“Soft and Melodious”- Let Linguists Worldwide Concur with Great Queen Victoria Volume 3 - Issue 5

Mister Seun Ayoade*

• Independent Researcher. Alumnus, College of Medicine University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Received: March 17, 2021   Published: March 29, 2021

Corresponding author: Mister Seun Ayoade, Independent Researcher. Alumnus, College of Medicine University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

DOI: 10.32474/JAAS.2021.03.000174

 

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Abstract

This is yet another appeal to linguists worldwide to rectify a longstanding blunder [1-3]. About a century and a half ago, Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther met The Empress of India in her palace. He recited The Lord’s Prayer to her in Yoruba. At the completion of the recital Queen Victoria said the Yoruba language sounded “soft and melodious” [4].

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