Saturday, June 20, 2009

Hmm, TV3, Long Tennis?

On its Saturday-morning enfants entertainment, TV3 shows an instructor coaching the callow school-goers on a rousing game with yellow-green balls, rigid rackets and a sprawling net on a concrete court. The ritzy caption on the screen calls it – LONG TENNIS! What are they teaching the infants? Erm, Roger Federer, can you sms me on how green the LONG at Wimbledon is, when you get there?
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13 comments:

  1. Adaeze20 June, 2009

    I have been wondering about that too. I have heard plenty of nigerians referring to tennis as "long tennis" what's up with that?

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  2. afrofabchic20 June, 2009

    lol..Thats how we know we are home when we see or hear things like that.

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  3. The Author21 June, 2009

    Lol, Ada. It's some strain of laziness, no? For I know people have generally seen "Lawn" written somewhere. It is even now just called tennis, as know, since it is played on a number of different surfaces.

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  4. The Author21 June, 2009

    Yes, you're right, afrofabchic!

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  5. Denise22 June, 2009

    Hmm, alternative sports in Ghana - gulf? long tennis? Come to think of it though, perhaps the game you saw on TV is so far removed from the original sport that in fact it was aptly named. What next Nana Yaw - lawn jump?.

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  6. Adaeze22 June, 2009

    lazyness when saying 2 words instead of 1? It would be simpler to just say tennis, no?

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  7. The Author22 June, 2009

    Lol, Denise, LAWN JUMP! Btw, have you heard anybody shout "oxide" at a football game? I assure you they meant "offside"! :)

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  8. The Author22 June, 2009

    I agree, Ada, but the people who most need to use simple words tend to be the people who use complex constructions. It may be a complex (pun accidental).

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  9. Adaeze22 June, 2009

    Pun accidental, lol.

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  10. Faf22 June, 2009

    @ Na'Yaw, the lafree blew his whistle too many times for ocksides.

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  11. ~26 June, 2009

    Hahaha!!! I'm so late, but this is too classic to let slide! See why Ghana's such a special place...Among other things, we have our own language which is not even ours to start with!

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  12. The Author26 June, 2009

    Hey antye504, thanks for coming by, although late. I agree with that about our own language which is not even ours to start with.

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  13. Nii Saki29 June, 2009

    I heard someone say "neflickt" during a football game. do u know what he meant to say? referee. lol!

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