Re Exclamations!

[Nicole Haley]

Dear John

As regards to Thomas' list. I have three comments. I'm not sure of how much 
use they might be.

I have often heard young Duna speakers (particularly young men) use

Bladi pamkin top! Bloody fool!

Also when travelling by 4WD they would call out/greet people walking along 
the road saying, "yu bladi pamkin top!"

As regards to "givim siksti", "siksti i go" and new names for numbers these 
were certainly being used by rural Duna speakers in the mid 1990s. I even 
heard old Duna speakers (men and women with next to no Pidgin) use the 
phrase "siksti i go" in some of the clan origin stories I recorded.

Finally Duna pidgin speakers use stupit! and bladi stupit!

Nicole
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