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[ApéroNoble]

1st

 

[blindy107]

I guess I'll jump in. I can always learn more!

 

[verticity]

Suggestions: use a "wiki" format so you can have pages of results updated by various people. Also some kind of discussion forum would be nice to be able to discuss the tests openly.

 

[ThePiper]

Nice looking site. Very helpful

 

[sɥɐʞɐs]

Shaka Ó Maka - CA, USA
Owner, www.shakasmakas.com
seller of reusable makas and tudei wakas

 

[Kojo Douglas]

Sumfala blong Solomon Islands have em Solomon Islands Kava kastom, Sumfala blong Fiji have em Fiji Kava kastom,
Olketa Kava kastom narataing
Kastom blong iu no kastom blong me

 

[TheKavaSociety]

Sumfala blong Solomon Islands have em Solomon Islands Kava kastom, Sumfala blong Fiji have em Fiji Kava kastom,
Olketa Kava kastom narataing
Kastom blong iu no kastom blong me

Well, as far as I know, while kava rituals have been different across the Pacific, certain practices (such as not consuming the aerial parts of the plant or the hard fibres) have been followed by virtually all kava drinkers around the Pacific. Also, as far as I know, no traditional kava drinkers have consumed piper wichmanii or what we know today as "tudei" kavas on a daily basis.

 

[DirTJerz]

Awesome! I am in. If nothing else, it will affect search results and availability of quality kava information for those looking for it.

Chris Lyon, NJ, USA

 

[sɥɐʞɐs]

 

[sɥɐʞɐs]

I thought the top one was a fist too, but then I realized it's just your open blouse, for the awesome cleavage yer rockin.

 

[Kojo Douglas]

I am just shellin' around, folks.

 

[verticity]

Eniwan wajem Dr. Who Christmas special? Tumas hed bosta. Mebi yumi drimim evrisamting, yumi fecol blong anamol blong fec, bren blong yumi kakae

 

[verticity]

When someone who does not speak a creole language that originated from a pidgin attempts to speak it, could you call it pidgin creole?

 

[sɥɐʞɐs]

mmm pidgin creole...sounds like a spicy bird recipe from new orleans

 

[verticity]

It's what happens when you feed James Carville popcorn in the park.

 

[Kojo Douglas]

When someone who does not speak a creole language that originated from a pidgin attempts to speak it, could you call it pidgin creole?

Fascinating question. The main difference between Creole and Pidgin is that Pidgin is used when a local language cannot be used. Creole is a language that you are born in to - your mother tongue. I think the languages remain Pidgin or Creole despite the outsider's presence and their ability to communicate in said Pidgin or Creole.