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1. Apparently it's real and directed towards West African nations who use a Pidgin dialect.

Wed Jul 30, 2025, 11:07 AM

Jul 30

https://www.bbc.com/pidgin

First I heard about this as well.

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wtf ... BBC? [View all] UpInArms Jul 30 OP

Thank you UpInArms Jul 30 #4

It's their Nigerian Pidgin version dalton99a Jul 30 #2

Thank you! I'd definitely wondered who the audience is for it. Mike 03 Jul 30 #6

Thanks UpInArms Jul 30 #7

I was just confused UpInArms Jul 30 #5

Launched in 2017 muriel_volestrangler Jul 30 #8