Most Nigerians Can't Pronounce These Sounds
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- Today I want to talk about some sounds that a lot of Nigerians find it difficult to pronounce, because they don't exist in our own dialects.
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@@dianapatterson1559 you are welcome.
Neat to see the IPA symbols! I'm a speech therapist - they're part of my everyday life. You've obviously worked on θ and ð :) Don't worry about using the notebook - it reminds me of some favourite creators (numberphile, vihart) who do/did math on paper.
Great video very informative x
Thank you for an entertaining and educational video.
That was very informative! Great job!!
So cool! Thank you!
The interesting thing is often when the language isn't your native one, you can barely distinguish accents in it at all. I am a Canadian expat in Australia, often other expats I meet, if English is not their native language, think I am Australian simply because I am white and speak English natively. This initially surprises me because my accent does not sound Australian, but when I think about it, I am learning Spanish, and when somebody speaks Spanish, I can't tell if they're from Spain, Argentina, Mexico or any other number of places, so it does make sense.
Interesting video, thanks Babatunde!
I’m trying to learn Manderin…I’m positive there are pronunciation differences I am just not able to hear yet! 😅
Very cool!
Though, now try us on the clicks, etc, of some African languages. Not likely going to happen! I took a couple of semesters of linguistics and I found it very difficult. Interestingly, when my child was a pre-language infant, he could make sounds I couldn’t - very universal!
One other thing, though - “d” for the hard “th” is pretty common in a few dialects. Obviously if you were trying to figure out where someone is from there would be other clues, but it is interesting to me to see how ways of speaking travel.
Interesting video bud
That's very interesting. Many people have a problem pronouncing "this, that, those" because that "th" sound doesn't seem to appear in many languages. In England, especially amongst younger people, "think" sounds like "fink", there's no difference between "three" and "free", and the "th" in "mother" makes it more like "muvver". I also noticed your phrase "from the best part of my heart". In England they say, "from the bottom of my heart", but I think your version makes more sense. Thanks for the video Babatunde.
@@themeetingpointbilbao thank you for the comment. I just intentionally changed the saying ☺️. What do u think of this style of video? Be frank pls.
@@africa_everyday It was very interesting. I teach English to Spanish students, and we often talk about different styles of English around the world, and as Nigerian English is one of the biggest, it's important to learn these things.
Holy crap, I never realized this.
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Wow! Unexpected phonetics lesson from Babatunde! Do they teach the phonetic symbols at school there?
@@PlanetZhooZhoo yes
@@africa_everydayThat's better than the public education I received in America. Granted that was around 20 years ago, so it may have changed but I doubt it.
"Th" is difficult for a lot of people whose native language doesn't use the sound.
I'm sure there are plenty of sounds I'd struggle to pronounce in many languages.
While I wouldn't encourage it from a moral perspective, which is a perspective I'm privileged enough to have, you could probably make good money teaching pronunciation to scammers.
That said, I know a lot of people who so the hard work of scamming are not well paid. It's always the people at the top who get rich in the backs of impoverished people who are just trying to survive.
I can't fault anyone for doing what they need to do to survive. So many people have experienced depths of poverty I am too privileged to truly understand. If the roles were reversed, it's very possible I would scam people for money to survive. This is what a lot of highly privileged people don't seem to understand.
I don't know the origin of this quote, but I remind myself of it frequently.
"We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior."
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I'm intrigued by the notion of the sounds each of us finds difficult in other languages, but not so keen on the whole "If they can't pronounce this, they are a Nigerian scammer" thing. English is a hard language to speak, but if somebody doesn't speak it well, I don't automatically think they're criminals. Also, I'm sure we can agree that not every Nigerian is a criminal. 💚
@@freedomjunkie7843 u totally miss the point, and I don't know how u watch videos.
The theme is that, if they can pronounce those words while claiming to be an American or British is what I said. I hope you watched the full video.
@@africa_everyday I think you perhaps don't understand how this comes across. Also, there are many British people of African descent - Nigerian and otherwise - who have the same issues with the language despite being born and brought up here, who can rightly say they are British, but will still speak with an accent. All I was pointing out is that to some people, your comments, no matter how they were intended, may come across as slightly offensive. And yes, I watched the full video.
@freedomjunkie7843 I don't think, u can be born and bred in a particular place and not be able to speak the language correctly, unless there's a medical issue like Lisp, etc.
@freedomjunkie7843 in this video, I'm talking about pronunciation, not an accent. Even in whatever accent, you'll be able to pronounce the words correctly.
It is out of character for an American to miss these pronunciations, and a potential warning sign that maybe this person calling from "Your Medical Team" to do a "free annual phone screening" might not work at your clinic in the USA and might be phishing for your insurance information and other things you shouldn't share with a stranger on the telephone. If you decide to hang up and call the clinic directly to make sure, that is a good thing to do if you weren't expecting a call, even if they sounded like they went to your same high school.