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[kastom_lif]

Mi mi save c, c++, fortran, ada, perl, mo haskell. Taem we mi skul mi bin lanem java mo objective c, be mi mi fogetim hem finis.

Taem bifo, mi yusum korn shell blo mekem wan local root exploit long AIX. Festaem we mi mi stap wan haxx0r bigwan. Hemi wan kastom zero day. Naoia it's all ancient history.

 

[kastom_lif]

Saw these plants for sale in luganville market this morning - just under US$2 each. I've never seen live plants in the market before - it must be a sign of the times with everyone playing market catch-up. What beautiful babies..

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Awooo! Pikinini kava oli luk naes!

 

[verticity]

Were you also a pis kop, @kastom_lif ?

 

[kastom_lif]

Not yet. Maybe some day, as long as there's no age limit. Extendee... retiree... mimi neva gat wan graon blo mi. Spos land blo happiness i OK lo mi, ating hem i stap wan naeswan plan b.

 

[Gourmet Hawaiian Kava]

I'm happy to report I'm very multi-lingual...
I fluently speak:
* cobol
* fortran
* html
* javascript
* bash script
* c+
* c++
* php
* basic
* dos
* powerShell
* asp
But Ich spreche kein Englisch und Ich spreche nicht Pidgin

That is cool, looks like your a poly glot. Ich bin durstig so I must go and drink some kava.
Aloha.

Chris

 

[HeadHodge]

That is cool, looks like your a poly glot. Ich bin durstig so I must go and drink some kava.
Aloha.

Chris

definitely a poly gut!

 

[Krunkie McKrunkface]

There are some resources online for learning Bislama, if you absolutely must understand our favourite shitty rap.

Since our main man Nawarake got his start in Vanuatu as a pis kop, you can't go wrong with the US Peace Corps' own language learning materials: https://www.livelingua.com/project/peace-corps/Bislama/

Pentecostisland.net is maintained by a British guy who became immersed in the land of kava through a similar volunteering effort. Lots of stuff to read here: http://www.pentecostisland.net/languages/bislama/

There's also Facebook. As much as some of us may dislike it, FB has become the social media of choice in Vanuatu. So much that being online is known as being "green" (as in the color of your FB icon). Yumi Toktok Stret is a thoroughly random and direct tap into modern Bislama as she is spoke. Also check Bishlamajokes if you enjoy corny memes.

Finally, searching for Bislama phrases online often will get results from various missionary organizations. The LDS church especially seems to have a lot of localized content in Bislama. Mormons may not be fans of kava, but they sure try hard to relate well to every culture. Gotta respect that.

I like the PC volunteers who start their Bislama videos with a nice shell

PS Hawaiian pidgin is really cool, too, IMO. Not an actual language, like Bislama, at least not yet, but still very cool.

 

[Gourmet Hawaiian Kava]

I like the PC volunteers who start their Bislama videos with a nice shell

PS Hawaiian pidgin is really cool, too, IMO. Not an actual language, like Bislama, at least not yet, but still very cool.

I guess you never read the book called "Pidgin To The Max" You will be on the floor rolling in laughter.
Or I can say, "You go read da kine book and you goin da kine roll so much you goin need fo go bucha bucha afta dat".
From dat mlahini who da kine drinks da kine stuff fo not make you lolo, just make you happy.

Chris

 

[kastom_lif]

Buss laugh!

 

[verticity]

...
There's also Facebook. As much as some of us may dislike it, FB has become the social media of choice in Vanuatu. So much that being online is known as being "green" (as in the color of your FB icon). Yumi Toktok Stret is a thoroughly random and direct tap into modern Bislama as she is spoke. Also check Bishlamajokes if you enjoy corny memes.

I know this is the silly Friday thread, but with the recent controversy about Facebook I was thinking about this comment.

This article in the NY Times from last year talks about Facebook's efforts to expand into markets around the world, and the resistance put up by governments. In places like China, it's banned entirely, but European regulators are more concerned about privacy, Especially in countries such as Germany where people still have bad memories of government surveillance by former communist regimes. FB is also spending a lot of money to become the dominant platform in places like Africa by literally building internet infrastructure and providing their "Free basics" service, which is like a limited internet with only Facebook and a few other services (Bing is apparently the only search engine available ) that people can use without paying for data. So in light of your comment, I wondered if that was going on in Vanuatu also, and, sure enough:
http://www.tvl.vu/en/freebasicsbyfacebook/
Mark Zuckerberg's answer to the Chinese building roads etc all over the Pacific...

 

[nabanga]

True @verticity
I have TVL internet in Vanuatu and only FB works when your scratchcard credit runs out. Most people find it handy though as they can use messenger for free to talk to friends & family on other islands without wasting kava money. I wonder how FB at the HQ get on with trying to mine data and personal info in Bislama though? I bet it messes up their system some

 

[verticity]

True @verticity
I have TVL internet in Vanuatu and only FB works when your scratchcard credit runs out. Most people find it handy though as they can use messenger for free to talk to friends & family on other islands without wasting kava money. I wonder how FB at the HQ get on with trying to mine data and personal info in Bislama though? I bet it messes up their system some

Yeah. I'm not saying it's necessarily a bad thing since they are helping people get internet access. But it's probably a loss leader for them to get more people hooked on Facebook... FB translation works pretty well but AFAIK can't do Bislama, but I think the important information is stuff like who someone's friends are, place of employment, what types of ads and content they click on, where they live, which they wouldn't need to understand the language to collect..

 

[kastom_lif]

Yeah. I'm not saying it's necessarily a bad thing since they are helping people get internet access. But it's probably a loss leader for them to get more people hooked on Facebook... FB translation works pretty well but AFAIK can't do Bislama, but I think the important information is stuff like who someone's friends are, place of employment, what types of ads and content they click on, where they live, which they wouldn't need to understand the language to collect..

Make a "real name" to avoid tracking on the book of face. Bê śürę tø ádd łõtš òf äççęñtś tøø.

 

[kastom_lif]

I guess you never read the book called "Pidgin To The Max" You will be on the floor rolling in laughter.
Or I can say, "You go read da kine book and you goin da kine roll so much you goin need fo go bucha bucha afta dat".
From dat mlahini who da kine drinks da kine stuff fo not make you lolo, just make you happy.

Chris

I came across a story online today about a haole teacher's first year working in a Hawaiian elementary school. One keiki wen run up to her and shout: Teecha try help! Dakine wen put his dakine in da puka!

No, you perverts... it wasn't like that. A kid just got his hand stuck in a hole in a fence. Always be careful when you puinsai, kids!