Guyanese also say this

"informa fi dead"

My absolute favourite mango. Best when not too ripe.

Los ancianos de la tribu se reunieron para hablar del destino del joven.

Tendency to eat anything without discrimination of its source or location, usually in great quantities

beautiful bird

Saw one of these today in my back yard! Awesome bird!

We also took the black seed to make earrings

It is a short hair styles

Duncy bat

Rubbers

I didn’t want to bring all my carouches to my new house.

This is one of my favs.😃🇧🇧 What a great start to a handy resource - will share this. seawomanscaribbeanwriting.org

"That man smelling like my cacahole"

Yek, this is just plain nasty. This might get the man sick rather that control him but all the same here is the trick... Ah know some of the ladies taking note eh. To put it as simple as I can this is simply dried poop that is parched and sprinkled on the persons food.

Weh yuh pickup dah slackness deh English: Where did you pickup that bad behavior

Wha gwan, blood- what's up friend

The trick of this "tie" works something like this: The woman undresses and in a naked state goes into the kitchen where she kneads the flour (naked as she born eh) with her left hand (I eh know why eh so don't ask me). The resulting dumpling or bake is then served to the man especially when he wants the cookie eh. Tobago tricks better than Trinidad tricks eh so in this case yuh tie for life.

Mi waah tree a dem (english) I want three of them

from master or massa. Now freed from its class origin; a respectful form of address to an older man.

The slang term “Ting” is a noun, the word is Jamaican/Caribbean way of saying “thing” but ting is widely used to reference a beautiful girl.

Di pot kin ova- the pot collapsed

It is a popular street food in Trinidad and Tobago, and in Guyana, served with tamarind or mango chutney.

Never heard it I’m guynese

slightly insane; crazy. "you have to be a little touched to do my job"

Je hebt dit woord misschien al vaker gehoord, het is het Spaanse woord voor hoer. ‘Puta’ heeft dezelfde betekenis in het Papiaments.

A small tree with low spreading branches, which bares a hard shell gourds that were used extensively to make drinking utensils and bowls. The gourd can be shaped when young to produce different types of vessels

Ask, as in to ax ah question. Same word and meaning but different pronunciation.

Alloo Pie East Indian delicacy, a soft fried bread filled with seasoned and spiced potato. A popular Trinidad festival food and appetizer.

This is from Igbo ísí íké, (head + hard, strength), meaning “obstinate”

We say "Small up yourself!”

Chicken – Someone who is very slim or meagre.

Also Cassie - Someone with crossed eyes

The American Kestrel is the smallest falcon in North America. The female ranges in length from 9-11 in (23-28 cm) with a wingspan of 21-24 in (53-61 cm) and weighs an average of 4.2 oz (120 g). The length of the male varies between 8-10 in (20-25 cm) with a wingspan ranging from 20-22 in (51-56 cm) and weighing an average of 3.9 oz (111 g).

Bajans say this as well

Never played this as a child

No seas tonto ,Charlie, no te conviene renunciar

Styles and attitude

Wha yuh seh ben mi...

Example:Pass mi di bankra ova deh suh Translation: pass me the bankra over there

Jam cram (adj): Crowded; packed usually with people. (English jam ‘press, squeeze or crowd together in a compact mass; force together’ + English cram ‘fill to excess’) = ram-cram, ram-jam. Everybody was jam-cram in the North Stand.

An extra or unexpected gift or benefit

A disease, attributed to maljo, characterized by fever, changed colour, inability to urinate, loss of appetite and weight, greenish stool

Koo kum kum

"Dem ugli laka cocobey"

“Doh dig ah horrors” - don’t sweat the small stuff. Stay calm and relax.

Chipping is the street dance that Trinis do to music. A good chipper will always have one foot on the ground and the other foot barely above the ground; forward motion is surprisingly fast. Chipping is hard on the soles of your shoes, especially around the ball of your foot.

Norman Washington Manley was born at Roxborough, Manchester, on 4 July 1893 to parent Thomas Albert Samuel Manley, and wife Margaret. He studied at Jamaica College, and overseas at Jesus College, Oxford, England. He enlisted in the British Army in 1914 and served in an Artillery Regiment, gaining a Military Medal.

Alexander Bustamante Biography Home > Icons > Alexander Bustamante > Biography Part 1 stripe Biography Part 1 - Growing up in Jamaica Alexander Bustamante was born in the rural village of Blenheim, Hanover Parish on 24th February 1884. His birth name was William Alexander Clarke. His father was a white Irish planter named Robert Constantine Clarke and his mother a black Jamaican

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