![]() ![]() Its like accepting the modern day yoruba which is heavily diluted and mixed with English etc instead of the real Language itself. I think its an illusion to think that there are more pidging speakers than english, the truth is that there are many bad english speakers, we tend to classify them as speaking pidgin rather than unpolished, bad english. Its more prevalent with easterners and not westerners or northerners. Pidging, though with wide acceptance also has differences from one region to another, i.e. Pidgin lacks form and character associated with real languages. Otherwise, maybe we replace classical Yoruba and other Nigerian languages with the modern yoruba which is a mixture of yoruba, english, and whatever you can imagine. The widespread of it does not replace the original. We have pidgin in every form of Language - French, Yoruba (modern day yoruba with so many english words) etc. Simply, pidgin means adultration of the original. Should we restructure our educational system around pidgin English, a language spoken and understood by the majority, in place of Queen's English? Or should we just improve the quality of English Language education? Will it be a step in the right direction, or a terribly misguided step?ฤก Like 1 Share Re: Nigerian Pidgin English as Our National Language? by whiteshark( m): 3:44pm On Sep 05, 2005 " What are the short comings of pidgin English as a common language in Nigeria? Already, it is the unofficial lingo.why are we deceiving ourselves with this queens english that is only well spoken by few?" Imnakoya believes that Nigerian pidgin might be suitable s Nigeria's common/official language. Trae_z: "Pidgin English is a pain in the ass when reading, especially voluminous reading, but its cool all the same to speak and to write in" Nigerian Pidgin English Version" ( link)" Obong: "Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Preferred it if it was in pidgin - everyone would be able to relate too" Scorpio: " really cool though, but I would've ![]() pidgin is very sweet, reading and speaking." Infact, it makes whatever you are reading more interesting." IAH: "Pidgin English isn't hard to read at all. Many of us have enthusiastically endorsed the Pidgin English we speak in Nigeria:
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