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Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by valarinz: 2:22pm On Oct 20, 2015 |
Honestly, I find it so disgusting, everywhere you look now, even amongst the so-called educated ones, the use of the simple word "I'm" has been annoyingly replaced with "Am" you keep seeing things like: How are you: Am fine Am considering venturing into online biz Am not sure I'll make it That's the type of phone am using showbiz is good but am more into politics.... Please, what is so damn hard about typing "i'm" as opposed to"am". More so nowadays when almost every keyboard has a spell checker function A lot of people who might claim its just for chats short cut purposes have gotten so used to it they even use it in formal contexts. Is illiteracy being taken to a brand new level in our country or is it perhaps classier now to speak English wrongly or better still, are we forming a new brand of English?? 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by Nobody: 2:25pm On Oct 20, 2015 |
My brother, even me am tired. |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by marshalcarter: 2:28pm On Oct 20, 2015 |
I thought I'm the only one noticing :p 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by Princecalm(m): 2:30pm On Oct 20, 2015 |
Typing I'm seems more like stress to many (especially the symbol ' ) |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by ISpiksDaTroof: 2:30pm On Oct 20, 2015 |
Lack of proper education for Nigerian kids born after 1993. 4 Likes |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by valarinz: 2:32pm On Oct 20, 2015 |
mulante:unless you meant it to be funny, you're committing the same offence 3 Likes |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by valarinz: 2:35pm On Oct 20, 2015 |
Princecalm: if that's the issue, almost every keyboard has spell checker to help one autocorrect na , just type "Im", the apostrophe ( ' ) will be automatically added to make "i'm" 2 Likes |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by Nobody: 2:35pm On Oct 20, 2015 |
valarinz: I actually meant it to be annoying, but am sure you got that already. |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by valarinz: 2:37pm On Oct 20, 2015 |
1 Like |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by Princecalm(m): 2:44pm On Oct 20, 2015 |
valarinz: not everybody uses a phone that have word predictions |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by Nobody: 2:47pm On Oct 20, 2015 |
valarinz: Am greatful for the like. 1 Like |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by Nobody: 2:51pm On Oct 20, 2015 |
Observed as well 1 Like |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by Nobody: 2:56pm On Oct 20, 2015 |
mulante:Lol. |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by valarinz: 1:58pm On Oct 21, 2015 |
Princecalm: But let's a least reeducate people on the right thing before we loose it completely 1 Like |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by Princecalm(m): 2:00pm On Oct 21, 2015 |
valarinz: yeah, that's right |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by Nobody: 2:00pm On Oct 21, 2015 |
Jonathan sef |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by Rossikk(m): 2:27pm On Oct 21, 2015 |
op.....it's illiteracy....they lack proper education. 99% of them don't know the correct spelling. Education standards have fallen. 2 Likes |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by Nobody: 2:32pm On Oct 21, 2015 |
also "I've" with 'have in some cases. |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by superstar1(m): 2:38pm On Oct 21, 2015 |
That shows how low our education has sunk. What is "am"? We cannot expect better when the set of teachers we are producing, are the ones that bought or cheated their way through school 2 Likes |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by valarinz: 2:43pm On Oct 21, 2015 |
Rossikk: This, my friend, Is what I truly fear most: the fact that most of them truly don't know the correct spelling. I instead wish and hope that they know, but just playing around, smh |
Re: Why Have Nigerians Replaced The Word "I'm" With "Am" !!! by ziccoit: 2:50pm On Oct 21, 2015 |
Ante meridian= am Lol. I'm sure the majority of those who guilty of that do not take it as a mistake. They might actually think that was correct Oyinbo. |
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