nigerian english now official in oed

[Harrow, Kenneth]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51448295

War of words as Nigerian English recognised by Oxford English Dictionary - BBC News Nigerian English words have recently been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), but there is still a debate in the country about what constitutes proper English, as the BBC's Nduka Orjinmo ... www.bbc.com

kenneth harrow

professor emeritus

dept of english

michigan state university

517 803-8839

har...@msu.edu

[Dompere, Kofi Kissi]

Greetings ALL!!!

What does this mean?  Will this be accepted in academic and scientific journals and books?

PEACE.

KOFI.

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[Michael Afolayan]

Even the OED examiner would give you a failing grade if you threw into your essay or at your job interview a couple of "severallys" and "me sefs", let alone "next tomorrows" or "konks", which even the average Nigerian has no idea what the heck you are talking about!

When on earth have the Brits become accepting of descriptive grammar? In those days when my friend, Farooq Kperogi, was almost completely apolitical in his writings, "Englishes" used to be among some of his fun write-ups, and peculiar Nigerian expressions were often on his radar. I'm even surprised he is not cited in this essay. 

Anyway, to answer your question, Kofi, in my own book, the answer is fundamentally NO, with all capitals intended!

Michael

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