Talk:Charles Godfrey Leland

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[edit] Pidgin

He also took an interent in Pacific Pidgin languages

from http://www.hku.hk/linguist/program/contact4.html

"Pidgin" verses as caricature

   Ping-Wing see gentleum walo- go
   He scleamee, 'Hai yah -- fan-kwei lo!'
   All-same you savvy in Chinese,
   'One foleign devil lookee see!' 

(Leland, Pidgin-English Sing-Song, London,1872) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.239.212.89 (talk • contribs)