Quit Calling It Turning Garri, See What To Call It

Overtime, people have been committing blunders in English language without knowing it. Some believe that so far the person they are communicating with understands what is Being said, there is no course to worry.

But, anything worth doing at all is worth doing well. If you must speak, speak correctly. One has to be grammatically correct, especially when speaking in public. English is the easiest means of communicating with people of diverse languages.

Let's look some of the blunders we commit everyday unknowingly in English Language:

Don't call it Police Checking Point.......................... Call it Police Check Point

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Don't call it MaiMai.......................... Call it Moi Moi

Don't call it Trainpan.......................... Call it Tray

Don't say I am hearing you...................... Say I can hear you

Don't call it Pure water.......................... Call it Satchet water

No water is pure

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Don't call it Turning garri/ eba.....................Call it Stirring Stick

Don't say As at when due.......................... Say As and when due

Don't call it Chicken faeces (Nsi okuko)....................... Call it Poultry Droppings.

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Don't Ose Oji............................... Call it Groundnut paste

Don't say Happy birthday in arrears........................ Say Happy belated birthday

Don't say All manners of ........................... Say All manner of

Don't call it K-Leg........................... Call it Knock Knee

Don't Call it Bread and Akara..................... Call it Bean cake pudding

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Don't call it Fucknizer......................... Call it Vulcanizer

All these and more are the common mistakes we make in English language. The earlier we start being grammatically correct, the better. Today is still early, let's make a difference in the way we speak.

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