![]() Filed by Victor Mair under Creoles and pidgins. ![]() " Decrying Dialects and Despising Speakers" (1/11/17) " Broken English from Ahnold?" (11/11/03) I gave him a big tip (making his day), dashed into New Haven's Union Station, sat down on one of the massive wooden benches in the waiting room, and began writing this post, then ran to catch the 9:39 train to Philadelphia. The taxi driver immediately said, "You de come now?" He explained that this is equal to "Are you coming now?", and one could also use the variant "You go come now?"Īccording to Wikipedia, English is the official language of Nigeria. Educated people can speak proper English, but most people prefer to speak Broken English because we feel more comfortable that way."ĭumbfounded, I asked him to give me an example of Broken English. Even the president calls it 'Broken English'. I asked him what the national language of Nigeria is and he said, "There are three: Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba, but everybody speaks Broken English". He spoke pretty good English, said that he had been in America nearly 20 years. ![]() He turned the corner from the street he was on and was waiting for me when I came out. He simply saw on his monitor that a customer was waiting for him at the Graduate Club. The taxi arrived within one minute, before I could walk out to the street! It was uncanny! The taxi driver had no contact with a human either. Just called a taxi from the Graduate Club at 155 Elm St.
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