To begin with, English is not our mother tongue so no one is faulting our forebears and us for getting some of these phrases wrong, or let’s just put it, nearly right.
The fact is our forefathers, who back in the days dealt with the English speaking whites had to be sharp in order to communicate with them since it was a foreign language.
They learned the language by ear and tried to regurgitate as accurately as they could and that gave rise to the inaccuracies we have found today.
Unfortunately, some of us have been using same in our daily communication, even some educated folk use it because they heard their parents or uncles say them and it stuck with them.
Nsemwoha.com is therefore bringing you a list of these phrases as is said and their correct versions so we can correct ourselves and pass on the right English to posterity.
Below are the Right phrase/word and How it said wrongly
All Say Yeah – Oseeyeee
Bloody fool – Blede fool
Land poll – Lampoo
Town Council – Tankass
Camp Boot – Cambuu
Vulcanizer – Boganaza
Screw Driver – School driver
Cheer the boy – chooboi
Clever Bully – Kalabule
Gang Leader – Gangalea
Surveyor – Sofia
Assorted – Asortooo
Dancing Crown – Dansikran
Traffic indicator – Trafigata
A cheek of it – Enchekobis
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