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

https://twitter.com/BiyiThePlug/status/1356197401623752706

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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