Tag: correspondence

The Thread: How to get your proposal noticed

The Economist once said that Nigerian English is "prone to verbal flourishes". And nowhere is this so apparent as in our speeches and writeups- whether emails, proposals and  CVs. These…

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“A dejobbed person, bewifed, much childrenised gentleman” – Impressive 1929 letter by ‘Calabar’ man revealed (SNAPSHOT)

On February 2nd of 1929, the following hilarious letter of complaint was sent to a government official in Calabar, Nigeria, by a "bewifed" and "much childrenised" ex-employee who had recently…

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