[Mihalic] piano definition

[Fr Patrick Gesch, SVD]

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This was one of Frank Mihalic's favourite stories about Tok Pisin. I always
had the impression it was more of a white man's make-up story than anything
that was used on a regular basis. Clearly it is not a term, but a
description.

    Pat Gesch

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From: "Andy Newlin - Caliber Creations" <anewlin at calibercreations.com>
To: "Mihalic List" <MIHALIC at anu.edu.au>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 11:53 AM
Subject: [Mihalic] piano definition


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> I just received a great definition of "piano" through my tok pisin
> translation site.  Here it is:
>
> "Big pela blak pela bokis, i gat wait pela na blak pela tis, ol taim yu
> paitim em, em i crai aut!"
>
> Wow!   Has anyone heard this before?  I'm curious because my sister
> taught piano for a music class in ENB and never heard this definition.
>
> Andy
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