FC: "yuh as a rezedent, ave di rights ahn rispansabilities"

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

The Department of Housing and Urban Development thought it would be fun to
give Haitian-Americans info about free or subsidized housing in French
Creole. But someone screwed up, and came up with this pidgin variant
instead. The result wasn't pretty. Lots of recriminations. Pretty funny --
or it would be, if it weren't our tax dollars paying for this.

-Declan



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-11/17/124l-111799-idx.html

"Rezedents rights and Rispansabilities"
By
"Sekretary Andrew M. Cuomo fella."

"yuh as a rezedent, ave di rights ahn rispansabilities to elp mek yuh
HUD-asisted owzing ah behta owme fi 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."

"HUD prowtekss di rights ahf di tenants, ahn tenants gauwd dem own right tru
rispansible be'aviah. Owah goal is fi guh beyan dat pawtnaship ahn create a
sense ahf community."



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