BBC News in Pidgin

Adisa

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I've always wondered but never bothered to ask. Do non immigrants here understand pidgin?
 

12OunceEpilogue

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The World Service launched BBC Pidgin on digital radio a couple of years ago. It's an odd listen for the uninitiated but fair play.
 

VeevaVee

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Wait what? I always thought pidgin English was a pidginy play on pigeon because they were joking about pigeons being able to understand it :lol:
I thought it was just bad English.
 

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Indian woman divorce husband because dem no get toilet


One woman for India don get permission from court to divorce her husband because im no gree build toilet for dem house..

The woman wey dey for her 20's don dey married to her husband for five years, but na for inside bush she dey poopoo. Indian law dey only allow divorce for limited circumstances like beating or wicked behaviour.

The lawyer for di woman tell AFP news agency say the judge say to dey make di woman poopoo for outside na one form of torture.

Times of India talk say di court say: "We dey spend money dey buy tobacco, liquor and mobile phones, but no ready to construct toilet to protect the dignity of our family.
"This no be only physical wickedness but also na shock to the modesty of woman."
Indian media say the woman been don file for divorce since 2015.

To piss and poopoo for open field dey common for villages for India. The government don set target to give every house toilet by 2019, but *** work never really get head.
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When dem ask am if he always wan be Conservative leader, Mr Johnson tok say: "I go go for am. I know. I no tink say di thing na secret to anybody. But you know say vacancy no dey there for now."
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Is that the actual quote from Boris?
 

Florida Man

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I thought Hawai’i had the only pidgin language. Learning something new every day. So where is this version typically spoken? It’s completely new to me.
 

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this made me laugh today



US Presido Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump don land for UK for im three days state visit.

Kontri pipo dey arrange protests for different parts including London, Manchester, Belfast, and Birmingham as im dey land.

Both di Stop Trump Coalition and Stand Up to Trump protest groups say dem go show face for di protests.

Oga Trump dey meet wit members of di Royal Family.

Im go also follow outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May yan about climate change and Chinese technology company Huawei. Di US bin blacklist Hauwei for security reasons while UK dey reason weda to allow di company supply some 5G technology.

Before im visit, Trump bin tok say im dey back Boris Johnson from di Conservative Party to take over from madam May as di next Prime Minister of UK.

Im also tok say di Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage suppose dey do chook mouth for goment negotiation to comot from di EU.

Some places wey Trump go visit during im stay na Westminister Abbey and im go from dia meet Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall.

Im go also meet wit di Queen for Buckingham Palace.
 
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