8 English words that mean something totally different in Kumasi

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Ampofo Agyei 10 years ago

They always cherish to create and like their own things.They are originals.

They always cherish to create and like their own things.They are originals.
JB Osei-Brown 10 years ago

Ampofo,

All those terms (macho ie Boby-Builder, guy-guy, too-known, brutal ie superlative and several others ) are used by entire Ghana (especually those in secondary schools) and not only the people Kumasi.

Ampofo,

All those terms (macho ie Boby-Builder, guy-guy, too-known, brutal ie superlative and several others ) are used by entire Ghana (especually those in secondary schools) and not only the people Kumasi.
Asante baa 10 years ago

..."sandwich" meaning fried rice or check-check.

..."sandwich" meaning fried rice or check-check.
kate 10 years ago

Kumawood=Ghallywood
Busumuru=Professor or Doctor
Sandwich=Check-check
Agymeng Rawilings was Ashtown girl
JJ Rawlings was satasi boy
Kofi anna was Amakom boy
Infant these Ashantis are too much

Kumawood=Ghallywood
Busumuru=Professor or Doctor
Sandwich=Check-check
Agymeng Rawilings was Ashtown girl
JJ Rawlings was satasi boy
Kofi anna was Amakom boy
Infant these Ashantis are too much
POW@Ghana 4 last 4, Brazil 2014 10 years ago

You take a word from an international language, you haphazardly used it, with a wrong pronunciation and call that original? Are you on glue?

You take a word from an international language, you haphazardly used it, with a wrong pronunciation and call that original? Are you on glue?
Wiafe 10 years ago

Did you do your research before spewing your arrogance here?

Is the word portable, English? I sense you said yes, well it is a Latin word, meaning to carry.

Has the English made it their own? Yes they have and its an "E ...
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Did you do your research before spewing your arrogance here?

Is the word portable, English? I sense you said yes, well it is a Latin word, meaning to carry.

Has the English made it their own? Yes they have and its an "English word." What is wrong using someone's language creatively?

You call English "international" because you are exposed to it. Go to the Amazon and tell those in the rain forest about your new found International language and test your hypothesis; see if it is indeed international.

Well, bravo to your English. It is estimated that over a billion people either speak it as first language or a second language. But in the world of close to seven billion people, is it so international?

Enye woho too-know-too-know wo ha.
JB Osei-Brown 10 years ago

Well I put that word in quotes because it does not exist!

The Ghanaian term 'Burger' as it properly written, actually derived from the German city state of Hamburg - the place where the first Ghanaians immigrants to German ...
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Well I put that word in quotes because it does not exist!

The Ghanaian term 'Burger' as it properly written, actually derived from the German city state of Hamburg - the place where the first Ghanaians immigrants to Germany lived.

So when they came home to visit, they would say "I'm [Ham]Burger", "I'm ".

Others claimed that were/are 'Bürger' meaning "Citizen" or someone who has acquired German citizenship.
DR KUFFOUR 10 years ago

Mr JB, educate them better and let them know where they belong in Ghana. Just as you pointed out, also the word " blog " is not what is said by Ghanaiana but " block " for ice which has the same meaning as in English.

Mr JB, educate them better and let them know where they belong in Ghana. Just as you pointed out, also the word " blog " is not what is said by Ghanaiana but " block " for ice which has the same meaning as in English.
The Son of Man 10 years ago

it is pronounced blog, hence the expression ice blog

it is pronounced blog, hence the expression ice blog
SAINT KWAME 10 years ago

Chef does not mean someone cooking. The term comes from "CHEF de CUISINE" meaning "Head of the Kitchen".

Chef does not mean someone cooking. The term comes from "CHEF de CUISINE" meaning "Head of the Kitchen".
OZA 10 years ago

No, you got your French wrong. "Chef de cuisine" means "Head Cook". In French the "Chef" is the "master cook" or the overall head of the professional kitchen staff.

No, you got your French wrong. "Chef de cuisine" means "Head Cook". In French the "Chef" is the "master cook" or the overall head of the professional kitchen staff.
Proud Ashanti 10 years ago

Nice article. Bring us more of these.

Nice article. Bring us more of these.
mills 10 years ago

in Holland and Germany for example it means citizen...so Ghanaian term means someone who has been to or live there

in Holland and Germany for example it means citizen...so Ghanaian term means someone who has been to or live there
Agyarko michael 10 years ago

Hahaha oseikrom for u

Hahaha oseikrom for u
Di asempa 10 years ago

Even Americans have their own English which is different from British English. What about our own Nigerians? their English is totally different but they were able to creat their own.
Made in Ghana. All made in Ghana t ...
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Even Americans have their own English which is different from British English. What about our own Nigerians? their English is totally different but they were able to creat their own.
Made in Ghana. All made in Ghana that we have right now started from Ashanti region which is Kumasi. For example, kete cloth .
Oheneba 10 years ago

We sianos don't say director, it's daaata! Honorable is onable.........derrrm the writer should get his/her facts right ....lol. Seikrom anaa ye ye toff!

We sianos don't say director, it's daaata! Honorable is onable.........derrrm the writer should get his/her facts right ....lol. Seikrom anaa ye ye toff!
Nana Akwasi Boachie 10 years ago

My name is Blaa Kwasi. Is it the word in , "Black, black, black sheep"? O no, wobekum y3n af3re. (Brother Kwasi)as in (Bro. Kwasi) Monhw3 mo L ne mo R yiye.

My name is Blaa Kwasi. Is it the word in , "Black, black, black sheep"? O no, wobekum y3n af3re. (Brother Kwasi)as in (Bro. Kwasi) Monhw3 mo L ne mo R yiye.
Bempahba 10 years ago

jack u made me laugh all through kudos mehnn

jack u made me laugh all through kudos mehnn
K. MANU 10 years ago

The government is urging Ghanaians to use made in Ghana goods. I think the Oseikrom lads have given us what could help transform our falling educational standard. Why don't we encourage our educational authorities to use this ...
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The government is urging Ghanaians to use made in Ghana goods. I think the Oseikrom lads have given us what could help transform our falling educational standard. Why don't we encourage our educational authorities to use this version of English since our kids could find much easier to learn? hahahahahah!
Vuvuzela 10 years ago

"Chef - Original definition: A chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people." Why "original here?

This word is french. Its main definition means "chief", king, head or patron; simply a person who exercises au ...
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"Chef - Original definition: A chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people." Why "original here?

This word is french. Its main definition means "chief", king, head or patron; simply a person who exercises authority on others. Its adoption in cuisine just makes it chief-cook or "maitre" the general organizer.
The word took prominence when french cuisine went beyond borders.

Addressing someone as "chef" is normal when respect is intended.
joe 10 years ago

dis is jx for gags! no dissin den serious argument biara, aba!????????

dis is jx for gags! no dissin den serious argument biara, aba!????????
ghanaba 10 years ago

whait is this mean? why you always on asante people?

whait is this mean? why you always on asante people?
ghanaba 10 years ago

what is this mean to you?
why you always after asante people?

what is this mean to you?
why you always after asante people?
VICKY LEE BENTON 10 years ago

THEY'RE ARE ILLITERATES WITH BIG MOUTHS AND HAVE NO SHAME ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, JUST LISTEN TO THE EX-PRESIDENT KUFOUR WHEN HE SPEAKES ENGLISH. IT'S A SHAME.

THEY'RE ARE ILLITERATES WITH BIG MOUTHS AND HAVE NO SHAME ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, JUST LISTEN TO THE EX-PRESIDENT KUFOUR WHEN HE SPEAKES ENGLISH. IT'S A SHAME.
KWAME OWUSU 10 years ago

you made me home sick,i love this joke
please give us more.

you made me home sick,i love this joke
please give us more.
New World African 10 years ago

Vicky, I'm sorry, but you need not criticize anybody when it comes to English. "They're are" is incorrect. It should be "There are". Likewise "He Speakes" is improper spelling. It should read "He speaks".

Vicky, I'm sorry, but you need not criticize anybody when it comes to English. "They're are" is incorrect. It should be "There are". Likewise "He Speakes" is improper spelling. It should read "He speaks".
Agya Nimo 10 years ago

Ur very idiot! who say so...what do u knw...ma frnd go away.

Ur very idiot! who say so...what do u knw...ma frnd go away.
wang 10 years ago

From your name it appears you are a fante if I'm not mistaken. Is it not your ancestors who used Kenkey as a weapon in a war? So stupid and dumb.

Why should one be ashamed when he or she can speak English? Can the Amer ...
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From your name it appears you are a fante if I'm not mistaken. Is it not your ancestors who used Kenkey as a weapon in a war? So stupid and dumb.

Why should one be ashamed when he or she can speak English? Can the Americans and the English speak twi? we as a people in a nation with no sense of pride tend to respect foreign culture more than our own.

You are an educted illeterate yourself. What have fantes achieved in. GH? From high school to the sea. Spending all their resources on meat. Much more dirtier than pigs, that's what your people are.
anan 10 years ago

think kk

think kk
Yiadom 10 years ago

You need deliverance from your inferior mentality. If your tribe had the mentality of Asantes, I'm sure Ghana would have been a better place. Love them or hate them, they don't give a damn what you think about them. They are ...
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You need deliverance from your inferior mentality. If your tribe had the mentality of Asantes, I'm sure Ghana would have been a better place. Love them or hate them, they don't give a damn what you think about them. They are very creative, open-minded, kind and hospitable.

We know from history that whiles other tribes meekly submitted themselves under the white rule, these Asantes resisted them. They had to be conquered in war before they accepted to be under colonial masters. Please check yourself. Who knows, your problem and hatred for them may stem from inferiority complex.
royal son 10 years ago

remember our language is a national language ok...

remember our language is a national language ok...
Aden 10 years ago

The self- proclaimed literate contributor of this forum can't even spell and express herself appropriately. It's a double shame to you Vicky Lee.

The self- proclaimed literate contributor of this forum can't even spell and express herself appropriately. It's a double shame to you Vicky Lee.
Palava 10 years ago

Dumb ass Vicky Lee Benton! Can your stupid father speak any english at all?
Kwasia!

Dumb ass Vicky Lee Benton! Can your stupid father speak any english at all?
Kwasia!
Palava 10 years ago

You see how stupid you are? You are criticizing someone's english but look at what you wrote on here. Shame on you!

You see how stupid you are? You are criticizing someone's english but look at what you wrote on here. Shame on you!
i-man 10 years ago

vicky & all those who responded to what his said are all disgusting. why can't we put our diff. aside n make crake some jokes with each other to make some funny comments just like how others just did on this same jock? who ca ...
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vicky & all those who responded to what his said are all disgusting. why can't we put our diff. aside n make crake some jokes with each other to make some funny comments just like how others just did on this same jock? who cares if your Asante or fanti or ewe? we just wants to live in harmony & tranquility
Nyameye 10 years ago

I can't stop laughing! That was a good one! I've kind of known this all along and even use a few of the Kumasi versions (I'm PhD and a Fanti) but thanks for putting it all together for us. This is not peculiar to Kumasi or Gh ...
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I can't stop laughing! That was a good one! I've kind of known this all along and even use a few of the Kumasi versions (I'm PhD and a Fanti) but thanks for putting it all together for us. This is not peculiar to Kumasi or Ghana by the way. Even in places like the US different regions and cultures have their own rendition of some terms/words. Mind you, these are all spoken, not written. Thanks for increasing my endorphin level this morning :)
Woyome woyome 10 years ago

Look at this fake writer these people migrated from little towns in ghana when trying to find them it cannot be trace in ghana maps . Speaking good English does not make you wise person else there would ve words like idiot ...
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Look at this fake writer these people migrated from little towns in ghana when trying to find them it cannot be trace in ghana maps . Speaking good English does not make you wise person else there would ve words like idiot foolish and so on Even up to date there are more storey buildings in kumasi than Accra , it takes a good thinking illiterate to ve such brains to build this . Jealousy if all Ghanaians are industrious as Ashanti's use to be I don't think we would ve bothered our selfs for political parties . Go to uk and America they use to call people guy mr write which part of ghana do you come from? Keta or kpando . I think places are the jealousy home towns grow in business and stop looting state coffers
Maspion 10 years ago

CHEF, In german Means Boss... So please Note...

CHEF, In german Means Boss... So please Note...
Aden 10 years ago

Yes Mr/Ms. writer, go and do your homework well, guess what you made up some words too

Yes Mr/Ms. writer, go and do your homework well, guess what you made up some words too
Abeeku Mensah 10 years ago

This is proof that we must trade the educated but non-thinking elite class in parliament and executive offices with the younger generation. The youth, educated, under educated and uneducated, have shown the knack for adaptati ...
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This is proof that we must trade the educated but non-thinking elite class in parliament and executive offices with the younger generation. The youth, educated, under educated and uneducated, have shown the knack for adaptation, entrepreneurship and savvy to know not to be cheated and or toyed with by any friend or adversary. We have had over 30 years of foolish leadership under our educated class who have shown they are good at yapping or claiming to speak our queens English but incompetent to stand up to be counted when it comes to negotiations with adversaries and foes on everything that matters to the welfare, growth and prosperity of mother Ghana.
Guido---Giudo 10 years ago

Sometimes, words or origination of words gradually change when the new generation actually did not have a clue of the meaning of those slangs . I really hurt me when someone try to make fun of Kumasi people. I was born and ...
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Sometimes, words or origination of words gradually change when the new generation actually did not have a clue of the meaning of those slangs . I really hurt me when someone try to make fun of Kumasi people. I was born and bred in Asafo, Kumasi and some "slangs" words really meant the exact meaning of the English standard meaning or figurative meaning of them . But they just happened to have a slightest pronunciation which is a little bit different because of our dialect or twi. I have read some of the responds and a couple of them are right. let's take for instance , "burger" it is during 1980's when the Ghana expatriates returning from Germany, mostly residing in Hamburg, that's why this term came around. And also those "Burgers" started using those slang as "chef" meaning boss in Germany, in addition to that people that were trading back and forth from Abidjan or Cote d'ivore or Ivory Coast, also were using term "chef", which means in French as head of chefs or leader of chefs or patron'. The word brutal, we were at that time using it in figurative manner just to compensate the actual meaning in Twi. For instance, when somebody dress that look a little abnormal or off the beat, we will say that, " this is brutal" because he or she has dressed to " kill" or "massacre" it in a wrong way. Tycoon actually has the same meaning when we started using the term, which means a wealthy business person, but the meaning gradually fading to mean opposite of the actual meaning. We started to make fun of any stranger or a villager who occasionally come to Kumasi to shop, especially in "folksline" or "Frenchline" in Kumasi, its just alerts other guys that there is a villager or a stranger with money within the vicinity to shop with funny not matching combination clothing. But gradually, the tycoon word has eventually found its rightful place in society among the us "Kumasianoes". And yet any Kumasi guy who knows the meaning of the term or the slang will know how to use them to suit the situation at hand. Block is the short term for ice-block, period!! The last but not the least, "allegation", we use allegation for the same meaning as well as figurative, for an example, when you are talking to a girl and your friend try to convince the same girl in your presence or behind you, and you become a little suspicious of the girl body's language that your friend is actually convincing her for himself, then you can say to your friend, you better stop this term "allegation" or your "illegal or wrong" thing that you are doing.
Next time, when you are trying to write an article about Kumasi people please gather all your facts before you start. Words actual meaning always change from generation to generation, as you already aware that, we Africans don't like to author our own history or passed event except what white men have triggered down to us which normally are not the right information. I also like to highlights the importance of what my brother, Abeeka Mensah wrote. As much as it is good to master white man language, I think it is also essential for us to be smart in all areas of our lives because we are suffocated by our adversaries in terms of negotiations on loans, proper deals as well as developments.
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Big Shout Out to Agya Koo Or Koo of Asafo because he is the originated of these words!!!
Guido-Guido a.k.a B-Sure a.k.a Armpre 10 years ago

Sometimes, words or origination of words gradually change when the new generation actually did not have a clue of the meaning of those slangs . I really hurt me when someone try to make fun of Kumasi people. I was born and br ...
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Sometimes, words or origination of words gradually change when the new generation actually did not have a clue of the meaning of those slangs . I really hurt me when someone try to make fun of Kumasi people. I was born and bred in Asafo, Kumasi and some "slangs" words really meant the exact meaning of the English standard meaning or figurative meaning of them . But they just happened to have a slightest pronunciation which is a little bit different because of our dialect or twi. I have read some of the responds and a couple of them are right. let's take for instance , "burger" it is during 1980's when the Ghana expatriates returning from Germany, mostly residing in Hamburg, that's why this term came around. And also those "Burgers" started using those slang as "chef" meaning boss in Germany, in addition to that people that were trading back and forth from Abidjan or Cote d'ivore or Ivory Coast, also were using term "chef", which means in French as head of chefs or leader of chefs or patron'. The word brutal, we were at that time using it in figurative manner just to compensate the actual meaning in Twi. For instance, when somebody dress that look a little abnormal or off the beat, we will say that, " this is brutal" because he or she has dressed to " kill" or "massacre" it in a wrong way. Tycoon actually has the same meaning when we started using the term, which means a wealthy business person, but the meaning gradually fading to mean opposite of the actual meaning. We started to make fun of any stranger or a villager who occasionally come to Kumasi to shop, especially in "folksline" or "Frenchline" in Kumasi, its just alerts other guys that there is a villager or a stranger with money within the vicinity to shop with funny not matching combination clothing. But gradually, the tycoon word has eventually found its rightful place in society among the us "Kumasianoes". And yet any Kumasi guy who knows the meaning of the term or the slang will know how to use them to suit the situation at hand. Block is the short term for ice-block, period!! The last but not the least, "allegation", we use allegation for the same meaning as well as figurative, for an example, when you are talking to a girl and your friend try to convince the same girl in your presence or behind you, and you become a little suspicious of the girl body's language that your friend is actually convincing her for himself, then you can say to your friend, you better stop this term "allegation" or your "illegal or wrong" thing that you are doing.
Next time, when you are trying to write an article about Kumasi people please gather all your facts before you start. Words actual meaning always change from generation to generation, as you already aware that, we Africans don't like to author our own history or passed event except what white men have triggered down to us which normally are not the right information. I also like to highlights the importance of what my brother, Abeeka Mensah wrote. As much as it is good to master white man language, I think it is also essential for us to be smart in all areas of our lives because we are suffocated by our adversaries in terms of negotiations on loans, proper deals as well as developments.
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Big Shout Out to Agya Koo Or Koo of Asafo because he comes out some of these slangs, not these slangs or terms, I should say but pretty much good with the local slangs. It is also funny because even in U.S especially in NYC, some of the words you hear in songs notably Jay-Z, Nas, Biggie Smalls, M.O.B, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Fifty, JaRule actually have a different meaning or opposite meaning in the songs. This is called "street talk" so get use it and stop " frofrosi asem no woyeye no"
Guido-Guido a.k.a B-Sure , Armpress 10 years ago

This explains why when you start to date girls from other regional areas in Ghana, they start with some funny intermittently interrogations with dumb questions pertaining to Kumasi guys because they do not have a slightest ...
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This explains why when you start to date girls from other regional areas in Ghana, they start with some funny intermittently interrogations with dumb questions pertaining to Kumasi guys because they do not have a slightest clue about what real Kumasi guys are or whatever this writer refers to us "Siano". However, when the relationship begin to establish after the initial stages, they will testify themselves that this Kumasi guy is different, so what I do is educated them right away about Kumasi. I am not being sarcastic here, because a lot of people that grown up in Kumasi are also from other regions or "tribes"in Ghana, that's the coastal, Volta, northern, Brong-Ahafo, Eastern regions etc, even my head master was an ewe, Mr. Adadevo as we normally called him Master Adadevo. It is love and hate situation for us, some women love us because they think we are smart without so called education that most of you think we are lacking. Honestly speaking, getting education is not only by speaking the white man accent but being able to adept the intelligence of it to the highest degree and practice it. Some people, like to say, Oh, you guys like to speak Twi too much, what the heck we are Ghanaians and we also proud to speak it freely without compromise or hiding it for fear of reproach at a work place. I am not going to eat fufu with spoon or apetsia with fork and knifes, heck no!! If you travel around the world, some people could identify you easily with your African or Ghanaian heritage by your ethnics, accents, last names etc, so who are fooling. We love our street talk or street smartness because it is sometimes better to acknowledge the importance of street smartness than using the book knowledge all the time. It is also a privilege to acquire the both worlds, because nothing is better than that except God's word. We are not ashamed of it, as a matter of fact, I really, really love to be from Kumasi because it makes me uniquely distinct. What you probably not aware of is, there are a lot of people in Accra, Tema and other big cities in Ghana that were born in Kumasi and have relocated to those areas. It doesn't matter how long I have been away, when anytime I meet my old Kumasi guys especially from Asafo and Amakom, we speak using different slangs that we are know the real meaning of them. Now, some people are adapting them and changing the real meaning but we still know when we are communicating. So stop your " Agya Appiah esem nu nni wo tumbo esem nu". Hahaha...your women still love us!!!!
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Shout out to Billy Ocean, Agyaaba, Shakey States, Foster Lee, Kattia (Asafo Ahefie Nanasei)and my boy, Curtis.
Komla 10 years ago

The article took my mind back to the good olds I spent in Kumasi. Kumasi is a city I love dearly, the people are game and down to earth. I agree with the writer that Brutal has been around for a while, in those days if you w ...
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The article took my mind back to the good olds I spent in Kumasi. Kumasi is a city I love dearly, the people are game and down to earth. I agree with the writer that Brutal has been around for a while, in those days if you were cool and hip, you were referred to as Brutal.
YOOMOBEGA 10 years ago

Simply put, Asantefuo are tooo known, to the extent that they are inadvertently undermining our whole political culture, whether by inserting phraseologies like 'tweaah' or 'dumsor dumsor'.

Simply put, Asantefuo are tooo known, to the extent that they are inadvertently undermining our whole political culture, whether by inserting phraseologies like 'tweaah' or 'dumsor dumsor'.
Palava 10 years ago

Kwasia! Who said tweaaa? Is it not your uncle in the BA?

Kwasia! Who said tweaaa? Is it not your uncle in the BA?
nana bobie ansah 10 years ago

at least you have highlighted lots of words that recent generation has created from the existing ones. bless.

at least you have highlighted lots of words that recent generation has created from the existing ones. bless.
Wonana 10 years ago

Huhuudios and nicodamously are all brofolised in Ghana.

Huhuudios and nicodamously are all brofolised in Ghana.
skebaabu 10 years ago

chef..is actually dutch -meanin supervisor or someone in charge..i think the burghers brought dat from jaamine!

chef..is actually dutch -meanin supervisor or someone in charge..i think the burghers brought dat from jaamine!
Aden 10 years ago

Maybe this writer should redo his homework

Maybe this writer should redo his homework
The Son of Man 10 years ago

The etymology of chef is not Dutch. It originates from French language and it is a short form of the expression chef de cuisine.

The etymology of chef is not Dutch. It originates from French language and it is a short form of the expression chef de cuisine.
royal son 10 years ago

am proud to be Ashanti....we are the owners of Ghana now and forever..without our language there is no Ghana..believe it or not...Kumasi for u

am proud to be Ashanti....we are the owners of Ghana now and forever..without our language there is no Ghana..believe it or not...Kumasi for u
Aden 10 years ago

These words are used every where in Ghana,,it is not only in Kumasi, get your facts straight. Too known, so what if we make new words different from their original meanings, teach us professor. Show off. Do you think words we ...
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These words are used every where in Ghana,,it is not only in Kumasi, get your facts straight. Too known, so what if we make new words different from their original meanings, teach us professor. Show off. Do you think words we use today mean exactly what they meant yesteryear s? Try to look up the word "gay" and explain to us what it means, too known
kobbyscratch 10 years ago

GhWeb are soo LAME!!! SMH.....

GhWeb are soo LAME!!! SMH.....
NAKED 10 years ago

Keep your culture don't afraid the vultures, keep your culture don't afraid the will-power. Keep your hay high my Asante people.

Keep your culture don't afraid the vultures, keep your culture don't afraid the will-power. Keep your hay high my Asante people.
KOFI, OHIO USA 10 years ago

massa wo y3 bea!! good one

massa wo y3 bea!! good one
KOFI, OHIO USA 10 years ago

someone educate me on this. Did the name "adwoa yankee" giving to the cloth shirt originate from oseikrom, kumasi?

someone educate me on this. Did the name "adwoa yankee" giving to the cloth shirt originate from oseikrom, kumasi?
Hayes 10 years ago

You know our people and you cannot correct anyone. I had a good laugh. Thanks for sharing.

You know our people and you cannot correct anyone. I had a good laugh. Thanks for sharing.
Obibini 10 years ago

I just balance him, meaning dodging him, Siano version. I'm not Asante but grew up in Kumasi & won't trade it for anyplace in the world. Its full of hardcore guys so if you can make it through in Kumasi u aren't scared of any ...
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I just balance him, meaning dodging him, Siano version. I'm not Asante but grew up in Kumasi & won't trade it for anyplace in the world. Its full of hardcore guys so if you can make it through in Kumasi u aren't scared of any city in the world. I saw that after going to all 10 regions in Gh then the states. we are so confident & self-made people that nothing can push us around, e.g. we combined graduates and JSS leavers to revive Gh movies & when they ignored us during awards we created our own KUMAWOOD. I live in the states but I don't watch copy cut english movies made in GH (with disgraceful cursing words) Akan movies are real & every Ghanaian can relate to it, no faking. Anyway Agyeman Konadu( Ashtown girl), Busumuru Kofi Annan (Amakom boy) Alhaji Grusah(no formal Education but built premier team from the scratch) are all proud Kumasianos.
Palava 10 years ago

You just made my day Obibini. Ain't got nothing to say bro; you just made my day.

You just made my day Obibini. Ain't got nothing to say bro; you just made my day.
BB 10 years ago

Wootu kua - meaning Blowing your horns. Like woodwa w'anum bisaa no, w'atease3?

I'll mafia you - meaning, I'll deal with you brutal..

Connection - Siano will say Connetion.. meaning, cutting corners.

Gangalia- real w ...
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Wootu kua - meaning Blowing your horns. Like woodwa w'anum bisaa no, w'atease3?

I'll mafia you - meaning, I'll deal with you brutal..

Connection - Siano will say Connetion.. meaning, cutting corners.

Gangalia- real word is Gang leader hahaha..siano means u are acting up.

Kala.. real word Colour. siano means girlfriend or a girl.

Capo.. name of Captain in a mafia family. siano means big man or big mai lol. like Taakum. s3 w'atease3?

Original man...siano will say OLiginal mai. meaning the man knows what's up.

I'm going to LIE a girl - meaning siano wants to convince and win a girl over.

Double barrel gun- Dobro baa.. hahaha.

Lived in Kumasi all my life till I traveled. Pretty Awesome joint.
B-SURE..A.K.A. GUIDO 10 years ago

Sometimes, words or origination of words gradually change when the new generation actually did not have a clue of the meaning of those slangs . I really hurt me when someone try to make fun of Kumasi people. I was born and br ...
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Sometimes, words or origination of words gradually change when the new generation actually did not have a clue of the meaning of those slangs . I really hurt me when someone try to make fun of Kumasi people. I was born and bred in Asafo, Kumasi and some "slangs" words really meant the exact meaning of the English standard meaning or figurative meaning of them . But they just happened to have a slightest pronunciation which is a little bit different because of our dialect or twi. I have read some of the responds and a couple of them are right. let's take for instance , "burger" it is during 1980's when the Ghana expatriates returning from Germany, mostly residing in Hamburg, that's why this term came around. And also those "Burgers" started using those slang as "chef" meaning boss in Germany, in addition to that people that were trading back and forth from Abidjan or Cote d'ivore or Ivory Coast, also were using term "chef", which means in French as head of chefs or leader of chefs or patron'. The word brutal, we were at that time using it in figurative manner just to compensate the actual meaning in Twi. For instance, when somebody dress that look a little abnormal or off the beat, we will say that, " this is brutal" because he or she has dressed to " kill" or "massacre" it in a wrong way. Tycoon actually has the same meaning when we started using the term, which means a wealthy business person, but the meaning gradually fading to mean opposite of the actual meaning. We started to make fun of any stranger or a villager who occasionally come to Kumasi to shop, especially in "folksline" or "Frenchline" in Kumasi, its just alerts other guys that there is a villager or a stranger with money within the vicinity to shop with funny not matching combination clothing. But gradually, the tycoon word has eventually found its rightful place in society among the us "Kumasianoes". And yet any Kumasi guy who knows the meaning of the term or the slang will know how to use them to suit the situation at hand. Block is the short term for ice-block, period!! The last but not the least, "allegation", we use allegation for the same meaning as well as figurative, for an example, when you are talking to a girl and your friend try to convince the same girl in your presence or behind you, and you become a little suspicious of the girl body's language that your friend is actually convincing her for himself, then you can say to your friend, you better stop this term "allegation" or your "illegal or wrong" thing that you are doing.
Next time, when you are trying to write an article about Kumasi people please gather all your facts before you start. Words actual meaning always change from generation to generation, as you already aware that, we Africans don't like to author our own history or passed event except what white men have triggered down to us which normally are not the right information. I also like to highlights the importance of what my brother, Abeeka Mensah wrote. As much as it is good to master white man language, I think it is also essential for us to be smart in all areas of our lives because we are suffocated by our adversaries in terms of negotiations on loans, proper deals as well as developments.
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Big Shout Out to Agya Koo Or Koo of Asafo because he comes out some of these slangs, not these slangs or terms, I should say but pretty much good with the local slangs. It is also funny because even in U.S especially in NYC, some of the words you hear in songs notably Jay-Z, Nas, Biggie Smalls, M.O.B, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Fifty, JaRule actually have a different meaning or opposite meaning in the songs. This is called "street smart" so get use it and stop " frofrosi asem no woyeye no"
Yankey 10 years ago

Taakum!! U forgot this one- 'steady' - "y3 steady ma me" lol I really enjoyed this

Taakum!! U forgot this one- 'steady' - "y3 steady ma me" lol I really enjoyed this
thomas 10 years ago

I like the first term, TAAKUM

I like the first term, TAAKUM
Samuel Agbemafle 10 years ago

Language corrupt,and absolute language corrupts absolutely

Language corrupt,and absolute language corrupts absolutely

8 English words that mean something totally different in Kumasi

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