Here's what they wrote about the Nigerian accent.
Famous tongues: King Sunny Adé, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde.
Dignified, with just a hint of willful naiveté, the deep, rich “oh’s” and “eh’s” of Naija bend the English language without breaking it, arousing tremors in places other languages can’t reach. Kinda makes the occasional phone scam worth the swindle.
Oyibo don finish,,na im make dem add "scam",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ODEOyibo don finish,,na im make dem add "scam",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ODE
ReplyDeleteThese back handed compliments we receive all the time from these foreign journalists. We reject this one in toto. Its nice to know our accent is one of the sexiest in the world, but if the only way they can illustrate it is by implying that it helps us in propagating scams etc, then they should take their compliment back. Shame on them for sneaking in those snide remarks. Better to have a good reputation and integrity as a people than to have the sexiest accent in the world ..which I agree we do have. *wink*
ReplyDeleteHup Naija!
ReplyDeleteHopefully ppl can stop twisting their tongues and the Ghanians i know can hug a transformer! hahahahahaa
ReplyDeleteWho are they? What do they know? What is sexy to me might sound like a frog's croak to you.
ReplyDeleteYay! I'm first! No mind dem jor! See, no need to form like stephanie okereke, be yaself...we've got a sexy accent. Let me quickly add that i like Weza's accent (the Angolan broad on the just concluded BBA).
ReplyDeleteLinda!! Slow news day abi? U for report on the man that shot his son for driving his car in lagos.
yeah slow news day..what about the man that was cut into two in okada accident in ilorin..
ReplyDelete@Fannie linda blog no be like bella where you type and see immediately. You go get to wait for approval. So that first or last jabrata no dey work for hia. Moving along.....i pray say this go stop jim iyke and co from trying to sound like invalids but Lightning fire CNN! You give us food to chop, when we chop beleful you con tell us to vomit am. God punish una! Ekwensu children!
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Its really slow news day..i have bin refreshing ur page since morning, was thinkin u were out on an assignment or event or smthing....pls bring gist jare...4get dis oyinbo ppple na dem dey sabi every...if we dey do scam mak dem sef stop to dey fall 4 d scam..nooonseeense!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThats Pretty Cool.....This is good News for Nigerians.
ReplyDeleteI ignore the Scam Joke!
Who exactly did they poll because majority of the people i've come across can't tell an "African" accent from an Indian or Caribbean accent, let alone be able to define what a Nigerian accent sounds like.
ReplyDeletedey dint av 2 insult us yle praising us na,ah ah!!!!!Mr.oyibo which kain stylish insult be dt????hmmm,on the bright side of it all,plz i didnt c ghana der o,i wldnt av brought dis up sha if nt 4 that yeye "sikiratu" grp,from ghana.so now u c y we r hotter dan y'all????and i say "thank God u r nt a nigerian"lol.cos if u wer we wldnt av being ranked numba 5.miss linda,plz wat rank is ghana sef btw???oooohh,tank God am a nigerian,av gt d world's 5th sexiest accent,u wan try????lol.
ReplyDeleteAs for d ghanians wat do u peeps has 2 say now,mumu people,naija no go ever carry last,love us 4 dat.smiles......
ReplyDeleteSexy accent???Not 4 Naija gals...maybe if Naija boys use it outside d country..they'd get laid...but no Naija gal gonna give it up solely on ur Naija accent...lol...
ReplyDeleteLove the way the 9ja babes rhyme and flow this days...with all the 'isms..sha's..u know..
ReplyDeleteI must admit..an educated Hausa person sounds good with that lithe roll of tongue..easy on the ears..
Yeah idiots..had to ruin it with the scamming bit couldn't help themselves..they the biggest scammers going..how much did MARDOFF..steal again??..just hate it that a black person can have the temerity to scam them...the masters of the game..
Linda.....my comment oya fast!
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still some yeye cows will want to americanize their niaja accent all in d name o belonging
ReplyDeleteSee the correct examples they gave sef! Omotola and KSA! big ups for that one. But KSA go get H-factor sha o
ReplyDeleteI no agree with this research o, na when I switch to my Naija accent - oyinbo know say I mean business and pay attention sharp sharp
ReplyDeletei dont think the writer meant bad with what he said,
ReplyDelete"Kinda makes the occasional phone scam worth the swindle"
means that even though you're being scammed on the phone you'll still want to listen to the person because you just want to keep listening to the sexy Nigerian accent.
If they are going to add scam, it is their cup.
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ReplyDeleteNaija language is always the best
Does Nigeria has the name scam as tag?
ReplyDeletescam? it takes two to tango...the oyibos who fall for the scam are greedy ones who want to reap where they did not sow.
ReplyDeleteam proudly Naija... no need forming yipeee
Theee is no such thing as Nigerian accent.They have to be specific. You got the Igbo accent, Yoruba accent , Hausa accent etc. I hope all those that are shining they teeths about this patty remark will shine they teeth when the same oyibo people say something nagetive about 9ja. We jump up and down like little kids when the White man give us thumbs up on something.
ReplyDeleteYawn. Unah dey mad. Una dry wait for White man's yeye approval and validation. Unah go wait tire.
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Linda can I have your take on this issue?
congraats omoT btw linda pls post her CNN interview! i need to watch it :) thanks
ReplyDeleteI find that hard to believe. The typical Nigerian accent is unsexy and unpleasant to the ears
ReplyDelete@ kiky...I agree
ReplyDeleteI love naija accent. I love to hear my dad and aunts talk all day. I think its sexy, and i'm glad that people are recognizing it.
GO NAIJA!!!
see the comments i left for the CNN writer below. we need to let them know its not fair..mcheew.
ReplyDeleteas a Nigerian i am really proud that our mother tongue and accent sound sexy to people,but i must confess i am really disappointed with the comment about the phone/bank scam comment,i believe the writer is a bias mother fucker,so you re telling me that the Italians are not known for their Mafia gang issues,czech and french for Prostitution and irish for fraud and alcoholism too>sir get your facts write and always be fair.
You see wat am sayin? Sexy lang! but y dem spoil d report wit dat snide remark eh? anuofia reporter *mwshew* Now as 4 peeps who say our accent is razz... go hug a wet transformer
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ReplyDeleteI have heard this a million times
I been think say them dey abuse me
so my accent is sezzy
goun soun ojere
I personally saw this article yesterday and i found it insulting please! i don't know where they got off thinking naija accent is sexy?! Firstly it ain't in my opinion and secondly the writer's comments were highly derogatory and wasn't worth putting up.
ReplyDeleteOne question please....
ReplyDeleteIs there such things as a 'Nigerian accent'
My Edo accent is totally different from my Ibo, Yoruba and Hausa brothas/sistas
Even within Edo/Delta we have soooo many accents
you shouldnt be insulting Ghanians just because they are not on the list ...
ReplyDeleteso omotola gets d attention dis time and not genevieve.....hmn.
ReplyDeleteare genevieve and omotola the only two famous Nigerians in this world? why are you always mentioning irrelevant things by trying to compare? its getting tired, abeg.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it true? Mschewww. you guys better be happy that they are still saying nice things.
ReplyDeleteFACT:
Many Naijas abroad are involve in one or two shady business, SCAM. The unfortunate thing is, every naija knows one or two people doing it. Is either everybody is keeping quiet, don't want to snitch or dat same uncle that lives in big house, squandering money, doing bigz boy isn't really doing the honest business you think they are doing.
So, every naija dat keeps complaining about their mention of naija scam can go hug a transformer.
Instead of naijas being in a state of denial and lying about it, why don't you face it and continue to build a better reputation about yourselves.
Waoo its fantatic. I always hate the way speak, cos it sounds too childish to me. Imaging hating ur own voice, cos it sounds like when a six years old girl is talking. But now am pround and I won't even try to imitate all those ayibo way of speaking.
ReplyDeleteI really hate the fact that they added 'scam joke' to it even though its the true, for the whole world to see.
But is it that my eyes are deceiving or why don't I see 'American Enlish' added to it? I only saw 'Queen's English' which is the 'British English'.