Tag: pidgin

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Bernard Dayo April 18, 2019

Yomi Shogunle telling Nigerians how to avoid being killed by SARS is like men telling women how to avoid being raped

At this point, nothing that Yomi Shogunle says should be shocking. The Acting Commissioner of Police has, for himself, created an online identity notorious for trolling and parcelling out banter,…

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Bernard Dayo July 4, 2018

The BBC will host Igbo, Yoruba and Pidgin debates this Thursday and you are invited

On July 5, the BBC World service will be hosting three debates at the University of Lagos (Afe Babalola Hall) which will be done in Igbo, Yoruba and Pidgin. Each…

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Op-ed Editor February 28, 2017

Farooq Kperogi: Black American vernacular English expressions you should know

by Farooq Kperogi Black American Vernacular English Expressions You Should Know By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In the spirit of America’s Black History Month, which is observed every February,…

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April 29, 2013

Opinion: Nigeria’s love of pidgin dey scatter my brain yet ginger my swagger

by Monica Mark For starters, put a smile on someone's face by telling them: "you dey ginger my swagger" (literally, you spice up my swagger, meaning they have a happy/inspiring…

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November 16, 2012

Femke becomes Funke: Oyinbo’s dictionary to Nigerian English

I am talking about the English Nigerians speak, sometimes hard to understand for foreigners who are not used to the particular Nigerian intonation, but simply beautiful with all its idiosyncrasies…

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