Sunday 16 April 2023

THE PROBLEM OF THE WORD "YOU WAN COLLECT?"

There was this woman named, Ayi, who had a quarrel with another woman over monetary issue. The woman threatened to beat her up. She then went to call her daughter, a young lady.

When they arrived the scene, the woman was standing holding some amount of money waiting for her and she said to her in pidgin English language:  You don come, abi? Na you l dey wait for. Abi you wan collect? Come near me make you collect.

As she moved joyfully closer to the woman, her daughter gave the woman a sound slap.

She immediately became extremely angry with her daughter for slapping the woman and she said: Wetin even make me go bring you? You see person wey dey hold me money. Now, she say make l come collect and as l dey go collect, you slap am. Why? Abi you nor want am to pay me?

DAUGHTER: Mummy, you nor go understand the streets language. Wetin she mean by you wan collect? Come collect, mean say make you come take slap. If nor be say l quick slap am, she for deaf your ears with the slap wey for shake the world.

And she said, "thank you my pikin, l nor understand the language O.

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