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arisbe ([personal profile] arisbe) wrote2004-06-02 10:53 am

Fi yuh ahn yuh fambily

"Yuh as a rezedent, ave di rights ahn di respansabilities to elp mek you HUD-asisted owzint ah behta owme fi yuh ahn yuh fambily.

"Dis is a brochure distributed to yuh cawze Hud ah provide some fawm ahf asistance aur subsidy fi di whole apawtment buildin..."

[identity profile] arisbe.livejournal.com 2004-06-02 08:01 am (UTC)(link)
Uncle Sam wanted a brochure translated into Krio. Didn't know how to spell the name of the language of Haiti, so got a translation into Creole, a form of Jamaican English. Actually gave it out before they realized their mistake.

[identity profile] kali-ma.livejournal.com 2004-06-02 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
:o