Datapoint Chinese Pidgin English/Domains of use: literature
Chinese Pidgin English was used as a medium for humorous poetry written in both English and Chinese during the 19th century. The best known example is Leland (1876), which, however, is not based on first-hand knowledge of the language. Several more poems are anthologized in Elder (1999). In Chinese, some verses published in the Shanghai newspaper Shen Bao by Yang (1873) incorporate and comment on pidgin expressions.
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