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Examples
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"Dog he stop 'm along house, night-time he walk about," Gogoomy was saying, perforce in beche-de-mer English, because he was talking to others beside his own tribesmen.
Chapter 22 2010
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Then, ordering one of the well men to take a squad from the field - force and build a lean-to addition to the hospital, he continued along the run-way, administering medicine and cracking jokes in beche-de-mer English to cheer the sufferers.
Chapter 1 2010
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Instead, in beche-de-mer, which was as habitual to him as his own Somo speech, he thought:
Chapter 15 1917
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What he did say was in beche-de-mer, and his words were:
Chapter 14 1917
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Doubtlessly the first dim white adventurer whimsically called a native woman Mary, and of similar birth must have been many other words in beche de mer.
Chapter 16 1913
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Thus, fella, in beche de mer, means all that piecee does and quite
Chapter 16 1913
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A Solomon islander cannot say FENCE, so, in beche de mer, it becomes fennis; store is sittore, and box is bokkis.
Chapter 16 1913
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Then, ordering one of the well men to take a squad from the field - force and build a lean-to addition to the hospital, he continued along the run-way, administering medicine and cracking jokes in beche-de-mer English to cheer the sufferers.
Something to Be Done 1911
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Thus, fella, in beche de mer, means all that piecee does and quite a bit more, and is used continually in every possible connection.
Chapter 16 1911
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A Solomon islander cannot say FENCE, so, in beche de mer, it becomes fennis; store is sittore, and box is bokkis.
Chapter 16 1911
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