> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 00:23:13 +0800 > From: "Peter O'Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [OGD] New Guinea English > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Precedence: list > Reply-To: "the OrchidGuide Digest \(OGD\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message: 5 > > 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). > ------------------------------ Hey Peter
You have it wrong its still called Pidgin English here in Port Moresby and your PC name is a new one to me perhaps in hallowed halls of academia somewhere that is the name but if you were to ask someone on the streets here if he were a Neomelanesian speaker he would think 'masta em longlong'. BTW I am off to Hula on Saturday morning to look at that swamp you mentioned in your book and see if the D carronii form there is different from that I found at 750 m . BTW did you ever find D canaliculatum in that swamp like Andrae Millar said she did ?? Lukim yu Stap isi tok pisin man Steven Kami _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
