Kpako wey I be no even know say the English name for Suya na Kebab

what is my business with English The only language I understand is money

Cleopatra4:
what is my business with English The only language I understand is money

U hv join bad gang

Modragon:


U hv join bad gang

Baby is that you!!

Cleopatra4:

Baby is that you!!

No my spirit looool

refiner:
Lmao.... ...
That was how one approached me and said...

Baby gal,your finest is entering my head,i cant fit think like a man always...

I felt like crying tho...

U sha felt happy inside you..girls can lie ehn

fratermathy:


But it is also true that many ladies find men who cannot woo them using English unattractive. If a man comes up to you and starts rapping your native language to woo you, would you even look at him twice?

Why not? When I was in sch, Guys woo me with my native dialect once they knew that we both are from the same tribe.

The ironic part is that Nigerian accent is the 5th sexiest language in the world.... Far ahead of English... It's only French, Spanish Italian and Portuguese that rank ahead of ud

Sia nsu anem ke iko Mbakara (because lying is sweeter in english language).

its confusinged me too jawe

vickyrotex

Not true, most Yoruba guys toast their babes with their local dialect. Infact you can't get a babe from that part if you can't speak the language. I experienced this first hand when I served in Oyo state.

fratermathy:
I was on my own "jejely" trying to buy kebab, popularly known as "suya" in Nigeria, and thinking of how best to spice my dinner, when one young man just breezed in from nowhere and with a peculiar accent, uttered "Why does you let my heart broke like this" . I turned to the person that shot me at the back with missiles of words and found him well dressed and obviously talking to his girlfriend or "toastee". He also stopped by for kebab.

I thought I had heard it all but he shot another missile by saying "Sweet-sweet, talked to me naa. What has I done wrong?"

I couldn't get angry, neither could I laugh. In fact, I reflected deeply on the situation and tried to absolve him from blame. I placed the blame on his teachers (assuming he is educated), as well as the bad educational standards in Nigeria.

Later on, I started thinking and came to the realisation that almost all Nigerian men, whether educated or not, woo girls in "Queens English". It is rare to see a Nigerian man woo a lady in Pidgin or in any of the local languages. This is true, at least, in my experience and based on what I have observed so far. Although I must acknowledge that there are a few exceptions. So my question then is this: what is actually wrong in wooing a lady in the language you are most comfortable with, especially those who speak English only as a second language?

I couldn't come up with a clear answer because even in cities, towns and villages where everyone speaks the same language, you observe this trend as well. So there is no justification on the grounds of communication. What then could be the reason behind this recourse to English when wooing ladies? Is it just a standard? If it is, who started it? Why do those who are not competent in the English language try to force themselves to speak it when wooing ladies? Even ladies that are not competent in English force themselves to speak it, just to appear modern and acceptable. What happened to our native Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Urhobo/Isoko, Pidgin, Efik, etc, when communicating with those of the opposite gender that we develop romantic proclivities for?

I need some responses to further enlighten me on this issue. Let us all discuss.

Lalasticlala, Seun, Mynd44, Dominique, Oam4j, Obinoscopy, Efewestern, Sanchez01, Ishilove, Fynestboi, Bigfrancis21, Afam4eva, HopeatHand, Refiner, LadyF, Evestar200, Smellinganus, et al: what are your thoughts?

if we meet for cocktail dinner party and I approach u with pigin talk true u go respond especially wen ur rich crush is around?

see question.
na pidgin I for use?? doesn't sound cool at all

fratermathy:
I was on my own "jejely" trying to buy kebab, popularly known as "suya" in Nigeria, and thinking of how best to spice my dinner, when one young man just breezed in from nowhere and with a peculiar accent, uttered "Why does you let my heart broke like this" . I turned to the person that shot me at the back with missiles of words and found him well dressed and obviously talking to his girlfriend or "toastee". He also stopped by for kebab.

I thought I had heard it all but he shot another missile by saying "Sweet-sweet, talked to me naa. What has I done wrong?"

I couldn't get angry, neither could I laugh. In fact, I reflected deeply on the situation and tried to absolve him from blame. I placed the blame on his teachers (assuming he is educated), as well as the bad educational standards in Nigeria.

Later on, I started thinking and came to the realisation that almost all Nigerian men, whether educated or not, woo girls in "Queens English". It is rare to see a Nigerian man woo a lady in Pidgin or in any of the local languages. This is true, at least, in my experience and based on what I have observed so far. Although I must acknowledge that there are a few exceptions. So my question then is this: what is actually wrong in wooing a lady in the language you are most comfortable with, especially those who speak English only as a second language?

I couldn't come up with a clear answer because even in cities, towns and villages where everyone speaks the same language, you observe this trend as well. So there is no justification on the grounds of communication. What then could be the reason behind this recourse to English when wooing ladies? Is it just a standard? If it is, who started it? Why do those who are not competent in the English language try to force themselves to speak it when wooing ladies? Even ladies that are not competent in English force themselves to speak it, just to appear modern and acceptable. What happened to our native Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Urhobo/Isoko, Pidgin, Efik, etc, when communicating with those of the opposite gender that we develop romantic proclivities for?

I need some responses to further enlighten me on this issue. Let us all discuss.

Lalasticlala, Seun, Mynd44, Dominique, Oam4j, Obinoscopy, Efewestern, Sanchez01, Ishilove, Fynestboi, Bigfrancis21, Afam4eva, HopeatHand, Refiner, LadyF, Evestar200, Smellinganus, et al: what are your thoughts?

There was a secret camera there and you were on set Jenifa's diary. The guy in question is called Sege, or Falz, and lady is Jenifa. It's a shame you didn't wait to hear her talk too. Oh no, you missed oo.
Anyways, I'll be on the look out for you in one of the next episodes of Jenifa's diary. People would think you acted as an extra. Lolz.
Eh eh, outside of the set, no Nigerian talks like that.

You wey dey blow grammar dey call suya kebab. No be only kebab na stick meat. What happens if I'm Igbo and the girl is Hausa, I should come and go and learn Hausa to toast her. Yarinya mai kyau! Ina so n ki!! Toh shikena... English is our lingua Franca and if she can't understand it, just use the universal hand gesture of putting the index finger of one hand into a hole formed by the index and thumb of the other hand.

fratermathy:


But it is also true that many ladies find men who cannot woo them using English unattractive. If a man comes up to you and starts rapping your native language to woo you, would you even look at him twice?

The most beautiful girl I ever dated I wooed her with Ibo we dated, today she is married to a royal prince in Owerri. So for me once I know u are Ibo I switch to Ibo and if you are not proud to speak ur native language then you can't be with me.

what is even spectacular in wooing a girl with "correct English?" lol girls of this days/ ages don't really worth my English self

I believe at first, when you're still at the formal and familiarity stages English is seen as a language to show courtesy and respect, and when you realize the light is super green English still helps you once more to pass those dirty slang and informal messages you'd rather not want to in a local dialect. But most importantly we just assume English is a standard in passing information. As asking a lady out or "toasting" as it may be require you to pass your information as direct and short as possible without offending the lady. I really don't think our local dialect gives room for all the dirty slang used in "toasting". Cos unless you are Olamide, Phyno or Zaki who can say anything and get away with it, you'd either get a slap in a worse case scenario, she simply walks away or not give you attention at all. #myopinion

An0nimus:
Kpako wey I be no even know say the English name for Suya na Kebab

Kebab is not even English. Its either Arabic or Turkish. And Kebab is not exactly suya, it's barbecue that is suya.

Kebab is like suya but not suya. The meat is grilled differently and when it is ready, it is served in a pocket of pitta bread, with some mayonnaise and ketchup used to garnish it.

EnigmaticEnigma:
I don't always use English to woo girls, sometimes, I use sign language

refiner:
Lmao.... ...
That was how one approached me and said...

Baby gal,your finest is entering my head,i cant fit think like a man always...

I felt like crying tho...

he must be an igbo guy, he sound like one

Stylz69:
You wey dey blow grammar dey call suya kebab. No be only kebab na stick meat. What happens if I'm Igbo and the girl is Hausa, I should come and go and learn Hausa to toast her. Yarinya mai kyau! Ina so n ki!! Toh shikena... English is our lingua Franca and if she can't understand it, just use the universal hand gesture of putting the index finger of one hand into a hole formed by the index and thumb of the other hand.

Hahahhaaha bad guy
That's how i will tall talk to KanwuliaExtra

because many of them don't go to school

I don't see anything wrong in a man speaking English while wooing a woman. I only have a problem when the guy is speaking English that is worse than pidgin.

me dey uSe pidgin sha

Dunno, haven't seen a lady that ever complained.

I tried using my local language. ..they said am local lol...odinary English. ...

Just simple i dey monkey 4 u and u dey tortoise for me...