A standardised Tok Pisin version for all in the Pacific

[Thomas H. Slone]

Mesulam na ol,
Yes, I agree.  I think it's important for us to show how much 
variation there is in Tok Pisin, both regionally and otherwise.

--Tom

>John na ol,
>
>Gutpela tru. If you read me correctly, two things emerged (1) 
>structured, designed language, this is for those of us who can read 
>and learn from reading materials etc, (2) growing into a language. A 
>larger portion of the population in PNG is made of the rural village 
>people. So learning a language means listening, learning how to say 
>it while growing with the language, not reading about it because 
>many would not be able to read anyway. With the increasing number of 
>transitor radio communication with MTV television network in the 
>country, new words are being learnt through listening and learning. 
>For instance, "mi laiking yu nating tru" or "mi lavim yu for 'love', 
>"mi kisim yu for 'kiss', heard regularly from music program, and 
>many more, coming from radios and MTV. "kisim yu" heard in radio 
>means "kissing" in English, but for those who have never come across 
>the meaning of 'kissing', would think that it is something to do 
>'kisim', to collect or get something, 'olsem kisim kaukau' or 'kisim 
>wok' which are different meanings althogher. "mi laiking yu nating 
>tru" is also a new type. Usually, "mi laiking yu nogut tru" or  "mi 
>bagarap tru long laikim yu". I entirely agree that a system must be 
>developed, and that is exactly what we are doing now, contributing 
>to look at varieties and common similarities and evetually come up 
>with something closer to common trend  for all. Even realizing the 
>kind of work involved with the other side of the coin that I tried 
>to talk about.
>
>Mesulam Aisoli
>

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