Lonely Planet™ · Thorn Tree Forum · 2020

tok pidgin idioms, jokes and funny phrases

Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Papua New Guinea

hello
has anyone picked up any tok pidgin jokes or funny phrases?

thank you
penso

My students in Australia usually enjoy "tarake blong me hemi bugarap" - Solomon Islands Pijin, but I think also PNG.

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Mixmaster blong jesus Christ gone bagarap - The helicopter is broken.... Ok... ok.... its a joke, not really true, but funny ;) I do smile when I see the signs in the bathorooms tho that say "yu mas wasim han bilong yu"

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