Monday, July 20, 2009

WETIN BE DAT? Pidgin English phrase of the week

"O Boy, come make we wash this your Okada with some cold beer!"
"Wash" means to celebrate a new purchase with a drink, while "Okada" is the name of an Edo town that has come to mean "motorcycle," especially motorcycles used as mini-"taxis."

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