“Cor” is an English exclamation used to show that you are surprised, pleased or impressed by something.
The spelling of ‘cor’ may have been modified in Nigerian/Yoruba version. The Nigerian ‘koo…nii’ emphasizes denial or disagreement. This is demonstrated in popular expressions such as ‘rice koo, beans nii,’ ‘ewe koo, nla nii,’ ‘white koo, black nii,’ among other examples.
Both ‘cor’ and the Yoruba ‘koo…nii’ convey a sense of surprise, shock or astonishment.
The Yoruba version likely originates from the English ‘cor.’ The similarity in meaning and usage between the two phrases suggests a linguistic borrowing where the Yoruba language adapted the English expression to fit its own grammatical and phonological structures.
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