These Good Old Bajan Words, Just A Few
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These Good Old Bajan Words, Just A Few The Bajan language can
bring great uncertainties How we pronounce our
vernacular has many ambiguities Expletives and wufless
language I will deliberately leave out Some uh dem too nasty tah
lef any body mout Elder bruddah sah ah’tal but he Got no more inches taller
than short old me One should be careful cause
giving yah muddah back talk Only lands you a mobahtun uh blows and afterward yah’l hardly walk Don’t gey nah back
chat either cause dah ez the same One word of back anything
‘aint bout the anatomy and will inflame Lickmout Lou wuddah tell
you to back stab a man Did one of the worse things
and involve nah knife impaling a Bajan Bahriffle uh things can
overwhelm you A moth is a bat and a bat, well I wish I knew Jipsy people aint nuttin
tah do wid travelers on the road A duppy is scary and a crappoe
is a toad Now cat boil don’t mean we eat feline meat Wahlossie dah ez just a sty
pon yah eye, nuttin tah eat Oh lordie a bubbi is breast but suck-a-bubbi aint rude Right cuff is a punch but cuffin
is somersaulting, nothing crude Dooflicky, catspradle, mawfrie, kuhfuffle, Sahmany funny words whose
etymology is a riddle Just sitting
inappropriately Under Bajan parlance yah
might be Cocking up and int got nah
dahplomacy Somebody tell you, yah
getting a horn There aint nah band coming
soon but friend be warn’ And Cheese-on-bread is not part of yah menu Every food implications
like biscuit – cap of the knee We cuh blistah you wid others but dah can tek an eternity |
"Careful, don’t be inappropriate" ---> "Oh lordie a bubbi is breast but suck-a-bubbi aint rude"
LOL!!
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Now this had me "cracking up" ...and "meking me laff", "it wukkin". Very carefully and skilfully done.
Great Job.
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