Hi Tata Ann Marie,
Who knows where it is from. These African jokes are very hilarious. I keep going back to read this one to get through my days.
Then Aliko told me how he has heard Kenyans say something like: "I am sitting down; isn't it?" Lol
Cheers,
--Emilie
On 06/04/14, Ann Marie Dawson wrote:
> Emilie,
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> This is hilarious and thanks for sharing but the pidgin in the joke does not sound like it is from Sierra Leone.
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> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Emilie Songolo <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask])" target="1">[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > This is from a friend from Sierra Leone. I'm still holding my sides laffin, laffn't I? :-)
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> > --Emilie
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> > IN SSS CLASS
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> > Teacher: Today we are talking about what we call "Question Tags".
> > Examples are: She is coming, isn't she? They are eaten, aren't they?
> > Now who can give me
> > another eg:?
> > Tigie: Na yam we go chop today,
> > Chopn't we?
> > Teacher: what kind of sentence is that, please who can correct him?
> > Sorie: Noooooo Teacher, please no mind Tigie u know say he be college boy, The correct one na: Na yam we go chop today, Yamn't we?
> > Olu: I dey laff... Laffn't I?
> >
> > My people drop yours.....!!!
> > The Day don Break, Breakn't It?
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