Evolution of “Sir” in Nigerian English Usage
By Farooq Kperogi My good friend Professor Moses Ochonu casually wrote a lighthearted Facebook update a few days ago about a former Nigerian...
Showing posts with label Titles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Titles. Show all posts
Reuben Abati’s Revolt Against Broadcasting’s Titular Conventions
By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi Arise TV anchor and former presidential spokesman Dr. Reuben Abati stirred a conversation in Ni...
Germans Are More Crazy about Titles than Nigerians Are
By Farooq Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Nigerians are severely self-deprecatory about their obsession with titles, but Germans ...
Boss Mustapha and Silly, Ungrammatical Titular Vanity among Nigerian Politicians
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperog i New Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha struck at the c...
The Grammar of Titles and Naming in International English
By Farooq A. Kperogi I’ve lost count of the number of times Americans have asked me why the Nigerian president has a common Western fi...
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