by Farooq Kperogiitter It is traditional for dictionaries and grammar mavens to choose their words of the year at the close of the year. Mine is “spended.” It is the nonstandard past tense of “spend,” which is popular with non-native English speakers particularly in Asia. But it was popularized in Nigeria by Minister of Youths... Read More

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American English, Dalung, grammar, mama peace, New lexicons, Nigeria's political class

October 25, 2016

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Farooq Kperogi: “Outrightly,” “Faithfuls,” “Graduands”: Q and A on Nigerian English and learner Errors

by Farooq Kperogi Over the past few days, I was dragged into many online arguments about the grammatical correctness of certain popular Nigerian English expressions. My responses to these conversations form the core of today’s column. Is the word “outrightly” an illegitimate word even though some online dictionaries have an entry for it? Why don’t... Read More

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American English, Farooq Kperogi, grammar, nigeria, Nigerian English

September 15, 2015

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Please, don’t “revert back” to me

Recently my American boss asked me “What’s with Nigerians and revert?” I was a bit confused on what she was asking. She then said, “When they want to come back to you on something, they say revert”. I was like “Yeah I do that as well”. She was like “Exactly, although I understand what you... Read More

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June 3, 2013

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These numbers don’t lie: 12 new surprising findings about dating

by Paul Carrick Brunson Thirty seven percent of the males rated the face looking the most like their own as the most attractive. These Numbers Don’t Lie If you know me, you know I’m a data junkie! While I’ve been around numbers long enough to know they can be manipulated to suggest anything we want,... Read More

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