Reply to: Pidgin

[DimPrawn]

Apparently 60 million Nigerians speak it.

Pidgin English is common in plenty of other countries. One of the main differences is that the grammar is usually quite simplified.

Fair enough. Still makes me laugh reading it. I blame Ali G.

[edison]

Probably everything is a bit racist by today's standards. I click a link from Google to the BBC and it took me there, and I was like "Is this a comedy page?"

I mean, this is English but just with terrible spelling isn't it? I can understand it, can the native Pidgin speakers somehow not understand English?

What next, Yorkshire World Service...

"Aye up lad, sommat 'appen in China, everyone off 'twerk, flippin eck Boris is wassack"

No it's not just the spelling, the grammar in Pidgin forms of English is usually quite a bit simpler.

Maybe we should lobby the BBC for some English regional dialect versions like Geordie or Brummie for starters

[SueEllen]

No wonder young people don't bother with it any more, and neither increasingly does anyone else besides those too stupid or set in their ways to change.

People under 50 watch the Beeb on iPlayer or YouTube.

[edison]

I could barely tolerate them spending cash on welsh, but whats the size of market for pidgin English.

Apparently 60 million Nigerians speak it.

Pidgin English is common in plenty of other countries. One of the main differences is that the grammar is usually quite simplified.

[DoctorStrangelove]

trying hard to remember WTF he watched on BBC last.

Er, I think it was the last ep of Doctor Who, whenever that was.

Loved the black lady Doctor, a refreshing change.

[OwlHoot]

Sorry, shouldn't laugh but try reading this BBC stuff without putting on an outrageous accent in your head.

Domot - BBC News Pidgin

The BBC's relentless woke obsessions with multiculturalism and feminism grow more ridiculous every year.

No wonder young people don't bother with it any more, and neither increasingly does anyone else besides those too stupid or set in their ways to change.

[NotAllThere]

It's what the BBC spends the license fee on, that and 200 other languages.

Until 2014, the BBC World Service funding came from the Foreign Office, not the license fee. The FCO decided which languages would be supported. Since being part of the license fee, funding has been cut and the service significantly reduced. I doubt that that Pidgin was added to the supported languages after 2014.

[DimPrawn]

isn't that a teeny bit racist?

Probably everything is a bit racist by today's standards. I click a link from Google to the BBC and it took me there, and I was like "Is this a comedy page?"

I mean, this is English but just with terrible spelling isn't it? I can understand it, can the native Pidgin speakers somehow not understand English?

What next, Yorkshire World Service...

"Aye up lad, sommat 'appen in China, everyone off 'twerk, flippin eck Boris is wassack"

[vetran]

isn't that a teeny bit racist?

[NotAllThere]

When I googled for the Trump supporting bat-poo crazy Nigerian born doctor - I got the pidgin page about her first. I thought I was on the daily mash at first.

[vwdan]

Just remember, this is the BBC World Service and there is something to be said for being a primary news source for a considerable portion of the world...

[LondonManc]

I could barely tolerate them spending cash on welsh, but whats the size of market for pidgin English.

[woohoo]

I could barely tolerate them spending cash on welsh, but whats the size of market for pidgin English.

[DimPrawn]

Wtf is this?

English innit?

It's what the BBC spends the license fee on, that and 200 other languages.

[woohoo]

Wtf is this?