Kenya is unique in so many ways and one of those is how we refer to things. From borrowing something to talking to someone in the third party,I mean the list never seems to stop as time progresses.
The article compares the phrases commonly used by Kenyans with whites and shame those Kenyans who have hidden in the secret code of its s language in +254.
Compliments go a long way to make people confident and happy but in Kenya it's hard to understand what someone means because a compliment can easily be an insult if you don't indulge dark humour.
I remember as a kid, I used to drip as many youths call it and my mum wouldn't compliment me normally by saying that I look nice but instead use the famous phrase ya umeamua waangalie huku leo .
Buy a new car and see how Kenyan's will compliment you. Normally whites will say nice ride but to many Kenyans that means something somewhere is wrong. You can't just own a car like that.you either did something or it's just way of "drinking them gals.
Slay queen's with their monogamous way of getting money also have these phrases.nibuyie lunch simply means I need a rich boyfriend in my DMS. Siskii kukula means I will finish this one on the table regardless.
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