Tantie Talk
Every now an' den yuh Tants does get a query from one of de 'born outside'
Trinis asking what a word or expression I did use really mean. So, de
other day I did find a nice little dictionary of Trini 'isms' , and thought
I would point allyuh at it...after giving a lil teaser of course. Enjoy
Trini Words, Phrases & Expressions
A
Ah.....Pronunciation for "I", "a", "of" - e.g. "Ah want ah piece ah pork".
Allyuh.....All of you people. A group.
Aye-ya-yie!.....Expression of anticipation or pain, etc.
B
Bacchanal.....Scandal, quarreling, confusion.
Back chat.....Insolent response, especially from a child to an adult.
Badjohn.....A bully, tough guy.
Bad-drive....Reckless drive.
Bad-lucky....Unlucky.
Bad-mind....Evil thoughts/intentions
Bamboozle....To con or fool someone.
Bamsee/Bumsee.....Butt - the rear end, what you sit on.
Bazodee....Stunned, dazed and confused. Also spelt "bazodi".
Beh-beh....Retarded
Blank....To publicly ignore someone, stand up a date.
Bluenote....Trinidad $100 bill.
Bobolee....Someone who is taken advantage of.
Boldface.....Pushy , unreasonably demanding.
Boobooloops....Grossly overweight person - usually female.
Broughtupsy.....Decorum, manners.
Buh wait nah.....But wait a minute, now hold on/it.
Buff....To reprimand someone loudly - from "rebuff".
Yuh could find de rest at de website:
http://www.nvo.com/triniradio/trinidictionary/
p.s.
To Tantie's everloving 'chile' who did send in de backchat below, is like
I still waiting fuh de flood of mail! I did see some comments on some
of de computer mailing lists, but I doh know if people fee dat if dey write
and say how dey feel, dat it go get back to Microsoft! :-) Doh feel a how
chile, yuh could always forward Trinidiary and Tantie Talk to yuh frens.
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BACKCHAT: Issue 45
Tantie, I am sure you must have got lots of mail about Tantie Talk Issue
45. I for one agree, but then Tantie probably remembers that I am one of
the loudmouths of the Apple Community. I hope you don't mind, but I
forwarded that TTalk to a few people.
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