Comments on: What do you sound like?

By: Temitope

Temitope — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:06:25 +0000

havent finished the article or read a single comment yet. such an interesting post. but i want to post a grrrreat resource for learning ede Yoruba (im pretty bad) with videos and tutorials so you can have a sort of courseload. also there are a mass amount of yoruba movies on youtube which are good to mix in with any studies you are doing. forgive me if this was all already mentioned, im sort of tight on time. Cheers and happy holidays and merry Christmas :D http://www.africa.uga.edu/Yoruba/

By: Anoda Phase

Anoda Phase — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:55:28 +0000

lol…funny post…I believe I sound very Nigerian…very good spoken English, no accent (I'm Yoruba)…I speak Yoruba well thanks to my Paternal grandma but my parents and a few others dont think it's good enof…humph! human beings, there's no satisfying them…lol.

By: abidemi oderinlo

abidemi oderinlo — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:42:08 +0000

omo naija ni mi..

you guys are makin it sound as if it's criminal

say u no sabi speak yoruba no mean say or igbo or just sound nigerian no be crime although it's a crime in the real sense of it, but the thing be say no be una fault…

but classes are up for real…

i am online most times and

we could skype to make it easier to learn

the time difference no matter, i be night crawler…

hit me up on eniola_onebox@yahoo.com

or maybe i wil start bloging the Naija way once in a week on my blog http://www.babaolowo.blogspot.com
lets work it out together… :)

By: Princess

Princess — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:22:07 +0000

I sound American- blah

By: leggy

leggy — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:32:08 +0000

i like any man whos not scared to speak his language anywhere.tres sexy.

By: Olufunke

Olufunke — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:44:35 +0000

LOL@ Omosi T .’Island accent’, its true o, there is the V/I and Ikoyi accent

Me, I definitely sound Nigerian,….I was born, buttered, bread and jammed all in Naija o! Just that I am not sure I sound Yoruba, though I am full blooded Yoruba

I kinda like the French accent trying to sound English; I really would like to see a combo of Scottish-Real Nigerian accent…..

GNG, don’t stop trying to learn to speak Yoruba and the pidgin, let people laugh at you, (although I must confess I would also get a kick out of laughing at you too)

I think I agree with high five, there is somethign about the Hausa accent, especially mixed with an English one.

And I loved Phat girls……some mistakes/errors, but generally very nice movie with a very strong and inspiring story line.

By: Highfive

Highfive — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:51:34 +0000

Nigerians say I don't sound Naija (and I grew up there o) but I like to think I do. Americans say they can't pinpoint my accent but they always guess Trinidadian (I've gotten Jamaica once). Anyway I grew up in the North (KD!!!) and I lurvvvv lurvv lurvvv a smooth talking Hausa man, Chineke!!! When they have a tinge of hausa accent mixed with proper English, it will bring you to your knees Lord have mercy. I might be a weird one but I also love a slight hint of an igbo accent, just a slight hint…tis sezzy sometimes.

As for my pidgin, I can type it like no man's business but it comes out weird :(

By: Favoured Girl

Favoured Girl — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:03:19 +0000

LOL @ Aloted's comment ^^^

Congrats on improving your Yoruba vocabulary, I'm sure it will pay off! I too wish I could speak pidgin but I can't. I can't even fake it.

I think I sound Nigerian, I only bother to switch to a British accent when I'm speaking to a British person. I looove the Italian accent, but maybe that's just because I sometimes wish I was Italian, lol.

By: Azazel

Azazel — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:58:20 +0000

Naija/british and yankee accent right here lol.

By: aloted

aloted — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:42:32 +0000

nice post!

ok i sound very nigerian but with no particular accent..i can do a good yoruba accent as yoruba girl concern and can be razz when i want to.

i love hearing people e.g my mum or grandma pray in yoruba..there are some words they use they rhymes..dunno ow to explain ti jare.

with pidgin i write it better than i speak it…i sound strange speaking pidgin.

i love a proper britico accent…not the black man's own o..white britico accent…and i so so love the american accent..not the texan one o..or the one that draws like soup…lol..u sabi the one i dey talk about?

ok am goign to sleep now…