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Why does the BBC/Foreign Office finance this?

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Imdunfer · 23/04/2026 20:24

I get this BBC output on my news feed for some odd reason. I find I can always understand it easily.

It follows, for me, that if it was written in English that people who speak Pidgin would understand the English

So just why do we spend money on this?

www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/cq59xn5w95no

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GasperyJacquesRoberts · 24/04/2026 21:11

Imdunfer · 24/04/2026 16:40

Oh I understand why people want things. I don't always understand why we should pay for them.

Because, again, it encourages people who aren't native UK English speakers but who do know Pidgin English to consume content from a UK source.

I already gave you an example of the difference between "a news source in a language you innately understand" and "a news source in a language you have to work at understanding". Did you not see it? Did you not understand the example I was making? Do you think the difference is trivial? Did you think my comparison was flawed? Did you appreciate the comparison I made but ignored it because it exposed the fundamental weakness in the argument you're making? Or something else?

Imdunfer · 24/04/2026 21:16

GasperyJacquesRoberts · 24/04/2026 21:11

Because, again, it encourages people who aren't native UK English speakers but who do know Pidgin English to consume content from a UK source.

I already gave you an example of the difference between "a news source in a language you innately understand" and "a news source in a language you have to work at understanding". Did you not see it? Did you not understand the example I was making? Do you think the difference is trivial? Did you think my comparison was flawed? Did you appreciate the comparison I made but ignored it because it exposed the fundamental weakness in the argument you're making? Or something else?

Oh definitely something else 😆

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GasperyJacquesRoberts · 24/04/2026 21:25

Imdunfer · 24/04/2026 21:16

Oh definitely something else 😆

Care to expand or are you hoping that someone will be able to read your mind to be able to understand the argument you're trying to make?

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