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Re: Igebotz Nigerian Local Board Merit Source Application
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rachael9385
on 24/08/2023, 18:13:57 UTC
Fair enough, but Google Translate hasn't found a way to translate Nigerian Pidgin to English yet, and most of these posts are always in Pidgin, so many merit sources will skip them except those who want to merit blindly or based on the reputation of the user who submitted those links.
Wait, I'm confused Tongue We here always use the phrase "pidgin English" for bad English, or the Dutch equivalent: Steenkolenengels. I've been wondering why Nigeria needed their own local board, given that English is the official language. I'm now starting to think you guys actually call it "Pidgin" which just sounds funny Smiley
When I saw posts on the Nigerian local board before, I thought it was just English but with lots of mistakes. Now I'm starting to think this is how it's supposed to be:
This one go different and na based on the different coins dem wey you dey interested in wey go determine if you go go long term or short term.
When I read this, what I see is: "English English English mistake English English English dem wey English dey English English wey English English English English English English" Cheesy

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Handling a source to a local who understands these languages solves these issues
No argument there Smiley
Pidgin English is different from good English language, we learn English language in school but we don't learn pidgin English in school because is commonly used in some part in Africa, I believe pidgin English is easier to learn although there are some pidgin English you will hear and it will be funny to your hearing and to the person that speaks it too, pidgin English is easy to understand that why some bitcoimtalkers who are not a Nigerians make comments in Nigeria local board because they understands the pidgin language.