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What do you call Atitanwangwere in English? A few words we mispronounce

Good morning beautiful students  of KIB school. 

I am glad to see your beautiful faces.  

Before I get down to brass tacks on today's class,  let me give the correct English expression for this Igbo word. 

Atita Nwa ngwere. 



It literally means 'The bite of a baby lizard'😂 but then it explains a condition which is prevalent in humans. 

Atitanwangwere a the tingling sensation one gets when the body is recovering from numbness. 

It can be painful,   but a lot of times it just isn't. 

Muscle spasm and muscle pulls are usually excruciatingly painful. 

English folks call that condition 'pins and needles'.

I also found out last night from medical doctors that the appropriate medical term is 'Paresthesia'

Paresthesia refers to a burning or prickling sensation that is usually felt in the hands, arms, legs, or feet, but can also occur in other parts of the body. The sensation, which happens without warning, is usually painless and described as tingling or numbness, skin crawling, or itching.


Now,  If you from other tribes please tell us what name 'pins and needles ' is called in your indigenous language😀.


Finally

'Air' and  'ear'  have separate pronunciations

Air is pronounced
/ eÉ™/
Ear is pronounced as / ɪə/


/ eÉ™/ air
Bear,  wear,  care,  stare,  where,  there,  their,  dare fair,  pare,  rare,  prayer. 

All these words I mentioned are pronounced with 'air'

So if you pronounce where , wear,  there and care as 'wia , wia, dia,  kia ' then please change from that pronunciation. 


/ ɪə/ ear. 

Beer,  clear,  near,  fear,  hear,  gear, mere,  pear,  rear, sear, . 

Finally. 
There is one word that has two pronunciations. 

 Tear. 

1. Tear (to pull something apart in pieces.) is pronounced as / teÉ™/ like (t-air).

Tear (a drop of clear salty liquid from the eyes ) is pronounced as
 /tɪə/ like this (t-ear)


Please try and learn these words okay. 

The class with King Ifey is done and dusted. 

Do have a lovely day ahead. 

*walks out of the class*
*peeps through the window and laughs hysterically*

Chei,  who even told some of you the answer to 'atitanwangwere'? 
They were bloody hilarious 😂😂😂

You can check out this class
Do you say 'be rest assured'?


Anyway see you later. 

Toilet-loo

Oh,  sorry,  I mean. 

Toodle-loo😀

Comments

  1. That sensation! Whenever I'm on a journey, and I sit in a tight place. I think the stop of blood circulation around the are causes that feeling.

    Thanks for ear and tear tho! I've handled that a long time ago

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  2. Wow, interesting class, thanks alot king ifey.

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  3. TGIF...

    *Rushes into class..
    Takes a seat at the extreme end...
    Laughs out hysterically...
    Settles down to write*


    Yawns....


    Thank you Tisha. .
    I'll find out what pins and Needles is called in Urhobo and Yoruba...

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    1. That'll be splendid. We need to have the different indigenous names documented here on KIB

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    1. That's nice.
      I guess that's Yoruba, right?

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  5. I learnt something new today oh
    thanks king ifey

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    1. I appreciate. You can always stop by anytime

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  6. Lol yay! He updated the theme. Dancing itigi. Anyways I'm here enjoying my new pronunciation of where from wia to wer lol but I hope I always remember it o

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  7. Lol yay! He updated the theme. Dancing itigi. Anyways I'm here enjoying my new pronunciation of where from wia to wer lol but I hope I always remember it o

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  8. Our teacher has moved from the classroom under the mango tree to a nice classroom.

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    1. Well, it's a better place, don't you think so?

      Thanks for stopping by

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    2. Well, it's a better place, don't you think so?

      Thanks for stopping by

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  9. What a riveting lecture. Kudos!.

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  10. What a riveting lecture. Kudos!.

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  11. Atitanwangwere, pins and needles (even phone I bought with my money knew this all this time mtcheww) and paresthesia (even this one too?)
    I'm ashamed. I will sell this phone...
    ������ Thanks Tisha
    This is now my new home.

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  12. Hahahahahahaha.
    I need the phone please

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  13. Lol. I'm surprised that some funny igBo words and expressions have English meaning. Nice one Tisha.

    By the way, I love this classroom.

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