The "R" Fever!

Please can someone tell me why most on-air personality mispronounce words all in the name of been phonetically inclined!?

While driving to work, Hubby and I usually listen to the car radio. We have no particular preferred station, so it is usually random listening. In the course of listening to our on-air personalities, I noticed that MOST of them speak with fake accents! If the accent is real, the speech will FLOW without any hitches! I noticed that most of the time, they add “R” or an extra “R” to every word! WHY?

For instance, a word like collection will be pronounced “COLLERCTION”. Another example is the word laptop which becomes LARPTOP when pronounced by some people! Yes! I have heard it on the radio! Other words are:
• Bottle = BORTTLE
• Cup = CURP
• Purse = PURRSE
• Hand = HARND

I could go on and ORN . . . :)

These on-air personalities always pronounce words wrongly, all because of phonetics! They cannot even pronounce Nigerian foods, names and places! Can you imagine? They talk as if they have water in their mouth. I am not saying they should not speak English, but please, speak the thing well! Even the oyinbo wey get the language no they talk like that! Shio!

If investigated, I bet it would be discovered that these so called “accent” ridden people have not been out of the Country! This reminds me of one guy who was all over the place bouncing in his baggy jeans and speaking the “yeah men... yeah men” speech. I actually thought he was born and bred in the USA! You can imagine my shock when I found out that he has never been to the USA! In fact he was just coming from a West African Country! Chei!

Gaddafi vows to fight till the 'last drop of blood'

When I heard this news, the first question I asked myself was - "Whose blood are we talking about here?????" WHY on earth is he still holding on to power? Na hin get the Country?! For crying out loud, this guy has been in power for over 40 YEARS and still counting!

This man known as Gadhafi actually called on his own supporters to attack the protesters! In his words: "You men and women who love Gadhafi ... get out of your homes and fill the streets . . . and attack them in their lairs." 


This guy even referred to himself as a  fighter and he says he will die a MARTYR!

Odi kwa serious o!

Agege Bread!

Agege bread needs no description as it is very popular especially in Lagos and its environs. I believe this bread originated from the Agege area of Lagos State. I remember when I used to travel by train to Jos those days, as soon as the train makes a brief stop at the Agege station, we (my friends and I) MUST buy some loaves. Back then, Agege bread was a master piece! The bread had various impressions on them, adding to the “beauty” LOL!

I love Agege bread . . . but I do not eat it as frequently as I would have ordinary loved to. This is because Hubby feels Agege bread is not prepared under proper hygienic conditions! See me see wahala o! Na today? Bread wey I don dey chop since even before I know am! As if to buttress his point he once showed me a lady cleaning Agege bread with a piece of cloth before packaging. Well that would not deter me o! For years, I have been eating this Agege bread and nothing do me 0! You see, those days, as a child, Agege bread was the loaf known to us then. Even when “oyinbo” sliced bread began to flood the market, Agege bread was the in thing for us (and I believe most people then).

I still remember once when an Uncle came visiting and gave me and my siblings some money, I told my mother that I’d like to eat Agege bread with “ewa agoin” (Togolese beans). The next weekend, I asked her to give me my money (50 kobo) so I could buy the bread and beans. . . LOL!

Agege bread vs. Sliced Bread, which do you prefer?

Rascals?!

Recently, at the PDP campaign in Oyo State, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was reported to have said:
“We must take over all the States in the Southwest. The zone is too important to be left in the hands of rascals.”

Rascals? That is a very HARSH word. The first thing that came to my mind was maybe Mr. President was quoted out of context. I waited for a rebuttal, but I got none! Did he actually say that? If he did, well the guy fall my hand big time! I suggest that ALL politicians, particularly those vying for elective positions should focus on positive objectives and watch their utterances. They should deter from using abusive or derogating words on their opponents!

God bless Nigeria!