First of all, I am Edo. Akoko-Edo. So this thread is in no way derogatory intended.

I grew up in Lagos.

My people silence many N in words.

President : Preside-t
Intended : I-teded
Bank : Ba-k
Condom : Co-dom
Beans : Bea-s
Sent : Se-t
Sentence : Se-te-ce

You know what I'm talking about.

This is why it's so easy to identify the tribe that does this bank scam on phone the most.

After one don realize say him Maga get sense.... E curse the pesin....

You are right, it's very common with the Edo people and it's funny

It's only common with Edo's from Etsako
I mean the letter N issue.
However other parts of the state have their own peculiar pronunciation issues, but so deos an English man and an American right, so what's all the fuzz about?

I don't know what's so funny...

Its all about the accent of the person in question... There are ways a Yoruba man will speak in front of an Igbo man and the Igbo would be laffing...

am still looking for where them write am say tribal asset na crime

mtchww
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am still looking for where them write am say tribal asset na crime


mtchww

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You don vex ooo

I served in Uromi and I noticed it. They pronounce N as eni for instance NNPC is eni eni p c

Does this mean Edo people can't pronounce Enogie, even though Enogie is an Edo word? What of Benin - how would the typical Edo person pronounce it? Bei?

EDIT: Going by the examples you gave, I'm guessing the difficulty only arises when the N is following a consonant. Interesting. Well, every ethnic group around the world has their own pronunciation peculiarities, often determined by the rules of their own native languages.

Op not all.
That should be the Etsako and Auchi people in Edo State..
Had one as my caretaker in school then..
Nigga was a born comedian

We had lodge meeting one evening..
Na so them tell oga to follow up opening prayer..

Oga wan use laugh kill person ..

Sunday=Su-day, Monday=Mo-day

I also noticed many Igbo’s who speak the language well can’t pronounce ‘N’ and ‘M’.

What is know is that the Edos find it extremely difficult to pronounce L inside a word.
Eg. Girl is geh
Charles is Chas
Idol is ido
Ideal is idii
People is pipo