Another pidgin

[Ros’ Haruo]

What's the "pas" from?

lilEnd

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Dave Robertson <ddr11 at uvic.ca> wrote:

> Those of you who know some French, Portuguese or Spanish might find this
> interesting.
>
> I picked up a book edited by Dore' Ogrizek, "South and Central Africa" (New
> York: McGraw Hill, 1954), and on page 17 spotted this bit of obvious pidgin
> reported by the Marquis de Compiegne as spoken by N'Combe at the confluence
> of the Ogoue' and the N'Gounie:
>
> "Miare N'Combe, rey pas [sic] todos, rey sobre todos, roi, king, king,
> kingman."  (I am N'Combe, king of all, king over all, king, king, king man)
>
> FWIW
>
> --Dave R
>
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