Pidgin

A New Guinea resident supplies the

following delightful examples of Pidgin as

it is used in the Territory :— Planter (arriving on the beach after having previously made arrangements for his departure to town): Pinnace ’e stop?

Boss Boy: ’e stop.

Planter: Boat’s crew ’e stop?

Boss Boy: ’e stop.

Planter: All the time-finish boy ’e stop?

Boss Boy: 'e stop.

Planter: Boat’s crew ’e got kai-kai?

Boss Boy: ’e got.

Planter: Kai kai belong me he come up?

Boss Boy: ’e stop finish.

Planter: Bed belong me he come up?

Boss Boy: ’e come finish.

Planter: Got water?

Boss Boy: ’e got.

Planter: Got benzine?

Boss Boy: ’e got.

Planter: Now altogether something he all right?

Boss Boy: Altogether sumfin ’e all right; thas all; crank shaft; ’e b — up finish.

Cook Boy to Planter; One fella Master ’e come—now he ’ide all Beer belong you.

Planter (meeting one of his old boys in town, after he has repeatedly but vainly asked him to sign on again): What for you make new paper along one fella Mas ter? Before me hard work along you to make new time —close up three fella moon me askem you all the time.

Boy: Master, what for you no askem me one time more?

Planter (who is about to be married, to cook-boy who swears on the least pro vocation) : Missis belong me he come up lik-lik time and this talk-talk no good, must finish.

Cook-boy: Me savvy fashion belong all the Misses, Master.

Bride duly arrives and they are wait ing for dinner to be served, when there is

a crash of crockery on the concrete floor of the kitchen.

Cook-boy rushes in: Master altogether new fella dishes 'e come along Sydney, 'e b—r up finish!

Planter (looking sternly at boy):

What ?

Cook-boy: Altogether new fella dishes 'e come along Sydney ’e (turning to Missis) Aw —me make mistake Missis —’e no b—r up—’e broke thas all.

Boy (who has lodged 10/- in bank during previous week) to bank teller: Me like catchem altogether money belong me.

Bank Teller: What? Altogether?

Boy: Yes, Masta.

Bank Teller closes the account and hands over 10/-.

Boy, having spread the silver along the countar and, carefully counted, it, pushes it back across counter; Me like putem back —me like lookem, thas all!

Collapse of bank teller.

Planter (addressing house-boy, who has a habit of entering the bedroom of plan ter’s wife before she has finished dress ing); “You no can go along room belong Missis suppose she no got clos,”

House-boy: “Masta me like talk straight along this sumthin. All time me look along hole belong lock—suppose Missis he no got clos, me no go along room belong him.”