tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900091884854125672.post1506624516115578880..comments2023-07-23T11:29:55.990+01:00Comments on GistPlaza: Funke Akindele And The Bastardisation Of The English LanguageAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151418629284110969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900091884854125672.post-59378440881969338482013-11-05T06:53:10.718+01:002013-11-05T06:53:10.718+01:00A totall waste of time,misplaced assumption.A totall waste of time,misplaced assumption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900091884854125672.post-48641274769022689712013-11-04T16:47:44.333+01:002013-11-04T16:47:44.333+01:00Wao, well-arranged and articulated comment. That i...Wao, well-arranged and articulated comment. That is the power of journalism -- freedom of expression and to be corrected too. Hope the writer will see this too. Thanks for your comment.Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04151418629284110969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900091884854125672.post-13149832684488348592013-11-04T11:15:37.934+01:002013-11-04T11:15:37.934+01:00I read this article with increasing anger and disb...I read this article with increasing anger and disbelief. I am a linguist who is currently studying for a PhD in England and I couldn't agree with you less, Daniel Odih. It's not logical to place the bulk of Nigerian children's correct English language acquisition on the entertainment industry. What about education in schools? You cannot also assume that the English these entertainers speak in movies is all they are capable on speaking. Can I refer you to Chomsky's theory of Competence and Performance? That "academically killing grammar"you talk about are just innovations in an English that is global. You think the phenomenon is exclusive to Nigeria? I currently live in England (whose standards you are probably referencing as a standard) and those coinages that you'd call (in your colonial mentality) errors are rife here in the entertainment industry, but do they call for an overhaul of any innovative use of the language? Certainly not. This is just an article from someone being overly dramatic, myopic and ignorant. May I also suggest you stop watching these movies you loathe so much. It will save us all the trouble of having to read your half-baked articles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com