Nigerian Pidgin, a mixture of English and creole, can also vary slightly depending on the region. However, pidgin, a grammatically simplified version of a language, is commonly used throughout the country. So, hey there all you MAGA folks - Nigeria knew what you were long before the rest of us did.Įnglish is the official language of Nigeria. MAGA - you know, like Make America Great Again - is in Nigerian parlance a word that means easily fooled idiot.
President Donald Trump's slogan "Make America Great Again," means "easily fooled idiot" in Nigerian Pidgin.Īuthor Kurt Eichenwald was one of the first to bring mainstream attention to this translation in May 2018: In August 2019, we were alerted to another purported false friend: The word "maga," which American audiences likely know as the acronym for U.S. These bilingual homophones, or "false friends," include the words "aloud" (which means "ancient" in Dutch), "gift" (which means "poison" in German), and "fart" (which means "speed" in Swedish). This linguistic oddity can also cross language barriers. The word "bow," for example, can mean the front of a ship, a wooden stick, to bend at the waist, or a tied ribbon.
Homonyms are words that are spelled or sound alike but have different meanings.
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