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Chinese English Pidgin - Definition and Overview |
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Chinese English Pidgin is one of a variety of pidgin languages, artificial languages used for trade.
Originally a trade jargon developed between the British and the Chinese in the 19th century, pidgin English combined words of English with a rough Chinese grammatical structure.
Pidgin is believed to have been a Chinese pronunciation of the English word business. There have been many forms of Pidgin English, often with common elements because of the wide range of contacts made by commercial shipping.
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Example Usage of Chinese |
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andrea_h_2: @EamonnHolmes Indians or Chinese while the mouse away the cat will play bet there's no heating on!! |
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twittspit: watchin some hilarious videos of Chinese IPHONE :p these videos really make me feel pity on Chinese mobile makers!!! |
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coachmariap: Great attitude! RT @EstherJeles: Start'n the week off right..."DON'T forget small kindnesses & DON'T remember small faults" ~Chinese Proverb |
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