A Nigerian student in the University of Benin, Edo state showed unbelievable talent when he was discovered to speak with a British accent.
The young man, identified as Aaron, acquired the accent despite not having traveled to or lived abroad.
In an interview on Instagram, when asked how he got to speak with a British accent, he said that he was born with it.
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He added that his father, who teaches spoken English, was his major influence and played a huge role in his speaking abilities.
Aaron also revealed that he watched BBC news often, and a lot of British shows too which enabled his incredulous feat despite being in Nigeria.
Aaron said he is open to the possibility of being a news reporter or journalist after graduation.
UNIBEN student with fluent British accent
While some netizens believed and commended the student, others felt he acquired it through practice not from birth.
jarule_neemo: “Naa uniben be this.. e nor sha stay school hostel”
oluyemitheog: “My dad made me read the news headlines and stories to him till I was 16, helped my diction a lot”
g5star_ “Abeg na lie this guy learn am from bbc”
get_organizee: “He’s very good thou”
blehxxing: “I believe him because my niece has an accent. She has been speaking that way since she was born, and she learnt it from watching cartoons.”
ivannas_trunkofficial: “If i sl@p this boy Accent wey him practice well well, e say na born with it.”
chukwudiosademe: “Dude be doing ENL proud, don’t mind the negativity, you’d be celebrated, emulated and felicitated. Just keep on the grind, and while at learn the art of persuasive speaking and argument, who knows who’d own your show in BBC and CNN together”
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Meanwhile, a video of a Nigerian woman, Nifemi who corrected her husband’s English has left many in the social space cracking up.
In a TikTok video, the married woman was captured bashfully correcting her husband, Kehinde Odesola who had made a blunder while he was talking to her.
Apparently, Kehinde wanted to seek an opinion regarding a matter from his wife, however, he said “I want to seek your conscience”
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