Nigerian English

Activity 1. What do these mean?
*My friend wants to go down the bus = get off
*Did you know that Richard is moving with Eunice? = courting
*Britain derecognized the DK in 1979.= withdraw diplomatic recognition
*This is an outstation call. = out of town
*He overlistened to the boys’ conversation. = eavesdropped
*Most of the students here are bed-spacers. = room renters (no board)
*Our son is England-returned. = come back from England
*You have to be careful with these been-to boys.= who have returned fromEngland


Activity 2. Guess the distinctive collocations and idioms noted in Nigeria

Senior elder

Wash mouth brush teeth
Morning meal breakfast
Baby lawyer young lawyer
Hear French understand
Declare a surplus throw party
Take in become pregnant
Give me chance / way let me pass
I am not financial have no money
Activity 3.

1. 
   Bush meat: ‘We will hunt some bush-meat’- game
   
2. 
   White-cap chiefs: senior chiefs in Lago whose rank is shown by the - white cap
   
3. 
   Environment: ‘This environment is nice’- neighborhood
   
4. 
   At now: ‘They have not arrived at now.’- yet
   
5. 
   Off-head- from memory
   
6. 
   To take the light- to make a power cut (electricity)
   
7. 
   Social wake-keeping- feasting and drumming
   
8. 
   To wet: ‘I will wet my plants’- to water (flower)
   
9. 
   Globe: ‘Can you change the globe, please!’- electric light bulb
   
10. 
    To land one’s speech- to finish one’s speech
    
11. 
    Juju music- a type of dance music