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Who knew? BBC has a news site in Pidgin

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That this nutbag lady is what is left for Trump and the Merry Trumpkins to hang their hat on..... well that says it basically all.
 
twenty02 said:
That this nutbag lady is what is left for Trump and the Merry Trumpkins to hang their hat on..... well that says it basically all.
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She's being defended over on the free football board. There are some really sad cases posting over there lately. They make Hilz and Hack sound like Berners.
 
Noodle said:
At first I thought this article was a mean-spirited spoof making fun of "Dr." Stella Immanuel's accent. Turns out it's legitimate.
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-53568290

Of course there are plenty of other reasons to make fun of "Dr." Stella, the loons on the right's new champion of hydroxychloroquine:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/stell...-alien-dna-demon-sperm-and-hydroxychloroquine
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Since you first posted this, I wanted to add something substantive to this thread, but all I can come up with after twelve hours is how awesome it is that the BBC publishes news in Pidgin.

Edited to add: I don't know why it should be awesome. In hindsight, it makes perfect sense. If they are going to have a presence in Nigeria, they should probably use the primary language of most the population there. Still, it's awesome. Probably simply because I had never thought about it before.
 
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TheOriginalHappyGoat said:
Since you first posted this, I wanted to add something substantive to this thread, but all I can come up with after twelve hours is how awesome it is that the BBC publishes news in Pidgin.

Edited to add: I don't know why it should be awesome. In hindsight, it makes perfect sense. If they are going to have a presence in Nigeria, they should probably use the primary language of most the population there. Still, it's awesome. Probably simply because I had never thought about it before.
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What I love about it is that I discovered today that there is another language I can read and understand!
But it is pretty cool.
 
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TheOriginalHappyGoat said:
Since you first posted this, I wanted to add something substantive to this thread, but all I can come up with after twelve hours is how awesome it is that the BBC publishes news in Pidgin.

Edited to add: I don't know why it should be awesome. In hindsight, it makes perfect sense. If they are going to have a presence in Nigeria, they should probably use the primary language of most the population there. Still, it's awesome. Probably simply because I had never thought about it before.
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I've never even heard of Pidgin.... but learning something new from this forum is definitely refreshing. And sadly, greatly rare these days.

Funny enough, I have been watching The Crown on Netflix for the first time the last week or so... seems fitting to also learn about Pidgin
 
One of a thousand pities that you can't categorize
There are ten commandments of love
When will you realize (there are ten commandments of love?)
I believe, I trust, I promise, I wish love's just a throwaway kiss
In this Pidgin English
 
Noodle said:
At first I thought this article was a mean-spirited spoof making fun of "Dr." Stella Immanuel's accent. Turns out it's legitimate.
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-53568290

Of course there are plenty of other reasons to make fun of "Dr." Stella, the loons on the right's new champion of hydroxychloroquine:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/stell...-alien-dna-demon-sperm-and-hydroxychloroquine
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Is that Caribbean Pidgin? My understanding is that Pidgin is a “type” of blended language rather than a language. Hawaiians have a variant of it, the Caribbean folk have a variant, etc.
 
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INRanger27 said:
Is that Caribbean Pidgin? My understanding is that Pidgin is a “type” of blended language rather than a language. Hawaiians have a variant of it, the Caribbean folk have a variant, etc.
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It's West African Pidgin English, and the BBC news site is targeted to West Africa, particularly Nigeria.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_News_Pidgin

Given that Caribbean English and West African Pidgin English have common roots (see links below), it is not surprising that they are similar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African_Pidgin_English
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_English
 
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