atutupoyo:

This sun is firing me,
One Ice cold water.

Yes o, plus "ice water tutu re" (ice is 'tutu' in Yoruba so that is tautology)!


If I borrow you my book when will you return it back to me? (using borrow in place of lend)

What's return back?

I will 'sound' you now you will cry!

candy:

How about calling every woman who is older than you aunty and every male uncle even when they are not in any way related to your parents

Bifo nko? You want to call them by name? Abomination!!! Words like 'uncle, aunty, brother and sister' have been borrowed from English and have come to stay. Besides, can't you call your mum's friend or your friend's Mum 'Mummy'? Are you related biologically? A-beg, no-tosh-tradition o

titilaelae:

Bifo nko? You want to call them by name? Abomination!!! Words like 'uncle, aunty, brother and sister' have been borrowed from English and have come to stay. Besides, can't you call your mum's friend or your friend's Mum 'Mummy'? Are you related biologically? A-beg, no-tosh-tradition o

We borrowed the words from oyinbo but must we bastardize them? Aunty/uncle means the sister/brother of someone's father or mother, or the wife of someone's uncle or husband of someone's aunt! What is worth borrowing at all is worth using well! Some people even call their sisters aunty instead of sister! The fact that a lot of people misuse these words doesn't make it right. . . it's just being Nigerian. And yes, I call all my mum's friends mummy, all my dad's friends daddy,every female older than me aunty, every male uncle . . . because i'm a Nigerian who doesn't want to trash borrowed tradition!

No matter what we say about the way Nigerians speak, we all know they make us laugh.
When I went to Nigeria two weeks ago I was laughing all through out my trip

this thread is really funny, i enjoyed every post as i read through them

I wish you goodLUCKY

lol, this thread is funny I have a few.

Calling a Nigerian Passport - International Passport, why?
Instead of have a sip- Have a zip-----extremely annoying.
Like when you go the butchers ,
J: I would like to by some beef please
Butcher: How much?
J: £5 own, lol
oni five pounds
and so many others
every insecticide is Raid, every beverage is Tea.

I think the thing that my mom says that just irks me is when I really want to do/have something that she doesn't want me to do/have and
i insist upon it and she says:

"we shall see"


ARGHHHHHHHHH! i would pay money to have her not say that anymore! I think the worst part is that it looms over me before i'm going to get/do that thing and sometimes forces me to chicken out, LOL!!!

minerals (soft drink)

@ebonyj

The passport one annoys me to bits. I always ask if there is a local passport! Since a passport sized photograph is simply called passport, therefore a passport has to get a new name hence the 'international'

Another one is 'that man is a gay'.There's a thread with an opening remark like that.

LOL @ this thread, there are plenty of them! let me try and recollect,

"leda" or "paperbag" (as one word!!) to mean a polyethene bag, or just plain wataproof

"It's a lie!", when someone tells you something shocking

"bic" for pen

Hummer Jeep, prado Jeep, Honda Jeep, it's only they that know when all these companies merged with Jeep

"his dress was/is fine", no comment

"if i KONK you ehn!", meaning knock on the head

"don't ax me anything!", is ASK so hard to pronounce?

"Silpas" for slippers

"Umblerra" for Umbrella

"oyi" for Oil

"where went you?", had a teacher that insisted this was proper, argh!

"are you on line?" said to me by some guy, apparently he was asking for my phone number,

hearing of smells, eg. i can hear the way the stew is scenting

"Handset" for mobile phone

and this one is an intonation thing, but let me try, maybe someone will understand,

when introducing themselves they go, mAI Nem is Emeka, with the "My" acquiring an ascending tone, it irritates me silly!

then "krokrosh" for cockroach

"tea" to represent every beverage under the sun

Butter abi it's "bottah" when they mean margarine

another one that comes up during introductions, "i am Andrew by name"

m.i:

LOL @ this thread, there are plenty of them! let me try and recollect,

"leda" or "paperbag" (as one word!!) to mean a polyethene bag, or just plain wataproof

"It's a lie!", when someone tells you something shocking

"bic" for pen

Hummer Jeep, prado Jeep, Honda Jeep, it's only they that know when all these companies merged with Jeep

"his dress was/is fine", no comment

"if i KONK you ehn!", meaning knock on the head

"don't ax me anything!", is ASK so hard to pronounce?

"Silpas" for slippers

"Umblerra" for Umbrella

"oyi" for Oil

"where went you?", had a teacher that insisted this was proper, argh!

"are you on line?" said to me by some guy, apparently he was asking for my phone number,

hearing of smells, eg. i can hear the way the stew is scenting

"Handset" for mobile phone

and this one is an intonation thing, but let me try, maybe someone will understand,

when introducing themselves they go, mAI Nem is Emeka, with the "My" acquiring an ascending tone, it irritates me silly!
then "krokrosh" for cockroach

"tea" to represent every beverage under the sun

Butter abi it's "bottah" when they mean margarine

another one that comes up during introductions, "i am Andrew by name"

dont know why, but i TOTALLY get that!!!! lol. dat shyt irks me baaaaaddddddddd!!!!!!!!!!

Very, very funny thread. . . . . . lol, . . . . . . all trucks are called Jeep, . . . . .

*girl seeing friend after 2 yrs and screams* It's a lie! It's a lie!!!
girlfriend: ha ha no, It's a true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i want to drink cocaoats

wot a man can dooo??

*students all rise* good aaaaaaafternoon sa, we are hapi to see u today, God bless u sir,
tisha: sit down.

Student: Exsuse me sa, ma i go and hiss myself (grabbing penis)

I ruf u

seller: Sister sister!

kid: i will te my mommi for you

F word sign ( wen i was in primary sch)- high 5 with all fingers wide spread.

kids: i want water!
another kid: me too!
another: me three!

fantastic! cocastic! fantabulous!

@A.K.O u got me laffin hard!

my!! my!!

diz onez rily got me krackin!!

seller : oya pay 1500
buyer : ahn ahn 1000 nko
seller : oya e san wo
buyer: 700 nko
seller : ko gba o
buyer : ahn ahn kilode
seller:oya e san womurmuring offcourse
buyer: 150 nko!!!!!!!!
seller: oloriburuku, oniranu, lorun loma ba ti yin je

she annoy me in front of my face

Call me on my NOKIA!!!

'Real cool guys' saying I want to go and take a shower when they holding a 10 litre bucket of water!

Please don't tear my trouzis!

trouzis=trousers!

Evevryday (everyday)
each each person
As Yorubas, we must add 'o' at the end of every sentence, be it Yoruba, English or French eg 'Come here o', 'Goodnight o', 'Comment-allez-vous o'

@Ghettochyk, lol, thank God i'm not alone, i cringe everytime i hear someone say it that way, the funniest part is that they usually say it when they are trying to speak "proper" English, *shakes head in dissapointment*

ooh, i remembered another one, "dozbin",

m.i:

LOL @ this thread, there are plenty of them! let me try and recollect,

"leda" or "paperbag" (as one word!!) to mean a polyethene bag, or just plain wataproof

"It's a lie!", when someone tells you something shocking

"bic" for pen

Hummer Jeep, prado Jeep, Honda Jeep, it's only they that know when all these companies merged with Jeep

"his dress was/is fine", no comment

"if i KONK you ehn!", meaning knock on the head

"don't ax me anything!", is ASK so hard to pronounce?

"Silpas" for slippers

"Umblerra" for Umbrella

"oyi" for Oil

"where went you?", had a teacher that insisted this was proper, argh!

"are you on line?" said to me by some guy, apparently he was asking for my phone number,

hearing of smells, eg. i can hear the way the stew is scenting

"Handset" for mobile phone

and this one is an intonation thing, but let me try, maybe someone will understand,

when introducing themselves they go, mAI Nem is Emeka, with the "My" acquiring an ascending tone, it irritates me silly!

then "krokrosh" for cockroach

"tea" to represent every beverage under the sun

Butter abi it's "bottah" when they mean margarine

another one that comes up during introductions, "i am Andrew by name"

Rotflmao!!!
I am fearing somebody will come and konk me for the way I am laughing this early morrin.

Minerals for every beverage under the sun.
Cumboard
System for PC
Goslow
You can't fit carry it

lol. . . .

YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THE TRUTH, AND WHAT ABOUT SUPERGETTI FOR SPAGETTI

YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THE TRUTH, AND WHAT ABOUT SUPERGHETTI FOR SPAGHETTI

"Skelentin", for "Skeleton"

LOL@ the superghetti one!

Go and buy Royco Maggi

kommy27:

YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THE TRUTH, AND WHAT ABOUT SUPERGHETTI FOR SPAGHETTI

Tee hee hee. . . how about Indomie for every kind of Noodle?

Another one that irks me is the over pronouncing of words like saying subTul.

lol

i just saw this in recent post

Supergghetti!!!

ROTFLMAO!!!!

Baby Jinx:


Another one that irks me is the over pronouncing of words like saying subTul.

hehe, and lisTin for Listen

So u prefer Lizzen or Lixten

m.i:

hehe, and lisTin for Listen

Hahaha! Oh Yeah. I remember that sunday school song "LisTin, LisTin, pay attention for God has something to say" Rotflmao

Gamine:

So u prefer Lizzen or Lixten

I prefer Lizzen coz it goes with Blezzing. . .

Sixster Blezzing, Lizzen to me, You have to be subTul in your approach.

lmao

Sixter blexzin pleax lixtin God is gona blex u

if u would just praix Him.

Bros, how we go do am now?? _{na bribe request be dat o}

mandate

a friend wanted to buy a pair of shoes on lagos island so he asked the trader if the shoes were original. this was his reply

'Show me ur papa house for london!'

lmao