New-York tribune., 1901-04-28
"PIUGTN." 4 NEW DIALECT.
TIL. SOLDIER TALK OF THE PHILIPPINES is A
STRANGE MIXTURE OF LANGUAGES
nm rhn nhin state Journal.

From The Ohio State Journal
The soldier talk or ''pdgin IN use III the
philippincs must toe Classed by ltse!I' az II 10
neither English nor Spanish nor a mere mixture
of the two. In some cases a nucleus was lu.
nished hv veterans who had served III tne S"utH-
west ana knew little spanish "ut thS i,, MaS ~.
little service in the interior Whele Inv "
d., not speak Spanish.
rr,tabIv the first thing tha, soldiers asked
the natives for was water. Their Ike 'IoSs S'
handboohs tod them Il say aqua ana tSu"
did very well around Manila. But as the ili''S
extended into the provinces we had to learn
other words. and in PampanEa we sa'd 'uo'7'
| ~ hilc in Paneasan We say "dunuIh
\ new word * taking root. and IN the coniS"
of time VIII prevail -"Watr' or 'WaltN- N''Tr
water food was f next Importance ana l'l ld'h
# other WORDS the Chinese EnE"sh 'h""-Cl"M
comes the universal word for washing 'washee-
Na$hc'- ..
our English got serves 70 express all appli-
cations If /" have and to be. thus got san
/ Fernando means To- bc in san Fernando and
IN, got Esuanola' means 4 do mt understand
Spanish.
~Matrimony" being very similar in Spanish
;, rves for all phases OF the marital condition
Thus the state Of marriage the husband or VIE:
the wedding are all expressed 10y rnatrlmony
as a noun and the act Of marrying hy the same
word verb Conversation along thi' me
however. 80 far soldiers are concerned, is
rore theoretical than practical
Two remarkable W,ris Of the Nernacular are
. 'upshccomes' and ''jaWbone." The first Of these
was adopted 10y natives from hearing the cry OF
the chuck a luck man, All down-up she
I
Of every kind Of gambling. "Jawhone' also
originated in gambling or betting without
money. but has extended until II is used by
every for every kind Of credit or debt. And
+ the amenities of Il ''jawbone' business are very
. nicely conducted he;Woen payCays.
The average soldier can order an extensive
dinner at Il restaurant by using three four
languages. Thus he asks for ''hahuy" tpig.
PanGasianD or "manuk" (chcksn: but if his
desire extends to beef or eggs he resorts to
Spanish.
These the staples. If ne should require
anything else he would probably have to draw
Il picture OF it. When he has finished ne asks.
( "C.uantO Valey' and pays many pesos peSe-
/ taS or CentaVCs. The last mentioned coin is
copper or iron and in this province is called
"sakltle balug"
"Boom boom" is word commonly heard in
this language, and is applied to every appurte-
nance of battle-rifes cannon. cartridges. pis-
tois-or to the battle itself. although ''combate''
is more commonly used for the last. Combate
also means fight personal. even "A quarrel.
"Manuk ComHate" is a chicken fight
'Namoose' is probably more used than any
other word 1t means To so to come. and
tahsltlNtly. To bring. take. remove. steal
carry. Thus a conversation between a soldier
and 4 native might thus.
DOhdc got you? Me Wher" YOU /
NhnlooSe hab,a @ volr hoils,. and
you matrimony dOndc asked YOUR wife where
you. MdtTimuny hthla YOU were Sh. said vou
you Namo"St upshcconcs Went to gamble the
manuk comhatc. Me cock fights want
quirc jawbOne dos peSc- credit for 70 + worth uf
taS para tof1acCoS, cigars