Pigeon English

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an extraordinary and grotesque dialect, employed in the commercial cities of China, as the medium of communication between foreign merchants and the Chinese. Its base is English, with a mixture of Portuguese and Hindustani.

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Pidgin English			Swans boss Paulo Sousa is still to see one of his attackers net in five opening Championship matches and in pigeon English the ex-QPR chief explained: "In Portugal we drive on the right. MICHAEL KNOWS IT'S MACK OR BREAK; CHAMPIONSHIP by The Mirror (London, England) Iam aware of the vastly multi-cultural society that we live in, but I was not aware of a language invented for every culture and all mixed into one based on bad pigeon English. Take a letter for Dirl and Petes sake by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) `MY priest was my spiritual father, I was more or less adopted by him,'' she explains, her quiet voice still bearing the pigeon English of her homeland. The Jill Tunstall interview: Raped and pregnant but Wales gave me ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			pig lead pig out Pig yoke pig's ear pig's ears pig's fry pig's whisper pig-a-back pig-breeding Pig-eyed pig-headed pig-headedly pig-headedness pig-ignorant Pig-jawed pig-jump pig-out pig-root pig-sized Pig-sticking pigboat pigeon pigeon berry pigeon breast pigeon droppings Pigeon English pigeon fancier Pigeon grass pigeon guillemot pigeon hawk Pigeon hole Pigeon house pigeon loft pigeon pea Pigeon plum pigeon toes Pigeon tremex Pigeon wood Pigeon woodpecker Pigeon-breasted pigeon-hearted Pigeon-livered pigeon-pea plant pigeon-toed Pigeonfoot pigeonhole pigeonholing Pigeonry Pigeontoed pigeonwing pigface			pigeon berry pigeon berry pigeon breast pigeon breast pigeon breast pigeon breast pigeon breast deformity pigeon breast deformity pigeon breasts pigeon breasts pigeon breeder's lung pigeon breeder's lung pigeon breeder's lung Pigeon Breeders’ Disease Pigeon chest Pigeon chest Pigeon chest Pigeon chest Pigeon chested pigeon chests pigeon chests pigeon circovirus pigeon circovirus pigeon circovirus pigeon circovirus pigeon coryza pigeon coryza pigeon coryza Pigeon Diet pigeon droppings Pigeon English Pigeon fancier pigeon fly pigeon fly pigeon fly Pigeon Forge Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism Pigeon Forge High School Pigeon Forge Police Department Pigeon Forge Public Library pigeon grass pigeon grass pigeon grass Pigeon guillemont pigeon guillemot pigeon hawk pigeon hawk pigeon hawk Pigeon Herpes Encephalomyelitis Virus pigeon herpesvirus pigeon herpesvirus pigeon herpesvirus Pigeon hole Pigeon hole Pigeon hole Pigeon hole principle Pigeon house Pigeon house Pigeon John Pigeon keeping Pigeon Lake Watershed Association

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