Pidgin?

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  1. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member

  2. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    That reminds me a lot of Belizean Creole.

    The article you linked is pretty funny, but let's not skip over the next one: "Ghana import 30 million condoms but dem no use am" https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/world-41035571
     
  3. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member


    I at first thought it a joke. Now I'm surprised it's not being lambasted.
     
  4. mbwa shenzi

    mbwa shenzi Active Member

    It's a very good initiative. Tens of millions of people in Nigeria alone speak Pidgin every day.
     
  5. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member


    But isn't it colonialist to say so?
     
  6. mbwa shenzi

    mbwa shenzi Active Member

    Don't know, I've never thought about in that way. There's nothing inferior about Pidgin languages in my opinion, and as far as Nigerian Pidgin is concerned, it's an English-based Pidgin with grammar and vocabulary advanced enough to talk about pretty much anything.

    And, Pidgin languages don't necessarily have their origins in a colonial context: Russenorsk is one example.
     
  7. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member

  8. mbwa shenzi

    mbwa shenzi Active Member

  9. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member


    You are most welcome, sir, madame or pidgin gendered person.
     
  10. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

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  11. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    Once went to a church in the south Pacific where Lord's Prayer was recited in pidgin. Began, "Papa belong me-fellow, he stop on top."
     
  12. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Here's a link to the Lord's Prayer in Hawaiian pidgin. Da Hawaii Pidgin Bible.com - Da Lords Prayer

    John, that version of yours sounds quite a bit like Tok Pisin, the Papua New Guinea pidgin. Here's the whole thing:

    Papa bilong mipela, yu stap long heven.
    Mekim nem bilong yu i kamap bikpela.
    Mekim kingdom bilong yu i kam.
    Strongim mipela long bihainim laik bilong yu long graun,
    olsem ol i bihainim long heven.
    Givem mipela kaikai inap long tude.
    Pogivim rong bilong mipela olsem mipela i pogivim ol arapela i
    mekim rong long mipela.
    Sambai long mipela long taim bilong traim.
    Na rausim olgeta samting nogut long mipela.


    I got it from here: http://www.everythingesteban.com/2013/01/13/lords-prayer-in-tok-pisin/

    J.
     
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