Comments on: I Just De Greet You http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/ Not Just Junk... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:01:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Gaynell http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-137043 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:29:52 +0000 http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-137043 Good for people to know. Good for people to know.

]]> by: Venus http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-134772 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:50:38 +0000 http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-134772 Buenas Tardes de Puerto Rico! I am linguistics student studying West African Pidgin this semester and was wondering if you knew of any websites written in pidgin that I could surf. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Buenas Tardes de Puerto Rico!

I am linguistics student studying West African Pidgin this semester and was wondering if you knew of any websites written in pidgin that I could surf. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

]]> by: imnakoya http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-36905 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:59:29 +0000 http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-36905 "E be like say you dey enjoying 9ja Mama J"? It's refreshing to read a prose on Nigeria that is free of negative connotations. You just made my day! Thanks. “E be like say you dey enjoying 9ja Mama J”?

It’s refreshing to read a prose on Nigeria that is free of negative connotations. You just made my day! Thanks.

]]> by: Yvonne Sesonga http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-29435 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:57:12 +0000 http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-29435 Hello, I'm writing from Femmes Africa Solidarité, sorry this might seem awkward, but this NGO is in the middle of establishing a sponsorship programme for Peace Gender and Development in the honor of Dr Kihoro Wanjiru. We have been trying to contact people from Abantu, because we need an official authorization but we haven’t gotten any reply to our request. Could you please tell us who we should contact, please get back to me I will forward you any information about the organization, the sponsorship pragramme... Best regards, Yvonne Sesonga Hello,

I’m writing from Femmes Africa Solidarité, sorry this might seem awkward, but this NGO is in the middle of establishing a sponsorship programme for Peace Gender and Development in the honor of Dr Kihoro Wanjiru.

We have been trying to contact people from Abantu, because we need an official authorization but we haven’t gotten any reply to our request.

Could you please tell us who we should contact, please get back to me I will forward you any information about the organization, the sponsorship pragramme…

Best regards,

Yvonne Sesonga

]]> by: Ciru http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-29424 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:46:00 +0000 http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-29424 Sissie O, how you body dey? (am I conjugating ot properly? LOL I hope you're fluent in pidgin by your next visit to Kenya. ROFLMAO @ MsK! That must have been most disorieting! Why? Whay what?! :D Sissie O, how you body dey? (am I conjugating ot properly? LOL I hope you’re fluent in pidgin by your next visit to Kenya.

ROFLMAO @ MsK! That must have been most disorieting! Why? Whay what?! :D

]]> by: Ms K http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-29016 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:06:06 +0000 http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-29016 The one that really got me while i was in Ghana was the "why" they put at the end of every sentence. For the longest I kept wondering why everyone wanted to know why. X: "I'm going to town, why?" Me: Why? What? Why are you asking me why YOU are going to town?????!!!! Finally someone explained that the "why" isn't actually "why". Its a Twi word, don't know how its rendered in writing but it means ok. Why? I don't know!! It's totally brilliant to learn the language and culture of a new culture. I'm also really keen on the food that other people eat, but my trips to Ghana earned me some extra 10 kgs that have refused to budge even two years later so I'll keep that curiosity in check for now! Glad you're enjoying Nigeria after all the horror stories I've heard. Just goes to show, it's important to have an open mind when you visit new places and not live by stereotypes. Well done ma! The one that really got me while i was in Ghana was the “why” they put at the end of every sentence. For the longest I kept wondering why everyone wanted to know why.

X: “I’m going to town, why?”

Me: Why? What? Why are you asking me why YOU are going to town?????!!!!

Finally someone explained that the “why” isn’t actually “why”. Its a Twi word, don’t know how its rendered in writing but it means ok.

Why? I don’t know!!

It’s totally brilliant to learn the language and culture of a new culture. I’m also really keen on the food that other people eat, but my trips to Ghana earned me some extra 10 kgs that have refused to budge even two years later so I’ll keep that curiosity in check for now!

Glad you’re enjoying Nigeria after all the horror stories I’ve heard. Just goes to show, it’s important to have an open mind when you visit new places and not live by stereotypes.

Well done ma!

]]> by: Adeks http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-28934 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:17:18 +0000 http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-28934 What a delight? I am really impressed by your interest in the Nigerian culture. Thanks for giving your perspective as a non-Nigerian living in Nigeria. Anyway my sista, may I tell u, u do well. You be real dota of your papa. U jus make my belle full with joy and make my life cool like thermocool. Well done o jare. Good bye for now, I go keep in touch. What a delight? I am really impressed by your interest in the Nigerian culture. Thanks for giving your perspective as a non-Nigerian living in Nigeria. Anyway my sista, may I tell u, u do well. You be real dota of your papa. U jus make my belle full with joy and make my life cool like thermocool. Well done o jare. Good bye for now, I go keep in touch.

]]> by: Gish http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-28735 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:09:02 +0000 http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-28735 i love the english esp the gestures that accompany the "God forbid" and the lips nosiy thingy they do... Now i have new words... Well done sisto i love the english esp the gestures that accompany the “God forbid” and the lips nosiy thingy they do… Now i have new words… Well done sisto

]]> by: Quintessential http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-28101 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:13:17 +0000 http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-28101 I de thank you o...for some reason I've always been intrigued at pidgin english and you've put clarity...ta! I de thank you o…for some reason I’ve always been intrigued at pidgin english and you’ve put clarity…ta!

]]> by: aegeus http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-27886 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:46:48 +0000 http://beginsathome.com/journal/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/#comment-27886 ROTFL. Nice post. I usually never catch much of that lingo when i am watching Naija productions. Now this post has demystified a lot of what they say o (LOL)....Well done...that is a shocker...i always thought they said...welcome!? ROTFL. Nice post. I usually never catch much of that lingo when i am watching Naija productions. Now this post has demystified a lot of what they say o (LOL)….Well done…that is a shocker…i always thought they said…welcome!?

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