English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
Englishes
Tell your children to stop the rough play (Nigerian English).
Tell your children to stop the horseplay (British English).
Horseplay is rough play in which people push and hit each other, or behave in a silly way.
Make sure you buy the bread from my regular customer (Nigerian English).
Make sure you buy the bread from my regular vendor (British English). A buyer, usually, does not have a customer. A customer is someone who buys goods or services, especially from a shop. Therefore, it is the seller who has the buyer as his or her customer since he makes custom (gain) from them. A vendor is someone who sells things such as newspapers, cigarettes, or food from a small stall or cart. So, a buyer can have a vendor.
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