“Here, Pat, give us a g.p., like a good fellow.” The curate brought him a glass of plain porter. The man drank it at a gulp and asked for a caraway seed.

‘She's skeered. Whyn't they leave her be?’

In Nigerian English, sorry' is used as an expression of apology even when one is not the cause of any miscomfort, whilewell-done" is applied generally to greet somebody at work.

In the primary and secondary schools, the student is taught the rudiments of literacy and arithmetic; is introduced to history and literature; acquires the beginner's skills in mathematics; is noddingly acquainted with science; and in general, is given a perspective on the modern world and of his and her place in it.