English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
ENGLISH WORDS WITH NEW MEANINGS IN NIGERIA
They went to a ~herbalist~ for spiritual support (Popular Nigerian English).
They went to a ~witch doctor~ for spiritual support (Standard English).
A witch doctor is a person in some societies, for example in Africa, who is thought to have magic powers which can be used to heal people.
In Standard English, a herbalist is a person who grows or sells herbs that are used in medicine:
My mother concocts leaves so much that I call her a *herbalist*. ✅
The man cannot be around us because he is ~local~ (Popular Nigerian English).
The man cannot be around us because he is *unsophisticated*(Standard English).
Local means existing in or belonging to the area where you live, or to the area that you are talking about:
Messi is a *local* player in Argentina. ✅
GAB
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