Yesterday, a twitter fight broke out between Tonto Dike and her fans. Apparently, she dared to tweet about her new song. Fans (or maybe not fans) were not happy. They criticized her for being an actor who is trying to sing. I’m still stuck on her being referred to as an actor. But a singer, too? Yeah, whatever. Anyway, that is not even the point. The point for me – and consequently the reason why I’m vexing – is that I cannot understand a friggin’ tweet. Is it just me?
“Really weren’t WORTHY it…?” Okay, Tonto, I’m getting you.
I read some of her tweets, and I did not have to go far to quit. I understand abbreviations, especially on Twitter where you’re only allowed 140 characters to speak your mind, but what exactly is the sense in spelling best as BEZT? Do you know how long it took me to figure that out?!
And why, oh, why are Nigerian celebrities – not all of them, of course – fond of talking about the money they have? How much are we talking? Oprah has millions – maybe billions even- and in dollars, and I never, ever, EVER hear her talking about all the money she has or how broke everyone else is. This is how you know that Nigeria really has a poor mentality.
And I don’t think that Tonto is a great actress. I don’t even think that she is a good actress. There are only two things she is good at – and I say good cautiously – and they are:
1. Crying in movies
2. Having disgusting please-throw-that-TV-out-the-damn-window sex. It doesn’t turn you on. Doesn’t make you wanna try it. Just makes you question your entire identity and existence as a Nigerian. Like, but how can I go around saying I’m Nigerian when I have people like this disgracing me on TV in the name of a sex scene?
I will not bother to mention how tacky it is for her to be cursing people out on Twitter. Albeit, I do acknowledge that peeps can piss you the hell off, so there might be a day that you just don’t feel like dealing with anyone’s foolishness. Let’s say that yesterday was that day for Tonto (tongue in cheek).
And so, while people are fighting with her, for her, or against her because of her new single, I want someone to tell me what the hell she’s talm’bout in these tweets.
I’m actually in pain. My head hurts from trying to understand what she was saying. wow! I don’t know if she can’t speak in English or if her she’s just trying her hand at shorthand.
Tonto needs a PR Manager and FAST!!!
~x~
I completely agree. I forgot to mention that there were so many tweets! I only posted three. And every single one of them was difficult to understand. A lot of Nigerian celebs don’t know what a PR person does, nor do they know that they need one.
I used to think I was fairly good at understanding abbreviations… But from the above, I am still far behind.
All I can say is, she needs to take several seats for her huge ego. As for her acting and/or singing… *yimu*
Gbam!
Serious yimu. The ego is bigger than she is. I don’t know what her problem is.
Love or Hate Her, she does bring drama by the bucketload. Haven’t the foggiest what she may be saying either but I’d hazard a guess that ‘MUX’ is ‘MUST’. Why she couldn’t however type the ‘S’ and ‘T’ is beyond me… As is everything with her… Oh well.
Lol. Her abbreviations – if we must call them that – are mind boggling. It’s almost as if she’s consciously trying to not let us read her tweets. And I agree, she does bring drama.
Vera let me commend the way you write, you make every gist sound interesting. Can’t believe that i spent my last precious 2 mins reading about Tonto and her useless tweets (is that how important she has become and how jobless i am?) Well, let’s hope her “muzzic” will be worth the bragging lol.
Hahaha @ her muszic. It’ll be worse than her acting. And thank you very much for the compliments. It is the work of God oh. Lol. Thank you for reading and responding. It isn’t that she is that important, but rather, that she’s entertaining – and not in the kind of way that she wants to be.
I can’t stand all those abbreviations. I don’t understand how people change the spelling of words and they end up writing the same amount of words. My head is spinning from trying to figure it out.
Yeah, she need a PR manager. I guess she is getting the attention now!
That’s my whole thing. They change the spelling, only to end up with the same or maybe more number of letters. And it’s not your everyday slang that most people would understand. Like “Lemme” or “Leggo” …. Nawa oh.
Oops… *needs
I guess the head spinning is affecting me lol
Lol. I think so too.
How else you guys expect her to spell? Better than me? Hell noooo! She belongs there and must be left there!
Not only Tonto… (though I honestly can’t even identify her from a group of all these local actresses), A greater percentage of Nigerians can’t spell its more frustrating that they cover up their sins with more sinful abbreviations.
NO HOPE FOR NIGERIA!!!!
N/B….. Vera make I warn you seriously, if you bring this yeye girl matter come this place again I go drag you come my house come do house chores for three months as punishment. Shey you dey hear me?
Hahahahaha. Ah! Oga Elean, please forgive me oh! I shall not try it again. I don’t do a lot of celebrity gist, but I was just stunned by her writing. And isn’t she a college graduate? Or about to be? Nawa oh.
I had to unfollow her coz her damn tweets were flooding my TL and i couldn’t understand what she was saying. Her diction is just as terrible as her spelling i can’t!
I never followed her, but yeah, obviously she’s got two problems here : diction and spelling.
My sister,
I tried reading her tweets! I had to give up….I just could not make out what exactly she was trying to say!
Its a shame!
A real shame. She’s a star … and apparently a college student too. Or maybe even a graduate? What are they teaching her in school?
Vera, abeg make una leave my girl Tonto alone ooh. OMG, the headache I just got from trying to be an engineer by attempting to decrypt her first tweet though. I had to stop trying to understand the rest before I got a major migrane. I am not surprised by her tweets though, wouldn’t expect any less from her. To her defense, most people in naija type words like that. Its so bad that I actually found a naija dictionary online.
Nne, I am not holding her oh, but her lingo is affecting me. Lol. When you are trying to read something by someone who is supposed to be a star and you coming away with a WTF feeling, it’s not a good thing.
LOL … funny enough, I think she did most of abbreviation on purpose.
But meeeeeen, the way people write in shorthand these days baffles me … on blogs, on facebook etc
u go cum dy git mygrean on topz of it
Yeah. I am sure she did it that way on purpose, but it doesn’t excuse it though. It’s horrible writing. Shouldn’t a star be set apart? That said, it doesn’t explain the gbagauns. There were a lot of tweets oh; I just didn’t bother to post them all.
Love the new design. It’s so much cleaner. Good job!
Thank you, Athene! I’m glad you think so, cause that’s the look I was going for: clean
She is just a sorry excuse for a ‘role model’ for those that are looking up to her. To be honest I’d rather sit and watch Vic O do yo yo yo than spend anytime trying to understand what she is trying to sing. Shes not smart enough to take a cue from her predecessors that delved into singing from acting and failed woefully at it. Well good riddance!!!
I guess because the music industry is booming, these actors also want to go into that. There are times that a person is skilled in both acting and singing, but I haven’t seen that from any of these actors/actresses. Take for example, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jamie Foxx, and Anne Hathaway. But these people can clearly (visually and audibly) act and sing. Whatever to Tonto and her cohorts.
NonyeVera, leave her o. She was typing or trying to type with that her accent that makes watching movies a chore.
I swear youre hillarious….trying to type with her accent
I agree CyRil. 🙂
Lol. I guess so. That would make sense. Cause other than that, I don’t understand what exactly she was trying to accomplish.
What’s wrong with all of you? Please leave the girl alone! Shiz taipin en tanghz. *
Hee hee hee *She is typing in tongues”
Loooooooooooooooooool!! Estella, you know you’re wrong for that.
Oh Lord, I remember watching a movie about a month ago with her in it and I kept thinking to myself, why would uche jombo do this to us. Her accent made my daughter cry when she was talking
Hahahaha at making your daughter cry. Yeah,I don’t care for her as an actress either cause I don’t think she’s half as great as people say she is, and I absolutely cannot stand that accent. I don’t even know what country it’s supposed to be from.
Isn’t it glaring now that this Kid is troubled?
She prolly has “Essphobia” too…or maybe “Zeephilia”. choose one.
sigh
Vera I think Tonto owes you some acknowledgement. She needs to acknowledge that people like me will never read an article about Tonto Dike if not because its you writting it. She has to brush up her attitudes as well. I cant imagine why somebody aspiring to be a celebrity or whatever you call them in Nigeria will decent into such a vitriol with members of the public whether her followers, admirers or critics. Infact she doesnt only need a PR she also needs a spin doctor
Aaaahhhh! I’m gonna email her right away and tell her to gimme some credit for making you read about her. Lol. I agree, anyway. I don’t think she should have engaged them for any reason – at least not in that way. She could have given smart, sarcastic responses, but not all out insults.
So, the album dropped and I like the song ‘HI’….not bad!
But the internet has been abuzz with yabs. And Tonto has been quiet. The babe no send!
She is one smart chica! Now, with 9million downloads in 24 hours????!!! Hmmm…she needs to give some people some lessons on PR and marketing! lolol
Haaaaa! Estella, Biko mba oh. I couldn’t even go through the entire song. It was too painful to listen to. Her voice was so auto tuned that I could hardly hear or understand her. I won’t even comment about the lyrics, as that wasn’t the biggest problem. Have you seen the tumblr page that has been dedicated to her? Just saw it. http://www.tontothekiller.tumblr.com