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@walenchyy

practising lean - citizen of the world 🌎

Katılım Haziran 2010
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Son of David
Son of David@DrOlusesan·
Nothing abroad inherently destroys marriages. What changes is the spousal culture. It strengthens well-rounded partnerships while exposing marriages whose cohesion was built mainly on patriarchy. The UK especially is where the “bread” in breadwinner gets burnt. Except for those born abroad, or women whose nature naturally integrates with the culture, I’m not sure many of our women can fully yield to the equity-based practices of Western society. For peace of mind, many men still end up bearing the bulk of the bills, while in return receiving a million-dollar value of love. And you see that other one, you will get it in varieties of different menu. Dont worry o! That's one bill you won't have to pay for immediately. It comes in installments.
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England@England·
Come Together.
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Duke Of Idanre🤴 (FKJW)@Iam_akinbusola·
White Amala should not be in existence and should not be referred to as Amala.
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Olawale@walenchyy·
@eshaalnnd @toyofashola I don’t know , u don’t know , is there no way u could articulate ur disagreement without being unnecessarily rude
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Toyosi Fashola@toyofashola·
Sushi, Sashimi, Tiramisu, Pizza, Carbonara, Matcha, Tteokbokki, Biryani, Naan, Shawarma etc. Nobody changed them o. They remained as is. But you want to be translating Àkàrà to bean cake? Nope.
Lukas Not Podolski@OtitoNosike

This is hilarious. But I also understand the writer who chooses to substitute akara with bean cake. How many people outside Nigeria actually know what akara is? If you are writing for an international audience, it makes perfect sense to use vocabulary that will be readily understood by the people you are trying to reach.

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Innocent@TriumphantJimmy·
Chimamanda sold nearly 300,000 copies of Dream Count almost equally split between Europe and America with only around 5000 copies bought in Nigeria. Why should she continue to write for you? She stopped writing for you after HOAYS. Literature is business too.
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Olawale@walenchyy·
@Chydee Maybe think of writing as a career , it’s ok to want to sound relatable as much as possible especially if foreign audience are ur primary focus, people are more likely to buy books they can relate to . It’s not that deep to understand why author do it tbh
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Chidi Okereke@Chydee·
I’d rather eat wet jeans than change local names to something non-Nigerians will understand. When I used to actively write, I didn’t care too much because readers can use google - the way I used to - if they’re interested.
Lukas Not Podolski@OtitoNosike

This is hilarious. But I also understand the writer who chooses to substitute akara with bean cake. How many people outside Nigeria actually know what akara is? If you are writing for an international audience, it makes perfect sense to use vocabulary that will be readily understood by the people you are trying to reach.

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Olawale@walenchyy·
@eldivine The funny thing is taco isn’t even the real name of the food , taco is a westernised version
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-valar morghulis-@eldivine·
That's exactly what it is. We don't consider our own culture on equal footing with English and the rest. Coffee was not English. Pizza. Taco. So many non English foods. But we get to our own we start to bend them like Beckham.
Yemi Web Master@ScarTissue101

@eldivine Also, we like to talk about pizza, kimchi, tofu and other foreign dishes with non-English names, but then balk at calling our own foods by their real names? Sounds like mental slavery to me.

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Olawale@walenchyy·
@v1rtual0v3r Hmmmm brilliant perspective - never thought of it that way but not true always though. Clapham is referred to as mini Australia technically an ethnic enclave .
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R.@v1rtual0v3r·
Ethnic enclaves are created by groups who don’t speak English as a first language. Language is the first barrier in a new country, barrier that most Nigerian with the means to immigrate do not have.
Zelex@OBEhizele

I find that Nigerian migration to Britain has often been shaped less by building a geographically concentrated ethnic enclave and more by upward mobility. Once Nigerians gain economic footing, they disperse toward wherever housing, schools, and opportunity are available.

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Olawale@walenchyy·
@toyofashola I didn’t say there wasn’t other reason , I said primary reason , do u think jollof rice would have become mainstream from people just travelling to Nigeria to eat it without the Nigerian restaurants in London or New York or Capetown or Sydney
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Toyosi Fashola@toyofashola·
@walenchyy I personally know people that traveled to Korea (and also wish to travel to Korea) simply to try their foods. People can almost get other cuisines from other places to but they travel there to experience and explore authentic cuisines.
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Olawale@walenchyy·
@toyofashola Not sure what u on about , I have used jollof and suya as an example , authors won’t need to change those names . The funny thing is even Nigeria call akara bean cake .
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Toyosi Fashola@toyofashola·
@walenchyy If Japan had called it raw fish with rice, they would have been scrambling to use the actual name after it went global and it won't be the same again.
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Olawale@walenchyy·
@toyofashola U wrong , that’s not the primary reason food become mainstream. It’s not from reading about the food,the primary reason people try new food is close proximity to the food .
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Toyosi Fashola@toyofashola·
@walenchyy Let me answer for you: People want to try out foods that they have read or seen from those places.
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Lukas Not Podolski@OtitoNosike·
This is hilarious. But I also understand the writer who chooses to substitute akara with bean cake. How many people outside Nigeria actually know what akara is? If you are writing for an international audience, it makes perfect sense to use vocabulary that will be readily understood by the people you are trying to reach.
P0liticalbaby 🇵🇸🇨🇩@mao_0k

The sweltering Lagos summer interrupted my lunch of Jollof rice and bean cake

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