Meghan and Harry spotted out and about - Naija Edition

[skullbabe]

Part 5 of (mostly 😂) drama-free and positive threads, delving into all things Meghan and Harry. Whether it’s the causes they support, their business initiatives, or Meghan’s fashion choices (Harry’s too, on occasion 😉), there’s plenty to discuss. Just a pro-tip - that there may be use of MLE terms and discussions of dupes - you might want to exit stage left if these things offend. Hat tip to @queentim for the original inspiration.

That’s disgusting. Wish I hadn’t looked.

I’ll pass.

Two questionable sayings are enough for me.

For some reason this is making me think of Meat Loaf paradise by the dashboard light 😂😂

Noooooo! 🤣

If you say that that has filthy connotations as well, I may never forgive you!

I meant in the sense of someone cheering their team scoring a predefined goal. What would the goal here be exactly?

Genuine question - why intentionally use MLE terms on a platform that is, selfevidently, not part of that sociolect, and where you don’t feel the need to use them in other threads you post on?

I flagged it in the OP that this thread may and might have terms. I have been roundly mocked on other threads for my own vernacular and took note to remember. I made it clear on this thread that this may occur. It’s very clear to me - not particularly the person I’m responding to - that many do not even want to extend that courtesy but would be absolutely affronted if I did similar to them.

I’m sorry to read that anyone here mocked you or anyone else for using a vernacular. I enjoy it, personally but might not notice that’s what is going on at times.

I like that we all come from different cultures and backgrounds. I don’t care for the gate-keeping that goes on here, though.

What courtesy though? To use words or phrases that many don't understand ? I don't get it. You either want to be understood by all or just a few. That's your choice. If I was to write in my vernacular you wouldn't have a clue hence why I don't use it.

skullbabe

You did mention the use of MLE terms.
So far I've only seen one used - by you today - but I could have easily missed them.
I looked up MLE, as you'd just jokingly said that it depends which jollof you prefer as a response to the person who asked, because I was interested in seeing examples. However, I can't find out what the term you used means - could you explain please?
I promise I won't culturally appropriate it or anything; I'm just interested.

I don’t remember seeing any mocking, but I accept this has happened to you and I am sorry. I know other posters have been mocked for using words that are very normal to them from their local dialect and life experience, like using the term “The Caribbean”. It can be distressing when your identity is attacked like that.

Having said that, we have had a post before yours about dressing for humidity/heat and then your subsequent post used a fairly standard English sentence about hydration. I don’t think it’s surprising we thought you were speaking about the English dictionary definition of “hydration” and were a bit confused. I have still no idea what it means in MLE, but there is an unfortunate slang connotation to the term. Like I said before, people trying to figure out what you are saying if you don’t want to tell them yourself might get the wrong end of the stick. That’s all we’re saying.

Mymilkshakebringsallthepapstomycar

your subsequent post used a fairly standard English sentence about hydration.

That's the one I was wondering about:

Just loved that someone came all the way from Ghana to meet them - love these ladies looking hydrated!

Tbh, since it was attached to pictures of everyone looking happy and laughing, I wondered if it was MLE for "tipsy".
I tried looking it up and that didn't seem to be right.

I took it to be that. It looked like there were a few glasses on the right hand side.

I did look it up. I didn’t care for the explanation that I found.

I certainly didn’t take it to mean anything else other than my initial thought.

A lot of people wouldn’t have a clue if I started with mine.

It is very local indeed.

It is very local indeed.

For local people...? 😎

Have to say, having read about MLE, it seems a bit London-centric and I would find the newer term "Multicultural British English (MBE)" preferable, if I were someone likely to use it.
Sorry in advance - probably not my business.

But this thread is on a public message board, and you know very well that members of the public will be reading and posting. Telling them off for not understanding your vernacular seems to be based on a misapprehension of MN - this is a shared space, not yours alone.

As and people have said, they have been respecting your wishes, until you got annoyed at someone not understanding that a common word you had used had a hidden meaning. As others have said, how are we to know?

(And also, I imagine all of us adapt our tone and avoid our personal vernacular when posting, in order to aid comprehension. Flexing your tone is an essential element of written communication - someone who writes as well as you must surely know that)

I would have thought in a conservative, Muslim country, women being thought to be tipsy/under the influence of alcohol in a public event (if that's what it means) would be very bad for them in terms of how they may be treated as a consequence. But I don't know as it's not clear what the OP meant.

That’s the one! 🙂

Im scrolling up and down trying to work out what an MLE is?

I've googled it , you learn something new everyday

Innit

And there it is 👏🏾

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