This is a conversation between a teacher and a pupil in Classroom in Sapele: Teacher: You Boy, spell plantain Boy: Which one? The ripe one abi the un-ripe one abi the one for farm? Teacher: Shuo!! What difference does it make? Just spell plantain! Boy: Teacher, If you see am for farm na OGEDE, If you fry the ripe one na ‘DODO’, if you fry the unripe one na ‘SHIPS’, if you roast am, na ‘BOLE’, all of dem na plantain, so whish one you wan make I spell nah !
