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BBC pidgin
By: Alharacas Date: December 13, 2018, 2:43 pm
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It's sort of okay to read, but the listening? Oh my!
HTML https://www.bbc.com/pidgin
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Re: BBC pidgin
By: Aliph Date: December 13, 2018, 4:11 pm
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Thats wierd. Some kind of creole?
I first thought it was a joke, but it wouldn’t be politically
correct. So do people write pidgin English like that in africa?
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Re: BBC pidgin
By: Nikola Date: December 13, 2018, 4:21 pm
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It's West African Pidgin English aka Guinea Coast Creole
English. It sounds familiar to me because I worked and shared
flat with many people from Africa in London. They watched soap
operas in this language. But I didn't know there was a written
form.
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Re: BBC pidgin
By: Nikola Date: December 13, 2018, 4:26 pm
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HTML https://www.wired.co.uk/article/bbc-digital-pidgin-language-service
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Re: BBC pidgin
By: Aliph Date: December 13, 2018, 4:36 pm
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In the article you mentioned they say that it wasn't written
until the BBC started using it to adress people in Nigeria.
It is interesting. At least I know that I will not learn it.
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Re: BBC pidgin
By: SHL Date: December 13, 2018, 9:37 pm
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That`s pretty bad. I can`t understand a word of it.
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