Mark Wyner Won’t Comply May 30, 2023

So…I was researching the coin shortage in Cameroon. En route I stumbled upon a BBC article written in pidgin. I really had no idea that media outlets were formally publishing in pidgin. Did you? Has anyone seen this before?

For those new to pidgin, it’s a conglomerate version of two languages to help facilitate communication.

The article:
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/cmmllr4j1qdo

More on pidgin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin

#Pidgin #Language #Linguistics #Translation

Commerce in Cameroon: Why e hard to find coins inside Cameroon? - BBC News Pidgin

For more than two years now, for Cameroon, 25frs, 50frs, 100frs and 500frs coin don dey rare like gold. How traders and customers dey survive di mata? Wetin go explain di scarcity?

BBC News Pidgin
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@markwyner I first came across it when prepping a presentation on world Englishes a few years ago. Heard some Pidgin programming on the World Service on the radio, too, though I don't know if that's survived the swingeing cuts of the last few years. It's got a hella lot of speakers so it makes sense.
May 30, 2023 at 9:59pmWeb