Nusaf:



English expert.

What should it be, pray tell? I'm waiting for your correction

Nusaf:


And the annoying thing is that they don't even speak English. Is it not pidgin they speak everywhere? Is pidgin English? Do you need to go to school to understand pidgin? Do the Americans and English understand pidgin? I have stayed in Delta and Rivers states, is it not pidgin they speak on the streets? Go to any of these Eastern states, u will hear different versions of pidgin and that is what they call English.

Hmmm

Pidgin2:


Americans, British, Canadians, Australians speak good English, take a look at where these countries are in major world ranking, meanwhile of all the places where Hausa is predominantly spoken, where are they in any major world ranking?

Of cause Hausa is important too but it is almost a crime to rate the language at per with English.

No one said you shouldn't speak Hausa, all we are saying is that undermining English language as it is being done in the North is a recipe for backwardness and disunity in Nigeria

HMMMNN
I am so ashamed i share the same country with you.
Who told you that Americans,Canadians,British and Autralians speak good English. ODE !!!
They all have accents in those countries and that is not considered as good English,have you ever heard of rhe the acronym RP recieved pronouciation in English that is what is good english and that is what is used in broadcast.
When you talk of ranking,what do you mean by ranking, ranking in what? ODE
!!!

How can undermining English be a recipe for backwardness,who thought you that in school, or is it that you went to night school.
I cant imagine someone attributing language as arecipe for advancement in this computer age.
Please refrain yourself from making stupidity an art, all in a bid to remain relevant

rufaikoko:
To a typical southerner, development is ability to speak, dress and think in English. I don't care to be perfect in English.

That is what they think.

But then, do they even speak English? Is it not Pidgin they speak? Is Pidgin English? One confused empty barrel was telling me that Southerners who speak Pidgin can speak English as well, can anything be farther from the truth? Most of us have stayed in those places and we saw these things with our eyes, hear them with our ears but they are telling some lies pulled from their a_ss.

Nusaf:


Sharrap.

Go and 'liberate' your society from its numerous social ills before thinking of who next to 'liberate'. Btw, Is this the explanation to your phantom "Pidgin speakers can speak English"? Now buzz off my mention.

Aggression is your way of life, we know your people very well. So now, buzz off, you aren't worth another sensible response

Maybe,it because they are the most populated tribe in nigeria,

NASTYNASOSO:

HMMMNN
I am so ashamed i share the same country with you.
Who told you that Americans,Canadians,British and Autralians speak good English ODE
They all have accents in those countries and that is not considered as good English,have you ever heard of rhe the acronym RP recieved pronouciation in English that is what is good english and that is what is used in broadcast.
When you talk of ranking,what do you mean by ranking, ranking in what? ODE
How can undermining English be a recipe for backwardness,who thought you that in school, or is it that you went to night school.
I cant imagine someone attributing language as arecipe for advancement in this computer age.
Please refrain yourself from making stupidity an art, just to remain relevant

Lol, I reckon your fellow tribesmen conduct medical researches, develop technologies and preserve these innovations in Hausa for the whole world to read and learn from? Enjoy your bann for the insults, take care.

rufaikoko:
To a typical southerner, development is ability to speak, dress and think in English. I don't care to be perfect in English.

Could be inferiority complex. The sheer determination to ditch their culture for a supposedly superior one smacks of inferiority complex.

Pidgin2:


Aggression is your way of life, we know your people very well. So now, buzz off, you aren't worth another sensible response

Did I invite you b4 u threw rubbish into my mention?

Yes, for the correction, you don't use the lower case letter 'i' for the first person singular. Therefore, it should be "I'm..., " not "i'm...".

Meanwhile, I'm not to teach basic English on this forum but some of you lots who can't piece up few words to make simple correct sentences are just too noisy.

Pidgin2:


Americans, British, Canadians, Australians speak good English, take a look at where these countries are in major world ranking, meanwhile of all the places where Hausa is predominantly spoken, where are they in any major world ranking?

Of cause Hausa is important too but it is almost a crime to rate the language at per with English.

No one said you shouldn't speak Hausa, all we are saying is that undermining English language as it is being done in the North is a recipe for backwardness and disunity in Nigeria

I am attacking this issue based on the angle deployed.

Why did you omit China, Japan, India, Russia, South Korea, Singapore and a host of other countries where English isn't their first language?

My major concern, as most you opined, is that English is the yardstick and prerequisite for success, intelligence and smartness and I dare say YOU ARE WRONG on that one.

Ask yourself how did China move from 3rd world to become first world? Right now, if China sneezes, even America will catch cold because they produce most of the gadget that you lots claim as "Made In America"

In indian, they still teach in hindu, same for Japan, China,Korea.
Are we better than any of these countries in terms of science and technology advancement?

Ibos are the most hated tribe in Nigeria?

KevinDein:
Could be inferiority complex. The sheer determination to ditch their culture for a supposedly superior one smacks of inferiority complex.

You should be typing in Hausa and not English, believe me if you type in Hausa I will not respond to you, so feel free and show how superior you are. You haven't abandoned the English language yourself but it's okay if your common folks abandon it because it makes you oppress them at will, they will always need your kind to interpret for them when communicating with other Nigerians, ko?

I wonder when some people will stop being hypocrites

NASTYNASOSO:

HMMMNN
I am so ashamed i share the same country with you.
Who told you that Americans,Canadians,British and Autralians speak good English. ODE !!!
They all have accents in those countries and that is not considered as good English,have you ever heard of rhe the acronym RP recieved pronouciation in English that is what is good english and that is what is used in broadcast.
When you talk of ranking,what do you mean by ranking, ranking in what? ODE
!!!

How can undermining English be a recipe for backwardness,who thought you that in school, or is it that you went to night school.
I cant imagine someone attributing language as arecipe for advancement in this computer age.
Please refrain yourself from making stupidity an art, all in a bid to remain relevant

lol... she does not even know that Many Americans don't know geography of their own location, let alone, the world.

Nusaf:


Did I invite you b4 u threw rubbish into my mention?

Yes, for the correction, you don't use the lower case letter 'i' for the first person singular. Therefore, it should be "I'm..., " not "i'm...".

Meanwhile, I'm not to teach basic English on this forum but some of you lots who can't piece up few words to make simple correct sentences are just too noisy.

Hahahahahahahahaha " Some of you lots"

Pidgin2:


[s]Hey, yours is obviously worse than mine, besides typing with a phone can be tasking but you have made numerous mistakes yourself

Check this out, "To think that this is the same person who has been posting about English, is amusing isn't it?"

Your sentence was wrong. Using "Can be very be amusing" is misplaced in that sentence rather you should say "Is amusing"

There you go. I hope you have taken note of your mistakes[/s][/b]

Sharrap and stop changing my intended message in the name of correction.

When has the use of Auxiliary Verbs become that strict?

If I say "it can be amusing" and you say "it is amusing" what makes yours right and mine wrong from grammatical point of view?

As far as I'm concerned, you have just succeeded in throwing your ignorance to the surface.

Nusaf:


Okay, correct this one.

Again, my english is fine. Direct ur corrections to the OP. If a language is worth speaking, it is worth speaking well.

Pidgin2:


Hahahahahahahahaha " Some of you lots"

And what's wrong with that? Or is the expression beyond you?

lepasharon:


Again, my english is fine. Direct ur corrections to the OP. If a language is worth speaking, it is worth speaking well.

Again, correct this one. If a language is worth writing, it is worth writing well.

Nusaf:


Again, correct this one. If a language is worth writing, it is worth writing well.

Obviously I don't write a cover letter in text speak

lepasharon:


Obviously I don't write a cover letter in text speak

Whatever this means.

Well, proper nouns are not spelt with initial lower case letters and you have been doing that repeatedly.

In the light of the forgoing, do you have any justification for pointing fingers?

Nusaf:


That is what they think.

But then, do they even speak English? Is it not Pidgin they speak? Is Pidgin English? One confused empty barrel was telling me that Southerners who speak Pidgin can speak English as well, can anything be farther from the truth? Most of us have stayed in those places and we saw these things with our eyes, hear them with our ears but they are telling some lies pulled from their a_ss.

They still speak better than hausas

furrr:


Correct again my brother
That's why I said that they will continue to teach English language in schools but not as a language of instruction rather, just as a language ie how hausa, igbo, yoruba are taught in schools ......

The truth is you can't discount the importance of English language but at the same time you shouldn't neglect your language just because English is more widely spoken and accepted

Numerous studies have shown that people that are taught in school using their native language understand what they are taught better

That's why most technologically advanced countries in the world teach students using their native languages, e.g Russia, Germany, Japan, UK, France, china etc

But that's not say there is no plus in being bilingual

For example now there are so many things in igbo land and so many expressions in igbo language that you simply can't translate into English

And like I said English is very important but it's importance like any language in the world is greatly diminished when it starts becoming a replacement to you mother tongue........

The lack of educational materials in hausa or any other language is the fault of the hausa academics and government for not trying to translate their research findings into their various native languages......

Government have played a significant role in making our languages redundant and useless by not giving awards and encouraging people that write books on science, history, economics etc in our various native languages..... it's almost a shame to say that most of our literary gurus write only in English and not in their respective native languages the least they can do is to translate those masterpieces to their language thereby adding more strength and vocabulary to their languages......

And the worst is seeing a hausa, yoruba or igbo man speaking to their fellow tribes men in English when they both can speak and understand their native languages hardly will you see a Korean speaking English to his fellow Koreans even though he/she can speak english

And BTW I am a hausa boy from kano did all my schooling here in kano but atleast I can write and speak English though not as fluent as hausa but I try my best....... I am telling you this to show you we are catching up in the education arena too

And I applaud you for being able to read and write in your native language cos most people cant

U re absolutely right.
#Cheers

lepasharon:


They still speak better than hausas

There she goes again.

Nusaf:


There she goes again.

Am I lying?

Nusaf:


Whatever this means.

Well, proper nouns are not spelt with initial lower case letters and you have been doing that repeatedly.

In the light of the forgoing, do you have any justification for pointing fingers?

Professor, how could you not know what I meant?

lepasharon:


Professor, how could you not know what I meant?

That's not English, though English texts.

lepasharon:


Am I lying?

Wrong English, that's the point.

Nusaf:


Wrong English, that's the point.

Nope. Hausas can't speak English like Southerners, thats the point

lepasharon:


Nope. Hausas can't speak English like Southerners, thats the point

Oh! I see! You are learning fast, good student.

Now, next topic.

Is it the Pidgin your people speak on the streets that you mistake for English? Is Pidgin spoken in The States or England?

Nusaf:


And who is begging for your "likes"? What will your "likes" or lack of it change? I'm an Abokii and I'm not happy with what the op posted cause your like or hatred doesn't change a typical Abokii.

Why the thread ?

Nusaf:


And what's wrong with that? Or is the expression beyond you?

So you don't know what is wrong with that statement? Okay, take it as an assignment and come back with your response. I can't continue correcting your errors

Pidgin2:


[s]So you don't know what is wrong with that statement? Okay, take it as an assignment and come back with your response. I can't continue correcting your errors[/s]

Sharrap.

Nothing to correct there, otherwise, correct it or stfu.

I repeat, you lots are bunch of noise makers.