Re: send Bigbabytalk sample

LOL!!! You know what, this sounds very similar to Singlish (Singaporean
Pidgin English, very similar to Manglish, the Malaysian version of it).
Check this out:
        http://web.singnet.com.sg/~yisheng/notes/jokes/singlish2.htm
And laugh your heart out. (Hint: the first laugh is to know that "ah kow"
is the casual equivalent of "mr. dog", derived from Hokkien.) This page
has lots of common expressions, tho to catch the full humour, you gotta
know how to pronounce it with pitch accent. ;-)

Here's one funny entry (near top):
        Bakchew tah stamp
I picked this one 'cos it comes from three languages, and so might be most
interesting to conlangers: "bakchew", which means eye/eyes, comes from
Hokkien; "tah" comes from Malay "letak": to put, to place, or in this
context, to stick on (could also be from Hokkien, who knows, there has
been so many borrowings between the languages in Malaysia/Singapore); and
"stamp" from English.


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On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 10:04:31PM -0400, Jonathan Chang wrote:
>     czHANg forgot sample
>     sample send now
>     czHANg amuse ConLanglist
>
> A:  John qknow STIindex
> B:  Time pass noon
>     STIindex minus 30
> A:  John qknow reason
> B:  Wallstreet minus 120
>     STIindex follow Wallstreet
> A:  John qknow Sing$
>     John qknow US$
>     John qknow exchangerate
> B:  US$ equal 1.00
>     Sing$ equal 1.68
>     Time pass 2pm
>     Sing$ minus 0.5
> A:  John qreason capitalflight
> B:  Fundmanangers lost confidence
> A:  John qknow reason
> B:  Country has corruption
>     Politician has crony
>     Everyone lose confidence
> A:  World look gloomy
> B:  World yeslook gloomy
> A:  John lost money
>     John goto OUBbldg
>     John jump 50thfloor
> B:  John stop silliness
>     World noreach end
>     Tunnel has light
>     John keep coolness
>     John nojump building
>     John qagree Peter
> A:  John yesagree Peter