Australian Politics Forum - Why do Racists misunderstand the need for Kriol?

Brian Ross Gold Member Offline Representative of me Posts: 39592	Why do Racists misunderstand the need for Kriol? May 5^th, 2022 at 5:51pm More than 80 per cent of Aboriginal people speak Kriol — why is it still widely misunderstood?
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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 95516 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Why do Racists misunderstand the need for Kriol? Reply #1 - May 5^th, 2022 at 5:58pm They went to English schools so they should speak English. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Kriol
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 16438 Gender:	Re: Why do Racists misunderstand the need for Kriol? Reply #2 - May 5^th, 2022 at 6:00pm They are out of step Nat King Kriol is so passé.
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freediver Gold Member Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47481 At my desk.	Re: Why do Racists misunderstand the need for Kriol? Reply #3 - May 5^th, 2022 at 6:07pm Can you explain why it is needed Brian?
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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20231 Gordon Gender:	Re: Why do Racists misunderstand the need for Kriol? Reply #4 - May 5^th, 2022 at 6:08pm Yet more soft bigotry of low expectations. When Abos are illiterate and can barely speak English well enough to make themselves understood, lefties just call their slurred ramblings a language. Why are you so rasict, BahWiane? Tsk tsk tsk.
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Brian Ross Gold Member Offline Representative of me Posts: 39592	Re: Why do Racists misunderstand the need for Kriol? Reply #5 - May 5^th, 2022 at 6:09pm freediver wrote on May 5^th, 2022 at 6:07pm: Can you explain why it is needed Brian? Read the article, Freediver, all your Racist questions are answered...
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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 95516 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Why do Racists misunderstand the need for Kriol? Reply #6 - May 5^th, 2022 at 6:09pm freediver wrote on May 5^th, 2022 at 6:07pm: Can you explain why it is needed Brian? Hi FD, you better be careful as Brian might call you a racist for asking that question. edit - he just did.
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Jake Winker Frogen Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1480 Perth WA Gender:	Re: Why do Racists misunderstand the need for Kriol? Reply #7 - May 5^th, 2022 at 6:11pm I am still working on how to learn how to speak English. It is not racism on my part. Just lack of language mastery.
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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20231 Gordon Gender:	Re: Why do Racists misunderstand the need for Kriol? Reply #8 - May 5^th, 2022 at 6:11pm Is VB a dialect?
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Jake Winker Frogen Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1480 Perth WA Gender:	Re: Why do Racists misunderstand the need for Kriol? Reply #9 - May 5^th, 2022 at 6:12pm Gordon wrote on May 5^th, 2022 at 6:11pm: Is VB a dialect? I know Coopers is beer-wise. And I am completely fluent in beer.
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freediver Gold Member Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47481 At my desk.	Re: Why do Racists misunderstand the need for Kriol? Reply #10 - May 5^th, 2022 at 6:30pm Brian Ross wrote on May 5^th, 2022 at 6:09pm: freediver wrote on May 5^th, 2022 at 6:07pm: Can you explain why it is needed Brian? Read the article, Freediver, all your Racist questions are answered... You don't understand the need for Kriol either, do you Brian?
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Re: Why do Racists misunderstand the need for Kriol?
Reply #11 - May 5^th, 2022 at 7:01pm

Brian Ross wrote on May 5^th, 2022 at 5:51pm:

More than 80 per cent of Aboriginal people speak Kriol — why is it still widely misunderstood? Roll Eyes

80% speak Kriol??? Grin

You're a friggin laugh a minute

you mislead/misguided old moron.

Someone speaking a bastardised english does not make it another language.

It isn't even Pidgeon let alone something that can be called Kriol/Creole

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Gnads Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 28107 Gender:	Re: Why do Racists misunderstand the need for Kriol? Reply #12 - May 5^th, 2022 at 7:03pm Gordon wrote on May 5^th, 2022 at 6:11pm: Is VB a dialect? Pukken oat' et iss en dat wun pronownce BB
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Captain Caveman Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6209 Gender:	Re: Why do Racists misunderstand the need for Kriol? Reply #13 - May 5^th, 2022 at 7:23pm Brian the antagonist. Nothing more....
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Grappler Truth Teller Feller Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 80331 Proud pre-1850's NO Voter Gender:	Re: Why do Racists misunderstand the need for Kriol? Reply #14 - May 5^th, 2022 at 7:29pm Why do Kriol-Lovers misunderstand that simply seeing a total lack of need for speaking an artificial language is not racist, when it is far simpler to communicate in the lingua franca of the nation? Me spik-im good longa fella....
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