Yesterday a
liklik (small) helicopter was giving joy rides to guests of the resort next door. I waved but didn’t get a berth!!!
We think it was one of the helicopters used on the massive fishing trawlers that we get up here; they are used as tuna spotters.
The pidgin word for helicopter is helicopter. When I first came up here some people told me that the pidgin word for helicopter was mixmaster-bilong-god but this is a myth. The locals here have seen more helicopters than Mixmasters. I have heard it said it would be more likely that a Mixmaster would be called a helicopter-bilong-misis (white woman’s helicopter) than the other way around.
But it is descriptive isn’t it?
Yesterday a liklik (small) helicopter was giving joy rides to guests of the resort next door. I waved but didn’t get a berth!!!
Loverly pictures Jules,
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to shout out 'Liklik' when I next see a helicopter... I just hope I'm eating an ice-cream at that time
This is a neat photo.
ReplyDeleteHeard about that strange language... guess it was in NG... not sire...
ReplyDeleteSo free rides, hein? And they weren't kind enough to take you... Really rude...
Ahh...allergic to wattle, then??
ReplyDeleteOh what a pity they wouldn't pick you up and give you a joy ride. I so would have loved to see your pictures taken from the helicopter! :-D
ReplyDeletemixmaster...love that quaint liklik idea. give us more of those sayings. And locally it was a day for the wantokes was it?
ReplyDeleteIt IS a good name for the thing. Have you, white woman, ever flown in a copter? It's great fun so do if you can.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos and funny adjective. I will keep it in mind. It coud apply for something else than a helicopter, wouldn't it? :-))
ReplyDeleteTwo days ago we had an helicopter and canadairs above our heads here. There were fires in the "bush" close to where I live.
annie - yes I have it was amazing when I eventually opened my eyes!!!
ReplyDeleteIn pidgin a PNG woman is called "meri" but an expatriate woman is called "misis"
ann - yes it would have been great - will do it one day though!!!
marie - liklik means small and yes it can be used for anything that isn't big.
Two great photos.
ReplyDeleteAha! A resort! A helicopter! I love both of those. Maybe you can convince me to get to PNG yet. It IS on my Life List, after all.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the name of resort? I'll look it up.
Happy Labor Day to al those American laborers out there!
Looks like you missed out on some fun and a great view but you did get some nice shots of the chopper.
ReplyDeleteNeat photo. The story about the helicopter's name is probably some imaginative person's ideas. It is, a very sad tale about using helicopters for spotting the fish giving them away to be killed.
ReplyDeleteI don't much like the way things are done these days. It seems like nobody is satisfied until there are no more fish in the oceans and then somebody will come out with virtual fish to eat.
I cannot imagine life without birds and their songs or oceans without their fish or our planet without greed.
Too bad you were not able to get onto my blog this morning. I had a picture of a bird but under it was one of my "stupid comments" often posed as a question.
It said,
"Does it give you any comfort to know that wild animals were not kicked out of the Garden of Eden but human beings, made in the image of God, were?"
Hi Vicki - the resor tis called Rapopo
ReplyDeleteI tried to visit yesterday but I again am suffering from downloading problems will try today
Hi Jilly & Ann - i've tried for 2 days to get to you but can't download your photos or your comment page - will try again today!!!!
I'm rahter unhappy about those massive trawlers, and now you tell me they use helicopters too!
ReplyDeleteAs usual..enjoyed the drop in...and great volcano views, too
Even if they didn't give you a ride..you got some great photos!
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