[Mihalic] Another TP dictionary

[matt andrews]

A curious site indeed.  Under the entry for "bilong":

New Guinea Pidgin English:      from, in order to.
Tok Pisin:      feather, well, wing.

....?!

On 04/07/07, Andy Bennett <andybennett at reachone.com> wrote:
>
>
> This is an interesting site, as they attempt (apparently) to include all
> languages.  They list words that occur in the target language, each as a
> hyperlink.  When you go to the link, you get that word's definition in any
> language in which it occurs.
>
> It's a bit curious that they include "New Guinea Pidgin English" and "Tok
> Pisin" as separate languages.  In the random examples that I looked up, they
> sometimes included different senses of the word under one language or the
> other, but usually legitimate translations of the TP word.
>
> Does anyone know why it's done that way, or any more about this project?
>
> Andy
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies
> To: Tok Pisin list
> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 6:16 AM
> Subject: [Mihalic] Another TP dictionary
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>
> Another Tok Pisin dictionary site to be added to the Revising the Mihalic
> Project website:
>
> http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/Tok+Pisin/
>
> Don
>
>
> Don Niles
> Acting Director & Senior Ethnomusicologist
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