[Mihalic] 20 toea

[John Burton]

Pat (na skwad bilong yu)

On ten toea-twenti toea, this reflects the older usage of being 'florin
pinis' (see site).
It would be logical if this was the corresponding gag:

Yu florin pinis?
Nogat, mi stap wan siling yet.

However, I do not know if this was said. Anyone?

John Burton
P.S. Hopefully some institutional news about the project will be forthcoming
before the end of August.


> point faiv: boy friend or girl friend. 
> 
> "Point faiv bilong yu i stap we? Mi go painim point faiv bilong mi."
> 
> A reference to "half" as in English, "my better half".
> 
> 
> In this connection I asked the students (aged 20 samting) if 
> they knew the 
> expression, "Yu marit, o nogat?" To which the reply is, "No, 
> mi stap ten toea 
> yet. Mi no twenti toea." The students said they had not heard 
> that. That was 
> at least a local expression here in Madang ten years ago. 
> Perhaps it has not 
> been passed on to the young people today: an expression born, 
> used and died.
> 
>      Pat Gesch.