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spika, v.|ˈspɪkə, ˈspiːkə|
Also speaka, spik(ka), etc.
[Repr. broken English pronunc. of speak: see speak v. and cf. spic n., spiggoty n.]
= ‘speak’: a representation or imitation (usu. jocular or patronizing) of its pronunciation by one whose first language is not English. Chiefly in negative contexts.
1889Kipling From Sea to Sea (1899) II. xx. 404 One small [Japanese] boy..said suddenly: ‘I spik Englees,’ and collapsed. 1901G. B. Shaw Capt. Brassbound's Conversion i. 235 That rascal (indicating Marzo) would cut a throat for a dollar if he had courage enough. Marzo. I not understand. I no spik Englis. 1950‘D. Divine’ King of Fassarai xviii. 143, I been in hospitals... I spika da language. 1959‘M. M. Kaye’ House of Shade iii. 29 ‘Did you take my passport?.. When you were ragging my room?’ ‘Rag—? Sorry; I no speaka-da English.’ 1976C. Weston Rouse Demon xii. 54 No spikka, I suppose. What the hell do they teach these kids in school? 1977A. Scholefield Venom i. 41 Remember our agreement? You no spikada French and I no spikada Pakistani. 1983P. L. Brown Fjord of Silent Men vi. 35, I work with a magazine called Norske Kvinner—‘Norwegian Women’ if you donta speaka da lingo. |