Hey Hey Peeps, it's another episode of something different. You know, every day in our daily conversation we often say slang and stuff that if expressed in English, will sound a little funny and different from what we originally intended to communicate. Questions like "how many years I carry senior you..?" Lol... Put it in English and see what you can come up with. Another is “I wan burst pure water” which in pidgin means, "I wan piss" (Ooops! a little too raw). However, putting this in English would mean "You want to burst open a sachet of pure water" but, that is not the intent of the communicator because it would have lost its originality. In Nigeria, when we are asked why we are looking this beautiful or handsome, or why are we this successful? we tend to reply something like "Na God ooooh" So, this Christmas, I thought to put this Pidgin response in English, and it will sound like this, "iT'S GOD'S gOOD FAULT … " #S...
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