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| Molly wrote: |
public schoolers
Those who attended the kind of school described in the second definition of "public school" here:
A traditional privately operated secondary school which commonly requires the payment of fees for its pupils, and is usually a boarding school. This usage is common in the United Kingdom (although can be ambiguous in Scotland) and occasional in other English-speaking Commonwealth countries. |
Very interesting. And in Nigerian English: "public school" would imply which meaning?
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| #18 (permalink) Tue Jun 10, 2008 23:38 pm Should love remain unspoken? |
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How so? Were you not aware of that use of "public school"? Or is it the term "schoolers" you have a problem with?
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| And in Nigerian English: "public school" would imply which meaning? |
That would depend on your family background, mostly. My family would know and use both meanings. Most people would know the first meaning. |
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| #19 (permalink) Wed Jun 11, 2008 14:46 pm Should love remain unspoken? |
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Molly, just curious, how's the lunch at Nigerian public schools?
Or, at least, at the schools you attended?
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| #20 (permalink) Wed Jun 11, 2008 15:27 pm Should love remain unspoken? |
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| Molly wrote: |
| My family would know and use both meanings. |
I can just imagine the delightful conversations.
Molly: Have you heard that Bridget is going to public school?
Mike: Really? That must be costing her a pretty penny.
Molly: Not public school, you moron! I said public school!!!
Mike: Do you mean the modalised one or unmodalised one?
Molly: Neither. Any idiot would know that I'm talking about the one with the metal detectors.
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| #21 (permalink) Wed Jun 11, 2008 15:52 pm Should love remain unspoken? |
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There's that "baa-baa!" again.
Try taking that dialogue here:
Amy Yankee: Have you heard that Jamie is going to public school?
Mr P-astor Brit: Really? That must be costing him a pretty penny.
Amy Yankee: Not public school, you moron! I said public school!!!
Mr P-astor Brit: Do you mean the modalised one or unmodalised one?
Amy Yankee: Neither. Any idiot would know that I'm talking about the one with the metal detectors. The one we Yanks have done so well to create.
At least most of my family are bi-dialectal. Yours? |
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| #22 (permalink) Wed Jun 11, 2008 16:02 pm Should love remain unspoken? |
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| prezbucky wrote: |
Molly, just curious, how's the lunch at Nigerian public schools?
Or, at least, at the schools you attended? |
It comes on plates and we eat with a knife and fork? Surprised? |
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| #23 (permalink) Wed Jun 11, 2008 16:02 pm Should love remain unspoken? |
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I guess my last post was right on the money. ;)
So, how about really answering Prezbucky's question. Tell us more about Nigerian public schools and what it's like to attend one.
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| #24 (permalink) Wed Jun 11, 2008 17:20 pm Should love remain unspoken? |
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| Molly wrote: |
| prezbucky wrote: |
Molly, just curious, how's the lunch at Nigerian public schools?
Or, at least, at the schools you attended? |
It comes on plates and we eat with a knife and fork? Surprised? |
insufficient!
How is the food? What comprises a typical lunch?
:lol: )
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| #25 (permalink) Wed Jun 11, 2008 20:53 pm Should love remain unspoken? |
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| So, how about really answering Prezbucky's question. Tell us more about Nigerian public schools and what it's like to attend one. |
Hey, Prez seems to think he knows all there is to know about Africa - it's that place were everyone dodges bullets and wishes they lived in the good ole USA. What can you teach someone who knows such? |
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| #26 (permalink) Wed Jun 11, 2008 20:54 pm Should love remain unspoken? |
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| I guess my last post was right on the money. |
I would say it was right on the boredomline. |
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| #27 (permalink) Wed Jun 11, 2008 21:10 pm Should love remain unspoken? |
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| Molly wrote: |
How so? Were you not aware of that use of "public school"? Or is it the term "schoolers" you have a problem with?
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I'm aware of that usage of "public school" in BrE; but in Nigerian English, "public school" generally does not mean "private school".
It interested me that you should choose the BrE version.
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| #28 (permalink) Wed Jun 11, 2008 21:13 pm Should love remain unspoken? |
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| Hey, Prez seems to think he knows all there is to know about Africa - it's that place were everyone dodges bullets and wishes they lived in the good ole USA. What can you teach someone who knows such? |
In other words, you don't have any firsthand knowledge of living in Nigeria at all. That's too bad. :(
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| #29 (permalink) Wed Jun 11, 2008 21:38 pm Should love remain unspoken? |
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Molly, settle down please, sheesh. Africa is (I've heard) a gorgeous continent with generally good people.
Just some places are rough, that's all -- no different from most places.
Heck, there are places in the US in/through which I definitely wouldn't want to walk at night.
I just wanted to know about the food at your school(s).
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| #30 (permalink) Wed Jun 11, 2008 21:39 pm Should love remain unspoken? |
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Do you guys eat hamburgers, pizza... how much has western cuisine infiltrated Nigerian menus?
(I guess it's more a question about Nigerian cuisine... not just the food at Nigerian schools. hehe)
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