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Tok Pisin

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Tok Pis·in  (tk psn)
n.
A pidgin based on English and spoken in Papua New Guinea.

[Pidgin English, from English talk + English pidgin.]


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The ideas surrounding the interlacing of sound with spaces and pauses became intertwined with my insights into binding and the references in Tok Pisin to the small spaces either piercing objects or between things--such as the holed sheets of Marsden Matting, which are called lais, (3) brought in by the Americans and left lying around Papua New Guinea in their thousands after the Second World War and subsequently used for a myriad of unrelated uses.
The discussion was done in Tok Pisin with the facilitator, and in Mareng among themselves, until all participants were clear and agreed on the content of the text.
Living locally, Clive also worked hard to ensure he could speak some of the language, known as tok pisin.
 
 
 
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