Bislama = edible seaslug (was Re: Foods and Ethnic Identities)
| From: | Jonathan Chang <zhang2323@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, September 3, 2000, 4:36 |
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hehe I think it's amusing that there is at least one language (NatLang
pidgin, of course) that is named after a food - named after the wonderful
edible delectable seaslug...
BISLAMA!! a.k.a. Beche-le-mar, Biche-la-mer, Bicho Do Mar, etc.
<A HREF="http://members.home.net/scombs/bislama.html">Bislama, Vanuatu's
Pidgin Lingua Franca</A>
http://members.home.net/scombs/bislama.html
<A HREF="http://au.google.yahoo.com/bin/query_au?p=Bislama&z=2&hc=0&hs=0">Bisl
ama (yahoo/google)</A>
http://au.google.yahoo.com/bin/query_au?p=Bislama&z=2&hc=0&hs=0
czHANg
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were pidgin and not Pentecost."
- George Steiner, _After Babel:
Aspects of Language & Translation_
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