Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Man Must Wak

from a storefront sign in downtown Oakland

MAN MUST WAK

Those of us unfamiliar with Nigerian pidgin can be forgiven for conflating that third word with "walk," "work," "wake," or even "whack." After all, man must do all these things. Thanks to Iroro O., though, we know that "wak" means "eat" or "get his grub on."

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