The mistake we make with Reverse, Reply, Rewind. What Nigerians Call Tea is actually not tea. Find out here.

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Alright guys, Let's get down to brass tacks.

Reverse,  rewind and reply.

These three words  have a particular direction which is-- going back.

I reversed and sped off✔

I reversed back and sped off❌

I sent a letter, he hasn't replied✔

I sent a letter, he hasn't replied.

I rewound the film  to that scene✔

I rewound the film back to that scene.❌

'Plate number' may sound like it's very correct to everyone, but the right statement is ' number plate'

Cattle rearer?

That is not how Englishmen call it.

They call them headsmen, cattlemen, herders    or cattle herders, ranchers (used on someone who rears these animals while they are in a ranch).

So, use the English terms.

I know we all know the prayer
'The lord is my shepherd', right?

Those of you who don't care about how badly you pronounce your words, I hope you are not planning to travel anytime soon or travel at all.

Imagine telling someone, ' the lord is your shepherd' and you pronounce shepherd like '(shefard or sheferd). They won't understand you at all.

already, Englishmen pronounce it as 'shepuhd'... where 'uh'  represents the schwa.

So it is not

/ˈʃɛfəd/❌
/ ˈʃefa:d/❌

it is called

/ˈʃɛpəd/✔

It is also correct to call a shepherd, a sheepherder.

a few french words for you all.

au lait: it means 'with milk'.
Chocolate milk can be called chocolate au lait.

it is wrong to call chocolate milk  TEA. Tea is different my friends. and doesn't taste like chocolate. We hardly take tea here in Nigeria. Some people take Toptea I guess.😃

you can have garri au lait, cornflakes au lait, oat au lait.

Just be french today😂.

Au fait: To be au fait with something means to know that thing very well.

I am au fait with how things work here on Facebook.  Are you?😏

au lait is pronounced as... Oh lay.

au fait is pronounced as 'Oh fay'

finally

tête a tête .
this word has a hilarious pronunciation from Nigerians 

tete a teete...😂😂❌

it is pronounced as
teta tet
or 'tate are TATE'

ˌtɛtaˈtɛt,/ or
/ˌteɪtɑːˈteɪt/

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aha!
Did you  know that  these days married couples get to live with a third person who usually join them in bedroom for sex.

That arrangement is called
ménage à trois

meɪˌnɑːʒ ɑː ˈtrwʌ/

noun

an arrangement in which a married couple and the lover of one of them live together.

Yes,  things are happening in the world and I will try you keep abreast of it all😃.

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Toodles