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Nigerian English

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mammy water   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
obey the wind   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
mouth organ   was added by bilby and has been listed 4 times with 1 comment
mama-put   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
made in england   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
popular side   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
pay smol smol   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
long throat   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
lookery   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
let my people go   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
queer-queer   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
kill and divide   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
keep lagos clean   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
k-leg   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
reign pass   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
joke na joke   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
spray   was added by bilby and has been listed 9 times with 1 comment
shaded up   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
sacrifice   was added by bilby and has been listed 18 times with 2 comments
home delivery   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
triangular student   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
traficate   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
throway face   was added by bilby and has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
giddying   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
vex-comot   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
footron   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
follow-follow   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
firee cinema   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
face to face   was added by bilby and has been listed 3 times with 1 comment
wipe   was added by bilby and has been listed 6 times with 2 comments
weather man   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
wash   was added by bilby and has been listed 13 times with 9 comments
wadded   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
drop   was added by bilby and has been listed 15 times with 1 comment
do anyhow   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
deshine   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
declare   was added by bilby and has been listed 7 times with 2 comments
you dey chop bottle   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
yellow fever   was added by bilby and has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
zero one zero   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
cry blood   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
country paper   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
corner-corner   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
congo-meat   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
condition make crayfish bend   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
close marking   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
christmas goat   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
chop bullet   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
chin-chin   was added by bilby and has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
cease light   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
four-o-four   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
bingo   was added by bilby and has been listed 8 times with 5 comments
bottom box   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
papa battalion   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
beg beg   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
babi pancake   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
apollo   was added by bilby and has been listed 11 times with 1 comment
419   was added by bilby and has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
yahoo-yahoo boys   was added by John and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
sorry-o   was added by John and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
can of worms   was added by John and has been listed 5 times with 1 comment
miscreant   was added by John and has been listed 59 times with 2 comments
vulcanizer   was added by John and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
gripe water   was added by John and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
urchin   was added by John and has been listed 24 times with 0 comments
tout   was added by John and has been listed 9 times with 0 comments
waterloo   was added by John and has been listed 9 times with 0 comments
cutlass   was added by John and has been listed 16 times with 0 comments
jubilate   was added by John and has been listed 4 times with 1 comment
felicitate   was added by John and has been listed 1 time with 3 comments
chop house   was added by John and has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
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1 day ago bilby said:

I've added some words I've sourced from 'Babawilly's Dictionary of Pidgin English Words and Phrases'. He describes the English language situtation in Nigeria as follows:
"Pidgin English is spoken widely across Nigeria. It is a language made up of elements of the Queen's English and the local dialects.
...
Many English words are used differently in Pidgin English and more research would be needed to find out why. However direct translations of sentences from the local dialets into English without regards to tenses contributes to a lot of the confusing words in Pidgin English. Many mis-spellings and mis-pronunciations are so popular that they have entered colloquial usage.
Finally I must add that Pidgin English is a comical language and spoken with spirit, emotion and a lot of gesticulations. It is indeed a Nigerian fabrication."

6 months ago chained_bear said:

Wow! What a cool list!

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