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Re: USAGE: Verbs and verb compounds

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Monday, June 21, 1999, 3:17
"From Http://Members.Aol.Com/Lassailly/Tunuframe.Html" wrote:
> i read it was merely a business pidgin (?)
Kind of a redundancy, don't ya think? Most pidgins are for trading purposes, indeed, "pidgin" comes from Chinese Pidgin English for "business". -- Happy that Nation, - fortunate that age, whose history is not diverting -- Benjamin Franklin http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Conlang/W.html http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ #: 18656696 AIM screen-name: NikTailor