she knows some hausa. But there are so many non-yorubas in Lagos, and even Osun state.

I just think it a stretch to say one language is the most influential out 250 languages (okay lets say only ten are spoken by a million or more people still, it's a stretch) . I think Kano and Kaduna are as diverse as Lagos, No?

No vex please, Is Urhobo the same thing as Bini? Also do does anyone know why their traditional attire is similar to that of the Lagos Islanders?

OgidiBoy:

PH is close to Russia, you can see it from your window

How's your Mom Trigg?

chiogo:

I disagree with # 3. Pidgin english is not spoken in Nigerian alone, although other countries' pidgin might be slightly different but very similar.

The poster is probably right with the rest. A non-yoruba born esp. in Lagos is most likely going to know/speak yoruba - And the language is kinda easy to learn too compared to Igbo.

But would this not be true for say a calabari child born in Kano? She will also grow up with some Hausa, no?

OgidiBoy:


Hold up!!! so you don't think Yoruba is the most influential language in Nigeria ??

Lol no! (Read the first post please) I think it is impossible to say one language is the most influential, it depends on where it is you are in the country,

Abeg, make una no vex, Is PH close in proximity to to Igbo land than to, say, Ijaw land? Because I do not understand why this is a controversy,

OgidiBoy:

@ Afrocynic,


Don't mind them jare, I don't know why they hating on you. You think Yoruba is the most influential language in Nigeria, what's the big deal.

Lol, did you read my initial post? I do not agree, it was a discussion I was having and I brought it in here to see what you all thought about it.