tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213.post10920916917670955..comments2009-11-10T17:41:01.250-08:00Comments on Yotro: Peso de a ochoYotrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351094419578241927noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213.post-1111523730935946092005-03-22T12:35:00.000-08:002005-03-22T12:35:00.000-08:00I tried to explain here. Thanks for the prompt!I tried to explain <A HREF="http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/11/15/pirates-and-kleineckes-etymology-of-pidgin/" REL="nofollow">here</A>. Thanks for the prompt!Trevorhttp://oreneta.com/kalebeul/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213.post-1095166282634533792004-09-14T05:51:00.000-07:002004-09-14T05:51:00.000-07:00No, Trevor, the author offers no further explanati...No, Trevor, the author offers no further explanation. The book is aimed at a general readership --- although it has the whiff of PhD about it --- and the glossary is meant to be helpful, not expert. What other reasons make this entry suspect?Yotrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351094419578241927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213.post-1095114919150021322004-09-13T15:35:00.000-07:002004-09-13T15:35:00.000-07:00Pechelingue is interesting for several reasons, on...<EM>Pechelingue</EM> is interesting for several reasons, one of which being the improbability that Spanish-speakers would have come up with it because they were unable to pronounce Vlissingen. Does he explain how he thinks the metamorphosis happened or give any other details?trevor@k'alebeulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04487387301124491134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213.post-1092437802870612322004-08-13T15:56:00.000-07:002004-08-13T15:56:00.000-07:00G'day cobber Coogee mate never before had best.
B...G'day cobber Coogee mate never before had best.<br /><br />Baths, of course. Cervantes relates how some of the captives had to slave away in the baths.Yotrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351094419578241927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213.post-1092205175469303022004-08-10T23:19:00.000-07:002004-08-10T23:19:00.000-07:00Hello Bern!
Bagnio .... bagne in French: the pena...Hello Bern!<br /><br />Bagnio .... bagne in French: the penal colony in Guyane is called Le Bagne de Guyane. A bagnard is a prisoner in that penal colony. Any French book on the first fleet speaks of les bagnards australiens.<br /><br />"Le mot lui-même dérivait de l'italien bagno, il rappelait cet édifice de Constantinople ou était enfermés les esclaves européens du Sultan." (Sorry about the George Mankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886133592152300436noreply@blogger.com