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Yesterday's Lexicon Valley podcast by John McWhorter [1] The Incredible Story of the Traveling Creole is very timely: > Enslaved people developed a hybrid lang
by sradman 6y ago
Yesterday's Lexicon Valley podcast by John McWhorter [1] The Incredible Story of the Traveling Creole is very timely:
> Enslaved people developed a hybrid language that sailed from Africa to the Caribbean and—unbelievably—back again.
[1] https://slate.com/podcasts/lexicon-valley/2020/09/the-english-based-creole-of-enslaved-africans https://slate.com/podcasts/lexicon-valley/2020/09/the-englis...