europidgin | Re: EuroPidgin - Around 500 very basic words.

• Autor: europidgin
• Tema: Re: EuroPidgin - Around 500 very basic words.
• Data: 2002-09-16 22:34
• Mesaje: 84 (a supra, presedente, seguente)

Hi Kevin

--- In europidgin@y..., Kevin Smith <yahoogroups@q...> wrote:
> It is impossible to include all the animals and plants as words in a
> core vocabulary. But if you include some and not others, you introduce
> extreme cultural bias. How would you decide which species to keep, and
> which to exclude?

You are absolutly right. But it is a little difficult to avoid common animals. A pidgin language is perfect when people travel and it's always nice to know if the meat you are about to eat is from a dog or a cow.

Bjorn