Fit etc

[BURTON John]

Saise!, or was it Saiso!, for the late 1980s?

Fit - it merits a sizable entry.

(Updates to web site - we're looking for ftp documentation, be with you
soon.)

John Burton

-----Original Message-----
From: Suzanne Grismeri [mailto:ukarumpa at hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, 18 January 2002 8:30 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: Fwd: RE: comments


"saise, man!" was a common expression in EHP, near Kainantu, when I was 
living in PNG, up until 1988.  I'm not sure if it still is - I'll be back in

June, so can possibly tell you then!  It's funny that it's almost exactly 
the same as Afrikaans (my current new language) which uses "ses" (pronounced

CEASE) in the same way as an exclamation of disbelief or astonishment.

Also "fit", pronounced FEET, to describe a "cool" or athletic person - you 
understand, this is slang used by my contemporaries (I was in high school at

the time) and I don't know whether it was common usage outside that age 
group.

don't know if these contributions will help, but I will respond as and when 
anything I know appears relevant.  I am also trying to persuade my parents 
(who worked as anthropologists among other things) to participate in this 
forum, I'm not sure what experience you are looking for beyond native Pidgin

speakers... I learned it in a village at age 11, so that's as close as I'm 
going to get!

Glad to be involved.

Suzanne Earley.

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