CareersNG

I served in Ogun State and was opportuned to witness different tribes...while its intesting and somtimes easy to mimick som tribes...i find som oda tins worrisome...(aint dizzing tribes o)
As part of Careersng's vision to impart folks here...we need to walk on our accent...it can make/mar som tins/opportunities
I remember an Igbo lady i met during service year...we lived togeda in NCCF Family House...and all tru...na Igbo sha...even wen one wants to get formal...@ a time , i had to ask her if she was taught with Igbo Language ...infact i assumed she studied igbo Language until i heard a frend say...she studied...wat sef? i was disappointed...such a lady will want a multinational coy to work with nah...though i heard she said ...she dey go back her village (local mentality)...
y is it that...when some people speak...u go no the tribe immediately?
While aint encoraging us to forget our roots..i want us to develop ourselves too...work on your pronunciation...oral strength...no nid to bring Oyinbo come dey direct us for we land...
som folks go open mouth wen Oyinbo dey talk...
I was interviewed by som expatriates today..and i heard them clearly and they were also impressed by the way i answered...infact (by faith) av gotten the job sef...

guys, b4 i jabo more...make una talk!!!

_________________
In Life's Pursuits, Never Outrun God [Prov. 19:21]
1luv...

first, congratulations on the job you got!!!
Second,
This point you raised is a big one, and to tell you the truth, its one of the key things you watch out for in interviews..
most panels score you on communication skills...
yeha i know that some people have overbearing dialect, even affecting their english.. and this might be a big show stopper for them in their career.

One quick way outa this is to always endeavour to talk to people with better diction and you need to be willing to learn and adhere to change ( coz pple will always correct you).

We will get there..

_________________
Building a Solution Colony. Gb!

The issue of accent is indeed an issue that we all need to talk about.
I believe through a conscious self effort we can make some nice improvement on our diction.
Listening to good speakers will help in this direction.
Personally, I love the way Fani Kayode talks. His accent is very good despite he is a typical yoruba man. The diction of Oby Ezekweseli is also a nice one.

_________________
If what you did yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today .
......Mike Bertola.

_________________
Focus on the FUTURE

yeap...though we should also allow dem to know and appreciate the mother tongue..there's alwayz a way to balance evrytin up, u know
we really nid to work on it...
I remember way back wen i got so interested in Oral english and began speaking it...folks thot i was feeling, but it went a long way to help me...
i hope those dat walk with others that have good diction will learn and not be stubborn/intimidated sha o

_________________
In Life's Pursuits, Never Outrun God [Prov. 19:21]
1luv...

_________________
CareersNG! Its all about Knowledge Sharing...Keep developing!

forget that alljober...we r looking @ dis stuff from oda angles...
sure u av a point...but u r localizing everytin...ever thot of bin an international figure...
haba, imagine wen OBJ win presidency for 1999 and one white woman dey interview am for London...d man say hen wen he dint hear her...instead of pardon, repeat yourself, say that again
see, we gats to wise up..as i said b4, we can balance tins
lets not be locally minded make we no be local champions joo

_________________
In Life's Pursuits, Never Outrun God [Prov. 19:21]
1luv...

Jiggo,
You and ds ur OBJ self!

_________________
If what you did yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today .
......Mike Bertola.

Had anyone been an international figure while losing their roots?

Wole Soyinka is an international figure without a yoruba accent but he stamps his yorubaness on everything he writes.
So also for Fela and others. I believe we still have a colonial mentality. I say we should EVOLVE.

Afrikaans, a language in south Africa, is one of such evolution.

International status can only be achieved when we bring out what is within and not copy what is without.

I submit.

_________________
CareersNG! Its all about Knowledge Sharing...Keep developing!

It could be annoying when an accent
seems well pronounced in anyones diction

first, you may not be able to understand
what the person is really saying.........
for instance, a lecturer was pronouncing
"five" as "pipe" and becos it was a chemistry
class and they were discussing about
Petroleum, Pipe seems to be correct but
later he got to understand it was Five that
his oga was calling Pipe.

We should be original, never in anyway to copy
the white men, but try to polish our Phoneeeee.

If you are forming, you can't hide it for too
long.,,,,,,,,,, just like someboday said about
Ify of Big Brother, but you know Okotie does
not form.

So POLISH YOUR DICTION.

_________________
Focus on the FUTURE

Wale,
Correct yearn.
In as much as Queen English remains our lingua-franca, there is need to really try and speak the queen English not exactly the same way we speak Yoruba/Ibo/Hausa etc

_________________
If what you did yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today .
......Mike Bertola.

You know friends also encourage
your diction........

if all you do with your pals is
speak your local language or
all your pals are from ur ethnic
group you may not be able to
develp a very good one

another is when your friends
criticise or mock you for say the
right thing and they say you are
forming............

Who are your friends and how is
their diction too?

_________________
Focus on the FUTURE

u guys r talking...alljober get tins strait...imagine the five and pipe tin...abeg, make we wake up...una say no b our language...but na d official lang. wey we dey use, so?
also, wen we r trying to b formal...avoid the use of shebi, as in, bah, hen, ...all dos addendum wey no be am
Mike i no beef OBJ o...

_________________
In Life's Pursuits, Never Outrun God [Prov. 19:21]
1luv...

_________________
In Life's Pursuits, Never Outrun God [Prov. 19:21]
1luv...

Ah Jiggo i have started using the Queens accent o. My calm is now callmmm and my bottle is now botule

But my chair is stil shia and my chicken is stil shiikin and its due to my Oluyole status

_________________
CareersNG! Its all about Knowledge Sharing...Keep developing!

_________________
If what you did yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today .
......Mike Bertola.

alljober, u neva try shinshin...
haba..ur trademark (shia & shikin) still dey?
wetin make i do U o....hmmm?

_________________
In Life's Pursuits, Never Outrun God [Prov. 19:21]
1luv...

_________________
In Life's Pursuits, Never Outrun God [Prov. 19:21]
1luv...