Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-11-07 | Page 34 | Pidgin English and Chinese Profanity Mingled in Court

Pidgin English and Chinese Profanity Mingled in Court Kee 11 1 chow a la Ia mong kl ki su Do Doling Doling ling le mong muttered a Chinese In Interpreter Interpreter interpreter in the court of justice pre presided presided presided sided over oer by Stanley A Hanks yester yesterday yesterday day da afternoon Le L ching loo es ala ala choo came like of pidgin English from Lee Wey ey onetime pro proprietor proprietor of a Chinese noodle foundry at atNo atNo atNo No 1231 South State street and the famous case of Yee Wey Ye and Yee Tom I II against Sam Wah with wih a long string of other and was opened in due order ardor Takee cowee le Ie mong mongo kl ki ling Taken from Yee Wey It meant that he was onetime owner of the noodle fac factory factor factory tory tor already alrod mentioned Goulee Coulee kl hi It da dl ling hag choo e kas kits ala mong From the lips of Sam Wah Wab it i meant ment that he knew nothing of the aforesaid noodle Joint LA U chow le mong uong du shoo The interpreter somehow made made this jumble show that Yee Wey Vey and Yee Tee Tom had been partners in the noodle outfit until Yee Tom went to China a few months ago Ching loo sen a kloo de sen ki kl klaka aka sa 11 Ii 1 chow Unsmilingly the sol so interpreter said that it meant Lee Le Wey ey has sold the noodle shop to Sam Wah Kee 11 ii 1 chow kee II 11 1 chow And that coming quickly from Sam Wah meant that Yee Wey Vey was a liar twice ling sen chin show chop From Yee Wey it I meant that Sam Wah Wali ah owed him for the noodle Joint fixtures Kee 11 II 1 chow a la Ia mong kl Itt su le he mong testified varieties of Meaning that Sam Sm Walt Wah Wal had not purchased sed the Yee Tom T m outfit Then there was other testimony tend tending tendIng tending ing to show that Sam Wah had hind pur purchased purchased purchased chased the Yee outfit during the ab absence absence absence sence of ot one of ot the but after two hours of ot varieties of yel yellow yellow yellow low peril perU swarming about his office and more Chinese cuss words littering the atmosphere than he had imagined Imagine in any anyone one human language Justice Hanks took the case under advisement Yee Wey Vey and Yee Tom are arc suing Sam Wah for one penny less than the extreme amount which can be sued for In a justices court court Sam Wah ah is the proprietor of ot a noodle restaurant rest in Plum alley aley and swears swears he h never purchased purchase the outfit from the YeesHe YeesHe He le says It i is stored and they the can cn have haveit it They The dont want it They want The question is up to the court Ach du Heber lieber leber Gott muttered Jus Justice Justice tice Hanks as varieties of yellow peril peri subsided from his of office offee flee fice fee In the shades of the evening