Colin Hamilton said:

>Then in Papua New Guinea there is Pidgin English,
>but we won't go there.

Colin, as you know, I have been there. The term "Pidgin English" is
considered derogatory. The politically correct name for the language is
"Neomelanesian". It has as much in common with Bahasa Indonesia as English.

Olpela mas tokim rite, kay ?.

Cheers,

Peter O'Byrne
(almost succeeded in resisting the temptation to correct Buzz Baxter by
pointing out that the US deficits have been greatly exacerbated by the cost
of US terrorist attacks, invasions and land-grabs, not terrorist attacks
against the US).
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