pidgins & creoles was Re: Proto-Latin or Italic

In a message dated 2000:09:04 1:50:04 PM, artabanos@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU writes:

>> "In almost all cases of pidginization, and to a lesser extent in any
>> consequent creoles that might develop from it, there is usually a complete
>> loss of all morphology of any kind from both substrate and adstrate
>> influences."
>>     Yes, this is certainly true.
>>     IMHO, people tend to bandy the labels "pidgin" and "creole" about
>too
>> much.
>
>I agree entirely.
    Mi ripondi yep-yep.  <<Me reply yes-yes>>
    I have seen some amazing claims about both pidgins & creoles... i.e. the
mostly negative & erronous statements generated on the AuxLang list.
    I admit I still learning about pidgins & creoles...

    czHANg

"It would be ironic if the answer to Babel
were pidgin and not Pentecost."
- George Steiner,  _After Babel:
  Aspects of Language & Translation_