The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #154106   Message #3613137
Posted By: Richard Bridge
27-Mar-14 - 07:33 AM
Thread Name: BS: Was my face red
Subject: RE: BS: Was my face red
Yes, I know what it means. And yes my girlfriend is Yoruba. As she puts it herself, "a Junoesque Nubian goddess". But I don't think I will ever get the accents and diacrytics and tonalities in the Yoruba language right. My attempts at pronouncing "oko" caused some hilarity as one version of the pronunciation means - er - well - ask your husband!