Tok Long Yume

TAA Kapitan ’E Tok Long Yume

Airline hostesses become “misis bilong balus” in an airline flight log introduced for the benefit of Pidgin English-speaking passen gers on Trans-Australia Airlines' Papua New-Guinea services.

Attractively produced in three colours, the log (which is circu lated in flight) gives information to passengers both in English and its pidgin equivalent.

Tailwind becomes win bilong bihain and height becomes antap olsem, but “weather at destina tion” taxed the translator’s in genuity before emerging as, Kain de long taim balus I-kamap long.

With groundspeed he gave up altogether.

The log concludes with the re quest, Salim I Go (Please pass on).