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Avoid ungrammatical movie language, it is for entertainment

A collage showing Nigerian comedians who have starred on various Naija movies.

I am a Naija movies buff.  All that stuff about ‘tofiakwa’, ‘oga oh’, ‘mmbano’, ‘isigini’ and ‘ewooh!’, cleverly woven into English, mostly Pidgin English, is riveting to those who appreciate the humour.

That stuff, however, is purely for entertainment even as it brings to life things that happened in the past, are happening currently, or are likely to happen in certain contexts.

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