I was in a small shop trying to buy a pen when two young ladies walked in.
They made a beeline to where the owner of the shop was, a middle-aged lady, the first said,
"Madam do you have cain-dul?" The owner of the shop looked at them blankly, confusion clearly showing on her face. She replied and said no. As they were walking out it hit me what they were trying to buy. I looked up her shelves and saw lots of packets of candles. The British accent was just too much for the uneducated shop owner and I pointed it out to her and she smiled, "My son, you do not know the things I suffer from these students here, they know quite well I am not educated but every day they enter here they say things I do not understand."
I empathized with her.
As I made to step out, I heard a tiny voice calling "Uncle. Uncle, wait, Auntie said you should come back and take your change." It turned out I have forgotten my change. I am not the girl's uncle, but I am older than her. The shop owner is not her aunt but she is "Auntie" because she is older.
In Nigeria, it is not out of place to see people refer to each other as brother, uncle, auntie, when they share no blood ties. A brother could be a male that you met along the road, an uncle is just an older male, while aunt goes for the older female. Students too, some of the time try to display their mastery of English language by speaking in accents you could not place. Not unusual to hear an American accent from a person who had never left their state. I smiled as I remembered these things happen often in Nigeria and may confuse a new person, but not me, I'm 100% Nigerian. Lol.
Green runs in the blood. Uncle greenrun don't let them confuse you o.
@mr-aaron, I won't :)
Haha... "cain-dul" indeed. Our naija babes too much.😂😂😁
@gloglo, they just got the shopowner confused. It was really fun watching it happen that day.
Uncle @greenrun Auntie @gloglo said you should come and buy cain-dul from uncle @mr-aaron. Don't forget your change this time oh. Lolx!
@nairadaddy, I would try to remember this time. Thanks.
Haha... all I want is for the uncles to buy their cain-duls ooo and nothing more. The uncle and auntie thing though. Naija forever!😊😁
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