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09/28/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

NOT A JOKE: BBC launches “Pidgin” news edition for Africans that publishes stories in broken, dumbed-down English

It may be hard to believe, but the respected U.K. news giant the BBC has just launched a new edition of its news geared toward Africans featuring a type of broken English known as Pidgin that currently features headlines such as “Woman wan troway poo-poo, come trap for window” and “Indian woman divorce husband because […]

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