Tuesday 6 October 2009

Google in Igbo!!

Google.com now comes in Igbo language! Whooopeeeee!!!!

Ok, look, i just saw it, alright? Its prolly been around for quite a while for all i know but i dun care. Here, go see. There's been a yoruba and hausa version for some months now (i think); i'm just seeing the Igbo version. Haha, now even granny in the village can google. Teeeheeheee, imagine that:

Granny: kay9, i makwa na Iran a "bombuola" ulo Barack Obama na Washington D.C?" (kay9, do you know that Iran has bombed Barack Obama's home in Washington?)

kay9: Haa, nne-nnukwu, i bia kwala ozo... (Ha, granny, you've started again...)

Granny: Nwatakiri a kpuchie onu! Ngwa chere ka m "googuluoro" gi ya... (Little child, whaddya know? Ok, lemme google it for you...)

Looool! Mehn, see me inventing new words - googuluoro, bombuola, mmmh kinda rhymes with Fabulola. I think i should meet up with Sugababe 2.0, see how we can integrate these new words into the Igbo main stream. Cos, you see, there are gonna be some of complications with using this Google in Igbo; for example, what's the Igbo word for "click"? How do you say "refresh the page"?

Actually, Google did a good job on the Igbo version - such a good job that i had to go back to the english version to find out what "Owa Ozi" means. Everything was written in central igbo - no "pidgin-igbo" whatsoever - all the kpom-kpom's and rikom's in their right places. Now for y'all that played rookie during Mbido Igbo lessons in secondary school, now is the time to go back and re-learn your language. As for me, I had a B2 in WAEC Igbo Language, seriously!! (lol!)

13 comments:

Adaeze said...

hahaha @ ur granny :-D This is great news. Thanks for bringing it!

kay9 said...

@Adaeze: You're welcome boo; i was even thinking it was old news.

Sir Scribbles II said...

I neva knew dis, nice one oh! Dude u dey mad sha! See as u dey scatter Igbo 4 area lol

Nice Anon said...

LOL Loved this! But wait oh my brother got A1 in Igbo. Can you top that! No mind me jare.

Fabulo-la said...

LMAO! No u didn't!
Rhymes with Fabulola ke?
Loool... I can see it runs in the blood.

Myne Whitman said...

It is new, I knew about hausa and yoruba. And you only had B2, I had A1! Google a try a la. I know this is pidgin igbo abi? LOL

leggy said...

ha ha ha ha...i actually enjoyed that your granny discussion cos that sounds like what mine would say.lol.ill check it out and i know my igbo well well oh!!!!

kay9 said...

@Robby: how i no go scatter igbo? Ka o buna imaghi na m bu ezigbo nwa-ala? Lol!

@Ada-bekee: Lol! Ok, so your brother aced igbo, ka gini mezie? After all, o nwughi igbo ka una na-asu n'ulo?. But u nko, i gbara gini?

@Fabulola: Yes i did, too! Where u been girl? Abi that your last crush don carry u run? I don hit refresh tire for yo page; missd ya!

@MyneW: You got A1 shebi? Ngwa kedu ihe a na-akpo "click" na Igbo? (Heeheheee, gotcha!!)

@leggy: Chineke lekwa! Leggy i bu onye igbo?? Ngwa-ngwa, nye m yo contact number n street address, my favorite uncle is looking for a wife...

chayoma said...

i am telling u i dunno how i got my B in igbo oh! i no fit write am well to save my precious life.

so there is Google Igbo haha. wait till i tell my 007 granny. Nwanyi ahu self.

Repressed One said...

lol@ Granny schooling you. Hmmmm, maybe i can use google to learn igbo. Nice one!!

kay9 said...

@chybabe: U dont know how u got the B? I'll tell: Microchips!! Lol!

@Rep_1: Thanx for stopping by, sis!

Anonymous said...

i just tier for una,otu ubochi unu gebeakwa maka na unu amaghi asu igbo,Chineke choro ka i were asusu gi to ya

dutch84 said...

I just clicked on the link and it said "Google nigeria", but Igbo was no where to be found. What's the deal?

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