Londonboyrep:
You don't know you you are saying mate. Nigerian spoken english is far clearer than what is spoken by the Scots,Welsh or Irish. A white man from London, for example, would understand a Nigerian from Lagos' english better than a Scotsman's.

How come they don't seem to understand Buhari

LordofNaija:

How come they don't seem to understand Buhari

I won't fall for your tribalistic bait. Is Buhari majority of Nigerians? Or is he from Lagos like I said?

Londonboyrep:
I won't fall for your tribalistic bait. Is Buhari majority of Nigerians? Or is he from Lagos like I said?

Is Buhari not a Nigerian?

LordofNaija:

Is Buhari not a Nigerian?

In the same vein Scots, Welsh, North Irish are all British from one country which is the United Kingdom yet they speak differently. The most universally acceptable accent is the London accent the same as the clearest form of English in Nigeria, in my opinion, is the Lagos accent. So again Buhari is not from Lagos and I've clearly used the Lagos English accent as my yardstick. I speak with a Nigerian Lagos accent and my colleagues can understand me clearly but they struggle to understand people from other parts of the UK even though they are all from the same country.

TissuePaper:
I mean we were colonized by the British colonial masters who taught us English as well, and if there is anything i'm aware of its that the colonized country usually adopts the language and speaking pattern of their colonial masters like Senegal, Ivory Coast et al.

The English we speak here in Nigeria is very banal and unrefined, would've been nice if we at least adopted England's Queens English.

Lalasticlala Dominique mynd44

its not their fault, sardauna of sokoto and tafawa balewa with them ojukwu spoke queens english, so i guess the fault was with our teachers accent.any ways i speak queens English when having a conversation with an english person.

eni4real:
Have you heard Harry Kane speaking??

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Lol,don't even go there

TissuePaper:
I mean we were colonized by the British colonial masters who taught us English as well, and if there is anything i'm aware of its that the colonized country usually adopts the language and speaking pattern of their colonial masters like Senegal, Ivory Coast et al.

The English we speak here in Nigeria is very banal and unrefined, would've been nice if we at least adopted England's Queens English.

Lalasticlala Dominique mynd44

go to a konk Newcastle person you will see correct unrefined English

eni4real:
Have you heard Harry Kane speaking??

that guy dey speak like say him swallow frog

Bouncingbabyboy:
that guy dey speak like say him swallow frog

TissuePaper:
I mean we were colonized by the British colonial masters who taught us English as well, and if there is anything i'm aware of its that the colonized country usually adopts the language and speaking pattern of their colonial masters like Senegal, Ivory Coast et al.

The English we speak here in Nigeria is very banal and unrefined, would've been nice if we at least adopted England's Queens English.

Lalasticlala Dominique mynd44

The answer is simple. We are not British. We are Nigerians.however, there are some Nigerians who speak British English and some others American english.

Kingkun69:
go to a konk Newcastle person you will see correct unrefined English

Jeordies. Worked with them. With time, I could understand.

gracechellar:

Jeordies. Worked with them. With time, I could understand.

yeah I stayed In quayside for like a year I had friends in tyneside the way they say howay Bruv miss that place

Because Nigerians were not assimilated unlike what the French did during the colonial system
The French assimilated the Brits associated all in all Nigerians not adopting the Queen's English starts from that point
The English we know today is basic spoken English. Colonialists weren't as friendly as people may imagine because during the colonial era only the rich had the knowledge of English and it's applications I doubt an average layman knew more than good morning sir

even when we try to speak the good english. The audience mind will be like watin dis 1 dey form

TissuePaper:
why does ivory coast speak French when it was not the french men that gave birth to them?

Think about that

Even the Ivorians don't speak French the way the French do. They mix their local languages when speaking kinda like the way we do. And they also have a French creole, same way we have pidgin English. I learnt this from a documentary

Tobinrobin:
The least of our problems now Abeg.

I tire, who British English ep

You have gift cards for sale? Check my signature.

TissuePaper:
but their Spoken English is way ahead of ours in terms of sophistication...why can't we at least speak like the Americans even though we dont add the queens accent

How many languages can the English speak?
Their only language is English. But We, have to speak our local language with English and even French - abeg!

Bouncingbabyboy:
that guy dey speak like say him swallow frog

Guy i could barely hear and understand that British English....especially one of Scott Mctominay interview... Guy was just jamming everything

The accent should be call Janway English

omale88:
its not their fault, sardauna of sokoto and tafawa balewa with them ojukwu spoke queens english, so i guess the fault was with our teachers accent.any ways i speak queens English when having a conversation with an english person.

thank goodness, at least someone seems to understand what i'm saying...did u grow up in England or you learnt how to speak it locally?

Sholaani:


Guy i could barely hear and understand that British English....especially one of Scott Mctominay interview... Guy was just jamming everything

The accent should be call Janway English

lol u don't know what you are saying, British English is the best spoken language in the world ...quote me anywhere

Minjim:


How many languages can the English speak?
Their only language is English. But We, have to speak our local language with English and even French - abeg!

i'm sure ivory coast had other languages they where speaking before they where colonized by France, but they quickly adopted the language ...so this your argument cannot stand.

nakaman:
even when we try to speak the good english. The audience mind will be like watin dis 1 dey form

Exactly, they forget that this good English is in our heritage, but if u try to speak it they will say u are doing phone-tics

Kingkun69:
yeah I stayed In quayside for like a year I had friends in tyneside the way they say howay Bruv miss that place

Wow. I was on Wearside.

Sholaani:


Guy i could barely hear and understand that British English....especially one of Scott Mctominay interview... Guy was just jamming everything

The accent should be call Janway English

they sound like Elvis Presley while singing

TissuePaper:
I mean we were colonized by the British colonial masters who taught us English as well, and if there is anything i'm aware of its that the colonized country usually adopts the language and speaking pattern of their colonial masters like Senegal, Ivory Coast et al.

The English we speak here in Nigeria is very banal and unrefined, would've been nice if we at least adopted England's Queens English.

Lalasticlala Dominique mynd44

Nigerians cannot and would never possess the competence to speak SBE ( standard British English) because it is simply not their mother tongue. English language has varieties across boundaries even in the western countries, hence it is highly improper and 'unlinguistic' to condescend on Nigerian variety of English (NE) with its Nigerian cultural nuances.

Lalasticlala

TissuePaper:
i'm sure ivory coast had other languages they where speaking before they where colonized by France, but they quickly adopted the language ...so this your argument cannot stand.

Which language did you just say they adopted. I've you been to Cote de Ivoire b4 and hear their French? They're just like us. They speak broken French inundated with their local dialect.

Simply put, I'm an English language teacher and I've told those that care to listen often, there are varieties of English. Every country will adapt it to suit its own situation.
I'm sure you must be one of those Diction teachers trying effortlessly to force Queen English down pupil's throat just for your financial gains

TissuePaper:
thank goodness, at least someone seems to understand what i'm saying...did u grow up in England or you learnt how to speak it locally?

lol i learned watching a lots of english films, plus my childhood friend was english alaster (alistair)was his name, learned more from him before we pathed ways.