Bamboo English survives from the Korean War, apparently written by a US soldier. It blends elements of Japanese (and to a lesser extent Korean) with army slang, was published by Grant Webster in American Speech (1960), and begins:
Taksan years ago, skoshi Cinderella-san lived in hootchie with sisters, 鈥� ketchee no fun, hava-no social life. Always washee-washee, scrubee-scrubee, make chop-chop. One day Cinderella-san sisters ketchee post cardo from Seoul. Post cardo speakee so: one prince-san have big blowout, taksan kimchi, taksan beeru 鈥� Cindy-san sisters taksan excited, make Cinderella-san police up clothes
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