In Haitian Creole, the word for lawyer and avocado are the same. While we were living there, a friend got in an accident. He couldn’t figure out why the police kept asking him if he wanted an avocado.
Police: eske ou vle yon avoka? Do you want a lawyer?
Friend: Non. M pa grangou. No. I’m not hungry.
About 70 % of the words in Creole came from France. As they brought in slaves from many different African countries (so they wouldn’t have a language in common to revolt), the slave created their own language. Part French, part African, part indigenous.
In Haitian Creole, the word for lawyer and avocado are the same. While we were living there, a friend got in an accident. He couldn’t figure out why the police kept asking him if he wanted an avocado. Police: eske ou vle yon avoka? Do you want a lawyer? Friend: Non. M pa grangou. No. I’m not hungry.
In french too, avocat
About 70 % of the words in Creole came from France. As they brought in slaves from many different African countries (so they wouldn’t have a language in common to revolt), the slave created their own language. Part French, part African, part indigenous.