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A Christian|| Writer, atleast|| Social commentator via Medium|| Biblical Responses|| Voice-Over|| I love deep space and anything related to good music.

[BR @LordsOwned]

After editing and proofreading this story that I am writing, Mr Joshua Bamiloye better put a call through to me and tell me well-done, then use my work to make a movie. I'll be so glad. 🥹

From my mouth to God's ear. @jay_mikee

[BR @LordsOwned]

@cryptocatch77 Audit

[BR @LordsOwned]

@iamlaurael Hey, Laura! ☺️

[BR @LordsOwned]

Dear Lord 🥺. Magnificient.

[Laura El @iamlaurael]

I sacrificed my spine for these.

[BR @LordsOwned]

@Halosznn_ Thank you, ma'am.

[BR @LordsOwned]

Content Marketing 😭

[HALO | CAREER SPECIALIST @Halosznn_]

I’ve been contemplating on how to do this here without getting overwhelmed 🥹

So I want to help few people here, it could be a laptop, money, router, trying to get into an academy or something

Been doing this behind the scenes but I want to bring it here too.

[BR @LordsOwned]

@Ms_Logical That's why I wrote this:

https://t.co/CQXh107QF5

[BR @LordsOwned]

We all had that very good friend or group of friends and for one reason or another, we cannot remember how the beautiful friendship collapsed.

So I wrote this: https://t.co/0iEr8cB1qi

Kindly read. Thank you.

[BR @LordsOwned]

@Halosznn_ Oh goodness, you replied. 🤲🏿

I would so much fancy a remote role for CM even if it's an intern with stipends.

[BR @LordsOwned]

@Khalifornia0007 @boy_director Millennium abi Alakoto?

[BR @LordsOwned]

We all had that very good friend or group of friends and for one reason or another, we cannot remember how the beautiful friendship collapsed.

So I wrote this: https://t.co/0iEr8cB1qi

Kindly read. Thank you.

[Babalola Esq.⚖️ @Owiggy_]

Na yahoo boys dey make you feel like say pressure dey. Nothing dey there if you dey stay one room sefcon, nothing dey there if na native you dey wear, nothing dey there if tv no dey your house or na small tv you get. No big deal if na plastic chair dey your parlor. Na watin your money carry you do, gradually you sef go upgrade. No allow these things pressure you.

[Great Lakes Wife @GreatLakesWife_]

I feel dumb for not realizing this sooner, but I used to wonder why Christians seemed to have more children with disabilities than the general population. I wondered if God knew they could handle it better or something. But I just realized it’s because a lot of other people abort them

[T'Oluwalope @EmeritusTolu]

Every Christian lady is good for every Christian man. Natural and cultural proclivities may decide specifics of choice.

There's no normative standard via Scripture or church history where God selects spouses specifically for everyone. Note the word normative.

Even the jobs and school admission you mentioned, most believers don't "hear God" in the strict sense of hearing God. Our steps are ordered by God when we commit our lives to Him and He does that most of the time without a direct voice.

A believer doesn't need to "hear God" to leave a certain job that takes totality of their time and attention from doing God's work, in that way they do God's will not by "hearing God' but by biblical wisdom.

Largely, biblical wisdom is what primarily guides believers to marry.

If two believers who are disciples and have shown themselves mature in character are drawn to each other and want to marry, don't stifle them with meaningless rules, let them marry.

[VICTREY™ @VictoryOlaleye]

They killed Rev. Dachomo’s family.

Nigeria is too quiet about it.

[BR @LordsOwned]

Oh, na Logic church.

[Michael Eyitayo @m_eyit]

Ndi "Eternal life is not everlasting life" 😂

OSAS ni jorrr
OSASiiii eeeehhhhhhhhh 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[BR @LordsOwned]

@phveektordrayne @_raesparkles Exactly what I wrote here on medium. Mheen!! https://t.co/Lby0efbFaB

[BR @LordsOwned]

@Faithfulakin1 Who said this?

[UCHECHUKWU SAMUEL INNOCENT @usinnocent]

@RasineIrem 👌👌👌

[Bayo @mazibayo]

One of the subtle ways we misunderstand eternal life is by thinking of it as though it were a kind of spiritual substance that God gives to believers.

The New Testament certainly says that eternal life is a gift (Romans 6:23). But perhaps we’ve sometimes assumed the wrong kind of gift.

Jesus defines eternal life this way:

“This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” (John 17:3)

Notice that He doesn’t describe eternal life as a thing to possess, but as participation in a reality.

The phrase itself literally means “life of the age” — the life belonging to the age to come, God’s new creation.

So when God gives eternal life, He is not handing us an invisible substance. He is bringing us into the life of the coming age through His Son.

[Bami- @Bamixoxo_]

First thing we need to understand with figures of speech is that context matters a lot.
Let me explain.

This will be quite lengthy, so skip it if you have a short attention span.

Euphemism: A polite substitution used to soften meaning. It is the use of a mild, polite, or indirect expression instead of one that may sound harsh, unpleasant, or offensive.

Examples:
She passed away instead of She died.
They let him go instead of They fired him.

The purpose of a euphemism is to avoid causing discomfort or offense through one’s choice of words.

Dysphemism: A harsh substitution used to intensify meaning or express disapproval. It uses a harsh, blunt, or offensive expression instead of a neutral or polite one. (Opposite of Euphemism)

Examples:
He croaked instead of He died.
Calling a house a “shack” or an old car a “heap of junk.”

These two figures of speech are not the focus because he used Peller as an example to illustrate the decline of education and the glorification of mediocrity. The best expressions to examine here are synecdoche and metonymy, which are often confused with each other.

Moving on.

Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part of something represents the whole, or the whole represents a part.

It is a special type of substitution. (Hold on don’t draw your conclusions yet.)

Examples (Part for the Whole):
All hands on deck. (Hands = sailors or crew members.)
There are many mouths to feed. (Mouths = people.)

Whole for Part:
Nigeria won three gold medals. (Nigeria = the Nigerian athletes.)
The school celebrated its success. (The school = the students and staff.)

Now for metonymy. It is a figure of speech in which you refer to something by the name of something else that is closely associated with it, rather than by its own name. Get it?

For example:
The White House announced a new policy.(The White House refers to the U.S. President or administration, not the building itself.)
The Crown will address the nation. (The Crown refers to the monarch.)

People confuse synecdoche and metonymy because they both involve substitution, but they work differently.

I’ve been seeing tweets saying it’s synecdoche and I don’t think some people understand the subtle difference. That’s where I come in.

The best way to understand them is this:

Synecdoche = inclusion (part–whole relationship).

Examples:
Hands = workers
Wheels = car
Heads = cattle or people

Metonymy = association (relationship by connection).

Examples:
Aso Rock = the Nigerian government
The Crown = the monarch
Nollywood = the Nigerian film industry

Synecdoche specifically depends on a part–whole relationship, whereas metonymy depends on any close association.

What do I mean?

Peller is known to be uneducated, so when ycee says “Peller culture,”

he is not saying Peller is literally a part of illiteracy as a whole. Instead, Peller has become associated with illiteracy because of his reputation as a known olodo.

That is metonymy.

It can only be synecdoche if Peller is presented as one member of a larger class, and the intention is for that member to stand for the entire class.

For example:

If he had said “Peller is the face of olodo culture in this country.”

Here, Peller is one individual standing for the larger group of illiterate people. Remember: part–whole representation.

So, in conclusion, “Peller culture” is best analyzed as metonymy because:

Peller’s name is being used because of its perceived association with the idea of illiteracy/glorification of mediocrity.

The name “Peller” becomes shorthand for the olodo uprising that ycee was criticizing.

He was not attacking Peller personally. Instead, he used Peller’s public image as a symbolic reference to a wider social issue. That is a metonymic use of the name.

You’re welcome.

An interesting point is that synecdoche is often treated as a subtype of metonymy because it is simply a more specific form of associative substitution.

[BR @LordsOwned]

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