> But why would the Vanatu people know what a blender is, but instead of saying blender make up a simple word "mixmaster"? It's a brand name. Like "hoover" for

> But why would the Vanatu people know what a blender is, but instead of saying blender make up a simple word "mixmaster"? It's a brand name. Like "hoover" for "vacuum cleaner". > Why would they know about the story of Jesus Christ and his ascension Missionaries? But yes, the story seems dubious. I've read a similar claim that in Tok Pisin (closely related to Bislama),"eclipse" is or was rendered as "kerosin lamp belong Yesus Kraist he bugarup stop finish altagetha".* As the Tok Pisin word for "sun" is simply "san", this seems even less likely. * Typing from memory, so spelling and grammar are likely inaccurate.