Broken English, Pidgin English and Nigerian English
By Farooq A. Kperogi Is Nigerian English the same as (Nigerian) Pidgin English or, for that matter, “broken English”? I have been asked t...
Re: Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, that was Embarrassing!
As I said I would some weeks back, I am sharing with you a sample of the streams of emails I received from readers in response to my article...
Readers Talk Back—Plus a Q & A
By Farooq A. Kperogi As is my tradition, I have decided to pause to give room for my readers to talk back to me—and to other readers of t...
Common Errors of Reported Speech in Nigerian English
By Farooq A. Kperogi There is a pervasive kind of error in reported speech in Nigerian English, especially in Nigerian media English, th...
White Nigerian Americans from My Village!
By Farooq A. Kperogi The idea that there is a white Nigerian American family in America may seem a bit counter-intuitive. But there is...
Semantic Change and the Politics of English Pronunciation
By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi This week’s topic is inspired by two questions I received. The first is from an America...
Jonathan’s Embarrassing U.S. Visit: A Response to Critics
By Farooq A. Kperogi There are few articles I’ve written in the past that can outrival my last week’s piece on Acting President Goodluck Jo...
Q and A about Common Grammatical Problems
By Farooq Kperogi When I started a new Q & A segment for this column last week, I didn’t imagine that it would catch on this fast. Sinc...
Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, that was embarrassing!
By Farooq A. Kperogi Acting President Goodluck Jonathan shouldn’t have come to America. OK, I take that back. Acting President Goodluck J...
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