African Words in the American English Gullah Dialect
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Last week I identified some notable African onomastic (onomastics is the scienc...
Showing posts with label West African English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label West African English. Show all posts
Q and A on Nigeria’s and Anglophone Africa’s Strange Political Expressions
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. In this edition of my Q and A series, read why the expressions “cross-carpeting,” “decamping,” “decampees...
Q and A on Idiomatic Expressions, Pronunciation, and West African English
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Is it “catch cold” or “catch a cold”? Is the expression “bushman” Standard English? Or is it an exclusi...
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