Author: BISHOP OF HOMOCO [HONMOKU]:
Title: Revised and Enlarged Edition of Exercises in the Yokohama Dialect. Twenty Second Thousandth. Revised and corrected at the special request of the author by the Bishop of Homoco. Rutland, Charles E. Tuttle Co., printed in Japan, 1953.
Description: . Pp. (xvi), 17. Original printed wrappers, stapled (rusty), spine faded. Initials C.C. in ink on front wrapper. A reprint of the Yokohama edition 1879. An amusing work about Yokohama Pidgin. The merchants at this time didn't learn Japanese but managed to get by with a few simple phrases that eventually evolved into what was called the Yokohama Pidgin. Attributed to Colonel Hoffman Atkinson (1839-1901), an American living in Japan involved in the tea business. See Wenkstern, II, pp 74, 76 & 462.

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asi, asie, asien, asiatic, language, langue, lingusitic, travel, exploration, pidgin, trade, merchant,


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