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linguanerd··on Cat Declawing Is Banned by New York State Lawmakers
The problem is that not all of the home owners want the pets, and it's a compromise. My mom was adamant that declawed or nothing and the cat would have been probably been put down. As is, it got declawed and tolerated by her... but I'm sure she would have preferred undeclawed and no cat and it would have been put down at the shelter or drowned by the farmer.
linguanerd··on Languages of India
I believe you are confusing a "creole" with a "pidgin".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin

> pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn from several languages. It is most commonly employed in situations such as trade, or where both groups speak languages different from the language of the country in which they reside (but where there is no common language between the groups). Fundamentally, a pidgin is a simplified means of linguistic communication, as it is constructed impromptu, or by convention, between individuals or groups of people. A pidgin is not the native language of any speech community, but is instead learned as a second language