I'm guilty of this act, perhaps, it's because I stammer, I sometimes say it while trying to take in some air to enable me talk without stammering.

He said are "you there"?

I was like "yea, why are you asking"?

he was like, "can't I ask you questions again".

I was like "ok..., but I won't answer you again".

he was like "really? now leave my house".

i was like "Jesus, are you throwing me out of your house"?



Our generation's way of narrating a story

Tallesty1:
He said are "you there"?

I was like "yea, why are you asking"?

he was like, "can't I ask you questions again".

I was like "ok..., but I won't answer you again".

he was like "really? now leave my house".

i was like "Jesus, are you throwing me out of your house"?



Our generation's way of narrating a story

As in erh...you got the gist.
But like seriously, do they make sense ?

Another common one is the use of "LIKE SERIOUSLY" especially by the girls

Karleb:



What's there to explain?

"I was like, Ok" Is a grammatically correct sentence or statement or phrase or clause, but not a formal speech as in; you can't address a large crowd or the president or your VC with it because it's informal but grammatically correct! gerrit?

Exactly.
Sum phrases,sentences and statements are grammatical, but it is inappropriate to use them in formal conversation...
If u check for meaning of some words in the dictionary u will discover that not all can be used formally

16 Years of PDP government and its evils

priscaoge:
Like Seriously I was like let me read all the comments without commenting but here I am

And i was like so be it!!!!

I wanted want to comment b4 but then I was like ok there's really nothing to say

That's "Nigerian English"... Nigerian students must not speak the "queen's English".Great Nigerian Student's!........ GREAT!

E NO GO BETTER FOR GOD WICKED THING THAT MADE ME LOOSE ALL I HAD

Keenysbojan:
I have been wondering why Nigerian students always use the word 'i was like ok' in every of their saying... I found it difficult to believe that 'i was like ok' is a correct short sentence, in English...

because I have sat down and think about this all over and over and over,and through research I found that there is no short sentence in English, like 'i was like ok'.. but some Nigerians are so terrible when it comes to the aspects of speaking or writing standard English...

A student of unilorin came to meet my big bro at home,and he said I have been trying your number since I left Lagos and I WAS LIKE OK LET ME CALL YOUR YOUNGER BROTHER TO CONFIRM..

immediately,I felt the 'spirit of bad English' in what he said above... since then I have been searching,I have been asking those who are highly educated and those who study English in universities.. if the use of I WAS LIKE OK is good to speak..

to nairelanders do any of you have anything to say about this topic... share your own points of view and let some 'BAD English speaker(s)' learn from you.. thanks

Yours Faithfully
k e e n y s b o j a n

OP see as u dey sweat to perfect another man's language. How many of this foreigners consider your own language worth learning. Been in good command of english is not a true measure of once intelligence,so english mistakes and errors does not make one dumb but some annoying Nigerians make it appear so.

That's Hollywood and other Americans talking through them

I was like
He was like
+ the sempiternel you know

I was like you know

....no dude I don't know maybe if you were more precise I would ,

I was here.

kk

ERCROSS:
Who cares if it's correct or not..
So far the communication is established..
Moreso..
Must we always follow the Westerners like say we be Mumu...
We need to start colonizing our own words too jare...
And I was like okay...we need a Nigerian-made dictionary too

So you didn't know using "like" in this way is American slang.

Na wa o . Does it mean dat some people are glued to their fones? Just for me to read alades thread n find out dat anoda is created n it has reachd second page. Una dey vex o

Akalia:
OP see as u dey sweat to perfect another man's language. How many of this foreigners consider your own language worth learning. Been in good command of english is not a true measure of once intelligence,so english mistakes and errors does not make one dumb but some annoying Nigerians make it appear so.

Yes, it does. This "English is not my father's language" is a shoddy excuse for poor grammar. Which language are you using right now? Whatever language you are using, you must use it correctly.

Did you know that English is not America's official language? But it is Nigeria's official language. Who should speak it better? Smh.

Keenysbojan:
did you go to school at all? (no offense)

Do you have to be Silly?(No offense).

When I saw this thread I was like ok......
OP you have to accept it that way, thats how ''as in'' came to be and its now generally used

Pot calling a kettle black when your own grammar isn't any different.






Maybe na the "spirit of bad english" dey still follow you

thats ebonics.. dude

i was like why did u not do yo research proply

and u be like trying to prove u know english


Keenysbojan:

its correct...


Have you ever heard of a break?

I was like... ok... Let me continue the journey...

Meaning "I was like..." took a deep thought... then voiced "ok... Let me continue the journey"


Check the adverb part.... Google define: like



all of una just dey follow crowd

Thanks to pop culture. The word "like" just keeps popping up every where. I think it creeped into main stream in the early 2000s

Me think it is American english which is more of Informal set up.

pickabeau1:
thats ebonics.. dude

i was like why did u not do yo research proply

and u be like trying to prove u know english


Keenysbojan:

Lmfao

Keenysbojan:
I have been wondering why Nigerian students always use the word 'i was like ok' in every of their saying... I found it difficult to believe that 'i was like ok' is a correct short sentence, in English...

because I have sat down and think about this all over and over and over,and through research I found that there is no short sentence in English, like 'i was like ok'.. but some Nigerians are so terrible when it comes to the aspects of speaking or writing standard English...

A student of unilorin came to meet my big bro at home,and he said I have been trying your number since I left Lagos and I WAS LIKE OK LET ME CALL YOUR YOUNGER BROTHER TO CONFIRM..

immediately,I felt the 'spirit of bad English' in what he said above... since then I have been searching,I have been asking those who are highly educated and those who study English in universities.. if the use of I WAS LIKE OK is good to speak..

to nairelanders do any of you have anything to say about this topic... share your own points of view and let some 'BAD English speaker(s)' learn from you.. thanks

Yours Faithfully
k e e n y s b o j a n

Your own english is quite bad. I see nothing wrong in that sentence. Punctuate it properly and it becomes nice to speak and read. It is informal though.

OP this is obviously slang. I doubt those students write "and I was like" on their exams.



P.S. That awkward moment when Nairalanders think "I was like" is Nigerian slang

Keenysbojan:
I have been wondering why Nigerian students always use the word 'i was like ok' in every of their saying... I found it difficult to believe that 'i was like ok' is a correct short sentence, in English...

because I have sat down and think about this all over and over and over,and through research I found that there is no short sentence in English, like 'i was like ok'.. but some Nigerians are so terrible when it comes to the aspects of speaking or writing standard English...

A student of unilorin came to meet my big bro at home,and he said I have been trying your number since I left Lagos and I WAS LIKE OK LET ME CALL YOUR YOUNGER BROTHER TO CONFIRM..

immediately,I felt the 'spirit of bad English' in what he said above... since then I have been searching,I have been asking those who are highly educated and those who study English in universities.. if the use of I WAS LIKE OK is good to speak..

to nairelanders do any of you have anything to say about this topic... share your own points of view and let some 'BAD English speaker(s)' learn from you.. thanks

Yours Faithfully
k e e n y s b o j a n

its a foreign expression

As a Nigerian,the most important thing is did you understood what he meant?

It's a shame that undergraduates and graduates alike speak this way especially the females. Make God help us