The kids all seem to be developing some Solomon Islanderisms to their lanaguage. Tobias's new words over the last couple of weeks reflect his everyday experiences and include gecko, mosquito,turtle, mummy's work, swimming pool, laplap (sarong), Cathy, Max. He also relishes saying Jack - his new cousin's name!!! He now identifies pictures of oranges as pawpaws and apples as mangoes so is amazing how quickly your world view can change!!!
Poppy fancies herself as a bit of a pijin speaker much to the amusement and delight of the locals. Is a bit rough but am sure her confidence will pay off as she's not at all scared to give it a go.
I find I have to flit between English and Pijin most days at work. I'm slowly weeding out the PNG pidgin and replacing it with the SI version. I'm still pretty rusty at best but we're getting there. The biggest challenge is to understand it when SIers speak to each other - I find it near impossible at times but not sure if that's the speed of speech or the different sense of humour they have!!!
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Hi to the Thurstons from Bev and Richard Royds
We got your blog details from Murray and Ngaire.
Wonderful to read all our news, a little envious of your experiences and discoveriers of SI.
We trust this finds you all well and enjoying all the challenges that are coming the way of your family.
God Bless, best regards
Bev and Richard Royds
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