Pidgin—As Spoken in Adelaide
p. 34 · Read in the full issue
Adelaide
An Adelaide (SA) newspaper had this to say about the Papua-New Guinea con tingent of native police when they re turned from the Coronation at the end cf June: “ . . . They had been surprised: to find the Queen ionga England young fella.
“They had expected Queen Elizabeth to be an old and majestic lady. The natives, who belong to the Royal Papuan and New Guinea constabulary, arrived in Sydney by air from London yesterday.
“Sgt. Kevi (29), said: ‘Me fella lookum London. Findum house longa Queen fella.
“ ‘Queen nlenty young fella, plenty good fella.
“ ‘London plenty big city, longa too many people.’
“Constable Katka, 26, said: “ ‘We go shops longa him London fella, buy um chocolates, see him felial picture him move. Belonga London him fella Dr. Fisher he puttum hat on longa Queen’.’’
Little wonder thait UNO Trusteeship Council (as reported from New York early in July) has had a fit of the horrors over Pidgin! If this is Pidgin!