{"id":339,"date":"2018-11-16T09:09:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T09:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flyingcolours.ng\/archives\/?p=339"},"modified":"2018-11-16T09:09:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T09:09:02","slug":"bad-shaid-jenifas-english-and-de-affrication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyingcolours.ng\/archives\/bad-shaid-jenifas-english-and-de-affrication\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018BAD SHAID\u2019: JENIFA\u2019S ENGLISH AND DE-AFFRICATION"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018BAD SHAID\u2019: JENIFA\u2019S ENGLISH AND DE-AFFRICATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Ori\u0301loye\u0300 Saheedah<\/em><\/p>\n

I already gave a comprehensive explanation of phonological processes \u00a0in one of the episodes of this series (Read: JENIFA\u2019S ENGLISH UNDER PHONOLOGICAL SCRUTINY<\/a>)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Bad shaid, why is all ov of you laving at Jeniva upandan! All ov you are like a\u0300tu\u0300pa\u0300, sorry lantern, that is giving light to other people and leave his own bottom inside darknez. <\/em>How many of us, for instance, pronounce the words \u2018church, chair, child\u2019 correctly? Most of us in Naija, ignore the \/\u02a7\/, tsaaa sound because it is not present in our mother tongue and we just interchange it with the sound which is nearly similar to it and that is the consonant \/\u0283\/ shaaa as in S\u0323eun, S\u0323ade\u0301… So we say \u2018sho\u0323osh, shie\/shia, shaid\u2019 instead of church, chair and child.<\/p>\n

This phonological process of changing an affricate (the sound \/\u02a7\/) for a fricative (the sound \/\u0283\/) is known as De-affrication<\/strong>. You know \u2018activate\u2019 is \u2018to make a device work\u2019 and \u2018deactivate\u2019 is \u2018to stop it from working. \u2018Merit\u2019 is \u2018advantage\u2019 while \u2018demerit\u2019 is \u2018disadvantage\u2019. Just like that, \/\u02a7\/ is an affricate but when you change it to a sound like \/\u0283\/, it is no more an affricate for it has been \u2018de-affricated\u2019. And the process? De-affrication!<\/p>\n

Though, Sisi Jenifa, sometimes go beyond the limit and even exchange this fricative for \/s\/ which makez you lavin like perfet perzin. <\/em>Here are the examples of words wherein Jenifa deployed the phonological process of de-affrication<\/strong> and the correct forms of each are mentioned respectively:<\/p>\n

sh<\/strong>aid [\u0283<\/strong>aid]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ch<\/strong>ild \/t\u0283<\/strong>aild\/<\/p>\n

s<\/strong>ok\u00a0 [s<\/strong>ok]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0for\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ch<\/strong>oke \/t\u0283<\/strong>\u0259\u01b1k\/<\/p>\n

s<\/strong>icken [\u0283<\/strong>ikin]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ch<\/strong>icken \/t\u0283<\/strong>ikin\/<\/p>\n

sh<\/strong>op [\u0283<\/strong>op]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ch<\/strong>op \/t\u0283<\/strong>ap\/<\/p>\n

Ch<\/strong>icken \/t\u0283<\/strong>ikin\/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 s<\/strong>icken [s<\/strong>ikin]<\/p>\n

kis<\/strong>in\u00a0 [kis<\/strong>in]\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kitch<\/strong>en \/kit\u0283<\/strong>in\/<\/p>\n

ris[ris<\/strong>]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reach<\/strong>\/ri:t\u0283<\/strong>\/<\/p>\n

\u00a0s<\/strong>ip sh<\/strong>aid [s<\/strong>ip \u0283aid]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ch<\/strong>eap ch<\/strong>ild \/t\u0283<\/strong>i:p t\u0283<\/strong>aild\/<\/p>\n

sh<\/strong>ase [\u0283es]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ch<\/strong>ase \/t\u0283<\/strong>eis\/<\/p>\n

s<\/strong>ans\u00a0 [s<\/strong>ans]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ch<\/strong>ance \/t\u0283<\/strong>a:ns\/<\/p>\n

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You iyaff see Jenifa\u2019s mistake in deaffricasan, don\u2019t come iyya sop Jenifa talk for mouth like say you sef no dey speak intonasan o! More still coming, kip up for more episodes, lovers of language and comedy! <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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