Lately, on Twitter, there’s this trend where someone tweets a sentence in the English language and then provides an English word that captures what that sentence would sound like if spoken by Ibadan people.
Language really is a funny thing. These ten tweets prove that.
PS: You’ll need an Ibadan person, or a Yoruba person, to read these tweets to you.
1. Insubordination
I imagine them screaming this at each other during a political meeting.
2. In-law
The market woman when you ask her if she can blend your pepper for you.
3. Incisor
Imagine an Ibadan happening babe saying this in defence of herself.
This is the picture in my head:
4. Emergency
I’M IN TEARS!
5. Intermediary
When you ask an Ibadan tech bro if he has ever sold media.
6. Ammunition
Ibadan people telling you how they caught a criminal.
7. Joe Biden
LMAO y’all are out of pocket for this.
8. Injury
😭 😭 😭
9. Injudicial
It’s the twerking for me 😭
10. Indomie
This is where I draw the line, please. I might need to contest for a political post in Ibadan someday. 😭
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