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OPINION: Nigerians Confidently Speak Fluent But Bad English | Whilst Ghanaians Timidly Speak Good English But Not Fluent

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Nigeria

Nigeria was colonized by the British – likewise Ghana, but sometimes I wonder why Nigerians confidently speak bad English without any whit of shame and also feel disgraced why Ghanaians speak good English but timidly as though a soldier is holding a gun at them to speak.

In the case of Nigerians, the most common word we are all aware they ‘murder’ is the pronunciation of the word DOCTOR. Per the English Lexicon, doctor should be pronounced ‘dŊktә’ but Nigerians, have for only God knows the number of years they started speaking English, always pronounce Doctor wrongly as ‘dŊkt כ:’

Don’t Nigerians do Oral English literature in their higher educational institutions? Or don’t they pay attention to the English (when they speak) regarding the correct manner in which the English words are supposed to be pronounced? Or better still don’t they watch CNN, BBC or Hollywood movies?

But having a Nigerian partner and having also watched a lot of Nigerian movies, I’ve come to realize the reason and concluded that: Nigerians confidently speak fluent but bad English whilst Ghanaians timidly speak good English but not fluent. The reason is simple! Very simple!

On the Ghanaian part, Ghanaians generally love to impress the next person when speaking English –which I consider as a sign of INFERIORITY COMPLEX anyway. The Ghanaian would do all he or she can to speak with a Western phonation.

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