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Re: 1690 pirate?



On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Garrett Wollman wrote:

> <<On Tue, 25 Sep 2001 19:51:50 -0400 (EDT), Stanton <pluto@4motion.org> said:
> 
> > On Tue, 25 Sep 2001 RokprtMike@aol.com wrote:
> >> Haitian is French
> 
> > Actually, it's Kreyòl, which is a distinct French dialect at the very
> > least,
> 
> Actually, it's a creole.  (From the French word meaning ``native''.)

Don't they also call it "patois" (pa-twah)?
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