Bislama

[stoutfellow]

Bislama is an English-based pidgin spoken in the island nation of Vanuatu. bulbulovo is surprised by the origin of its name.

Comments

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

The noble Holothurian is honoured by a famous piece of music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryons_dess%C3%A9ch%C3%A9s), a volume of haiku (http://www.amazon.com/Rise-Ye-Sea-Slugs-Elaboration/dp/0974261807), and even an entire city of half a million people (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladivostok). Why shouldn't it be memoralised in the name of a language with over 100,000 speakers?

[hornedhopper.livejournal.com]

The main thing I received from this post? A feeling of "aha" when he mentioned the language, Tok Pisin, recognizing it as one I'd seen for the first time in the language quiz-thingie.

Creeping off, now...(g) Satisfaction comes in all shapes and sizes, dunnit?