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Thursday 26 May 2016

STILL ON JENIFFER'S DIARY


My friend, so with all your ungrammatical and highly distorted use of lexis and structure, you've finally decided to  settle with the Jeniffer Diary of a thing?

What did you talking me about?

But this is not helping you. You've just committed another blunder! This is what I am saying; 'with all your bad bad oyinbos why have you decided to make it worst? (You should understand that at least.)

Ooohhhh.... The movie is just sweet and funny friend.

Sweet? Anyway, you should know that I am not a lover of movie as such. The few ones I lay my hands on to watch is because they are highly educative. And you would have seen me watching discoveries especially on the TEDtalk. It was through my careful observation everyday that I was poised to ask why the atmosphere is being filled with blunders. What brought me closer to the reality of what is totally wrong was when I heard people greeting themselves in a particular dilapidated English manner. That was when I knew where the whole trouble emanated.

The simple challenge is that almost everybody in the campus especially our ladies are now suffering from this same syndrome

You 'mention TEDtalk then...' but Have not heard about TEDtalk before.

Sorry. Well, I think it is advisable you go get A-one in English (or simple approach to English Language) in order to fortify your spoken English because you can't continue like this. You only have to learn in order to get better or worst. Why not take time to learn vigorously so as to jive in the ocean of metaphor? Why not settle down to know the anatomy of the lexis and structure that are the building blocks of English language? If you won't mind, get materials that can help furnish and garnish your spoken English and stop speaking bullets that can  make the fowls and the goats around to meet their grave untimely (don't you know you are about spoiling the much awaited christmas when you kill all of them out of your I-don't-care disposition to what you speak?)

Bullet? When did speaking bad English become a bullet?

That is however a bitter pile you may not want to swallow. Thank God you have not even killed me with your bullets

It's interesting speaking with you about this bad bad english of a thing ooooo. But wait, can I siad (point of correction, not said but say. Thanks Mr. Oyinbo) that you are forming ota  (enemy) for Jeniffer diary.

Far be it from me. I'm only trying to correct what some of you think is wow when it is a woe (as suggested by one of my brothers.)  You can't survive in this manner especially in this 21st century. What if you are a teacher? Is this the same way you will be teaching your students and expect them to have A1 in English? (shake his head to mean NO) I can bet you from now till eternity that they will not only have F9, if there is F100 they will live to enjoy it (is that a curse? No) only the wise ones among those students would  know that such teachings are preparatory grounds for an excellent poor performance.
Or how will you wake up as a parent and greet your children in this same silly manner; 'How is you?' when you ought to say, -How are you?' All of these look so simple but they are important and very germane when it comes to exercising the act of effective communication. I'm double sure no company will consider such an individual with watery grammar.
To think I am against the movie may be a wrong judgement. I'm only trying to emphasize the influence it may have/ is having on some of these young chaps and even the so-called grown ups.

Hmmmmmmmm... But it make people lively?

That is one of the key elements of the work of art. Am not disputing it friend. But how do you reconcile making people lively and ultimately distort their speaking morphology? Common, to entertain people does not require all the stress. Even with sound grammatical constructions and well articulated language control you can do that. Get some TEDtalks movies and you will understand better. The world of art is influencial and that is why caution must be thrown into the air.

Are you sure of all of 'this'

Not this but 'these'
If only we can get a book shop right away I'll not mind getting you some of the books I menioned earlier because it is a life investement to know what is right and wrong.

I wish you well. Don't spend your time accumulating what will not add up to your CV or progress in life.

Thanks Ore. Must get to the school Bookshop to get myself materials that will 'fortify' my English as you have said.

God bless your heart friend for giving attention to this.

@isaacsogo