The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

PIDGIN, A NEW DIALECT
lusgB geYarcUR TRocPs TO coNs
vERsE. WIFI FlLlPlNos.
The soldIer-TaIk OF the Philippines Is
Neither English Nor spanish. Nor
Mere Mixture of the Two How the
Lingo Was Born.
If{ae trained gfhilelegist could haTe
BeeH wItliAodr amy 4r6nl the ecedpa>v
tialS until now ahe zxuuld haKe hada
opportunity TO observe the entire
growth Of a language, or at least a dia-
lect.. from nothing to stupendous pro-
portIbn. Het would also be able to
speak d polygl0t lihgo born in August,
iS9s and NOW hlnlost A maturity
The soIdlersallx, or ;pMein1 |iIi use
in- n-the Philippines must besclassed by
itself. as 1t is neither English nor
Spanish nor a mere mixture Of the
two. In some cases q nucleus was
furni$l,eh bF getelanS whoAheh setged,
in tha Southwest and khewA aaslittle'
Spanish, but this was Of little serv-
Ice in the interior. where the natives
do not speak Spanish. So, just as our
first ancestors did the soIdierlwhO had
money to spend and the native who
had things to sell slowly and painful
ly devised a vehicle for the exchange
of thought, a ramshackle affair, to be
snres witt many stoppages, but stIlr
serFfcealle. At tue Apreseait dag al
hear it claimed, it is possible to make
love with itx W 81
Probably the first thing that soldiers
askeg fiie aatlf8 Gfor was wa4r.
Tlhir red Ctoss lmndbooks tod ttlem
10 say hanaE apdagba did very well
around Manila. But as the lines ex-
tended into the provinces we had to
lean. otheIi bordsy antls IN Bainpangal
we said "tubig,p while in Pangasinan
We say "dunum." A new word is
taking root, and in the course Of time
win prevail wate'" or "watty." Af-
ter water. food was Of next import
ance. and for lack Of other words the
Chinese English b +ehow-chow'' reigns
supreme. From the same language
comes the universal word for washing.
''washeerwasheen Our English got"
serves to express all applications Of
to have and TO be; thus, got San Fer
nando' means TO be-in San Fernando.
and mo got Espanol' means Il do not
understand Spanish" 'Afatrimonys'
being very similar in Spanish. serves
for all phases OF the marital condition.
Thus the stateof marriage, the husband
OF wife. the wedding. are all expressed
by .matrimony.v as a noun and the
act of marrying by the same word as
a verb. Conversation along this line,
however 80 Tar as soldiers are con.
cermed, is more theoretical than prae-
| teal. sglas r
Two very remarkable words Of the
vernacuiar are upshecomes" and
! ..jaybone.n The first of these was
Iadopted by natives from herring the
n cry or the 1ciiuek9asluek1 man. f''All
n ildowarrun she epaea n and Is the gen
eric and universal name of every kind
OF gambling. "Jawbone" also origin
ated in gambling or betting without
money. but has extended undl-sit d
7. u%d.by every one fors every bind d
credit or -deBt. And the amenities d
"jawbone, business are very NIGEL,
conducted between pay days,
The average soldier can order az
extensive dinner ,at n restaurant bS
using three or four languages. Thus
he asks for "babuyv tpig, Pangasian)
tor ''manuk'' CchickenI; but II his de
sire extends to beef or eggs he resorts
to Spanish. These are the staples--ii
he should require anything else.ah'
would probably -hAye to draw a picture
OF h When he has finished he asks
"Quanto vaiesv and pays so many
pesos" ''pesetasr or "centavosp . tn,
last mentioned coin is copper or iror
and In this province is called "sak,
balug.v H se ga'e'
-Boom,boom IS a word commonly
heard IN this language and is applied
to every appurteuanee Of battle-rifles
cannon, cartridge, pistol, or to the bat
tie itself. although ~oombate' is NOR
commonly used for the last. Combatl
also means a tight. personal OF ever
quarrel. "Manuk-combatev is a
chicken fight.
Il "Yamoose"' Is probably more uset
than any other word. 1t means t,
ge or rtorcOme, and. .ffansitively. ~
bring. take. REMOVE, stead or carry
Thus a.eaRxefsh ton aetsfern 4 asoldle
and "a native miglif run as follosts:
oonde got ydu9 fVhere were sSu
Ne vamose YOU I went to you
casa, habla you house and aske,
matrimonv donde your wife where yo
vou. Matrimony were. She said yo
haba YOU vamose went to gamble ol
rlapR she. comes the cork tightz
maunk k-combate. Me want credit for
quire jawbone dos cents worth Of ci
,pssstas para tahas garA etcssR a. s
Does not this paragraph prove tn
right of soldier-talk to a place anon.
the dialects of the world? But don
let your soldier friends, when they re
turn to the States, tell you that this i