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To: 11th_VA

It’s the BBC Pidgin service.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_News_Pidgin

It’s not a joke, it’s for a West African dialect of English.

3 posted on 02/25/2020 10:13:14 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)

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To: Spktyr

If you read it out loud, it sounds Caribbean. I am truly shocked this is written that way FROM THE BBC.

12 posted on 02/25/2020 10:17:03 AM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)

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To: Spktyr

It’s very similar to Jamaican or San Andres creole

38 posted on 02/25/2020 10:43:13 AM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)

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