Major Scorpian ,
I am so sorry that I took so very long to post this for you . Well atleast I am doing it now right ! LOL
In the summer of 1498, when the Garini citizens of Cheleide & Aloubaera (Trinidad & Tobago) went down to the seashore of Moruga to lime and boucaner wild meat,
they discovered Christopher Columbus , the first European tourist on
their beach . Since then ,
de natives have been res'less , busy inventing such wonders as a prodigious Street Carnival , Calypso , The Steel Pan , Limbo , Roti , perfecting Angostura Bitters , and a philosophy of the life that spreads ambience and goodwill wherever its people go.
The Language , while Brittanic in essence , is thouroughly marinated in Aboriginal defiance , the elusive Spanish gold , French assaults , steeped with East Indian Massala , a History rich from the cross-mingling of the sweat from the
Negue Jardin, the
bus'-head blood of the
Batonye , seasoned by the colorful expletives of the
Jamettes and finally , sauteed over the fires of the retaliatory
Cannes Brulees by the vicissitudes of aristocracy . Spanish speaking pockets still exist , and remote villages continue to use Patois (rustic French) and strongly flourish through their music and folk dances inherited from the
Bamboula drum yards .
The culture of the majority of its inhabitants appears to be equilatterally of African and East Indian Heritage . French-Creole, Middle East , Chinese , Portugese and other exotic tongues (along with their culinary delights and customs) are also well represented . Further - The Creator's palette of colors is enjoyed through coalessence , rendering some of the most beautiful people in the universe - all reflections of these multi-faceted irridescent sparklers .
Much of this copious
pot-pouri is derived from an interchange with Tobago , the sister isle , making the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago , furthest south of the Caribbean Islands , among the most charming and blessed in the world.
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*I haven't read all of the previous words and meanings , so if I may have repeated anything from before ...I am quite sorry .*
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AACCOUTREMENT -- Garb, dress, especially when ridiculous , absurd . Dressed to the hilt . Bits & pieces .
AIYO -- Goodbye , farewell .
AH FUS AH --Too much overdone
BBABASH -- Rum soaked sponge cake
BACRA JOHNNY -- Ferry , boat (Johnny-Journey)
BAGANANYA -- Trifling , frivoulous , chatter . Bagatelle --Trinkets , trifles , bits & pieces .
BAHUT -- Cabinet , chest , trunk .
BAMSEE (Bamboula) -- African Dance .
BACHAC -- Jovial , living together .
BATI --Saddled with a pack .
BATTAI -- Stick , staff .
BAZODEE -- To daze , dumbfound , stun .
BEAU YELLE -- Beautiful , handsome
BEH-BEH -- Baby , baby doll .
BELAIR -- Prettily , charming , softly , gently .
BETOUGE --Beast Savage .
BETTY GOATEE -- Animal , fool , stupid creature .
BICHE -- Hide in the Bush .
BISQUANKAY -- Outlandish , odd , strange .
BOBBOL -- Lie , tall story .
BOBOLEE -- Hurt , pain .
BOIS -- wood .
BOLEE -- Bowl , basin .
BOMBAY -- Convex , arched , hump-backed .
BONCHEZ -- Too much , expensive .
BOUF -- To puff the cheeks in anger .
BORDAGE -- Border
BOSE , BOSE BACK -- Hump , hunch , lump , bump .
BO-TAY -- Boots , To kick (up heels) .
BOUGE -- Middle class , master , mistress .
BOU'EILLE D'FEU -- Bottle of Fire .
BRAM -- To make noisy , sound (bell) of deer in heat .
BRAVE-DANGE -- To be brave in the face of danger .
BUFOOTOO -- A young buffalo .
BULL-DE-MAS -- Bubble of the stock
CCADENCE -- Rhythm , time in dancing .
CALLALOU -- Mangle (LOURD-Thick lumpy).
CALINDA -- Cajole, coax , bait .
CALPET -- To box the ears of
CANBOULAY -- Cane Burning
CARGO -- Tramp , vagrant
CARRE -- Square "La Couray" . The squaring off to fight .
CASCADOUX -- Helmet , shell (DOUX--sweet , soft) .
CATSPRADDLE -- Waterfall
CATTA -- Knot of hair on head .
CHANTWELL -- Sing , read in a sing song tone .
CHINEE -- Caterpillar
CHATAIGNE -- Chestnut , Breadnut .
CHIRRUP-CHIRRUP -- Driblet , bit , shred .
CHOOF-CHOOF -- Breath , puff of air .
CHOOK , JOOK (African CHOC) -- Blow , conflict , oppositition . Remove by force .
CHOU POULE -- Hole , orifice (POULE --hen , chicken).
CHOUTAH -- To pet, cuddle, spoil rotten .
CHUT -- Hush .
COCOTTE --Chicken .
COLIBRI -- Humming Bird .
COMME CI COMME CA -- So-so , Indifference .
COMPERE -- Crony , pal , partner in crime .
COUNOU MOUNOU -- Well known , animal for riding .
COMMESSE -- Gossip .
CORBEAU -- Carrion Crow .
COSKEL -- Odd , laughable , comical .
COSKOROB -- Lazy .
COUPE CI COUPE LA -- Cut both ways .
COTE CE COTE LA -- (ce) this, that (la)The, her (ci) Here, now (la)There then
COUPION -- Rump .
COUYON -- Stingy, disgusting .
CANAILLE -- scum of the earth .
COVERTE POCHAM -- Hidden secret . Pot .
CHAMBRE A COUCHER -- Bedroom .
CRAPAUD -- Toad, flaw in diamond, ugly
CRAVATE -- Ruffle of neck feathers of birds, neck tie
CRENNEH -- To crush, squash, bruise, overwhelm
CREPSOLE --Thin syntethic rubber
(to be continued)
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