@Lynn posted:What abt …
Settee!!!!! (Sofa set or a couch)
or some of u probably had a CHESTERFIELD set if ayuh bin lil rich!
I hadn't heard that word in ages until a few years ago while listening to a song by an English group "Artic monkeys" they mentioned being on a settee.
D word MASH..
Eg ‘mash’ flour to make roti ie , knead
then whn u tired u get someone to ‘mash’ yuh skin ie give a massage
n “skin” means body
like me skin sore or or me skin a hutt .. body aches
My grand parents had a piece of colonial furniture that they called the "Dinner Wagon".
@Lynn posted:D word MASH..
Eg ‘mash’ flour to make roti ie , knead
then whn u tired u get someone to ‘mash’ yuh skin ie give a massage
n “skin” means body
like me skin sore or or me skin a hutt .. body aches
Mash paddy with dem Steers before the tractors teck over. 
@Mitwah posted:Mash paddy with dem Steers before the tractors teck over.
Yeah we say ‘mash rice’ ..i used to guh round d bull to mash d rice whn i was a lil girl..i used to holdon to the til of 1 of the 4 bulls that were yoked together n tied to a post in the ‘watch house/backdam kitchen’
I saw this 1 on fb today…(which i had forgotten..)
’WALK WITH/WID “ this or that whn u coming or going’
Eg if u going to Town..
’u must “WALK WITH/WID” lil food whn u going in case u get hungry’ meaning to TAKE WITH you
or ‘whn u coming by me, “WALK WITH” some sugar etc..meaning to “BRING with u”
U ever hear whn 2 person gyaffing n 1 seh
‘wha u nah “KERR YUH TAIL” da side OR
”kerr yuh rass da side”…..??
sometimes followed by..”me nah gat time fuh badda wid u”
HOW TO EXPLAIN THIS??? HELP!
??? Maybe whn u dont believe wht the person saying..
maybe he or she trying to “PULL a FAST ONE on U” (ie FOOL u)??
“BUSSIN’..” eg
we bussin’ a ‘LIME’ hay
we bussin’ a gyaff hay
he bussin’ a good sleep deh
Meaning….“HAVING”
Mental Kakarasity.
Guys love to say dem “LASH-UO” some good food esp at jhandi or wedding house
Whn u feel very tire..u say
me feel “BRUK-UP bad”
How about when asked, what is the colour of an item? It kinda greeney greeney...or..it kinda yellowish yellowish.
Doan run cross de road you might get lick down.
@cain posted:How about when asked, what is the colour of an item? It kinda greeney greeney...or..it kinda yellowish yellowish.
Doan run cross de road you might get lick down.
Yeah yeah!! I forgot the ‘lick-down’
Talking abt colors..everything was RED..or maroon! we didnt say burgundy or fuschia or wine
or purple..no mauve or lavendar
How abt whn u ‘kak-up’ yuh foot pun d chair or table??
or u just 'kak-up “ high by sitting on something high like a fence
Cain..some people love to “RAISE-UP ANTS NEST”
(stir up trubble) ..like d prez Irfon A..lol
U ever had ‘bung-belly’ whn u eat green guava??
(Ie constipated)
Btw..whn u ‘SUCK YUH TEETH” , why is it considered to be rude??
We couldnt do that in our home growing up..if not we would have gotten 2 slaps ..
I have this vague idea inmy head that “sucking yr teeth “ is saying ‘kiss my a$$”
Can anyone help to explain this..
if somebody say u have ‘SWEET-MOUTH”..it has to do with whn u like certain types of food..like meat n fish etc
( not referring to those who give SWEET-TALK ….ie flattery)
How abt whn a man ‘tek-up’ wid a woman? Ie dem ‘LIVE HOME”…unmarried !
@Lynn posted:Btw..whn u ‘SUCK YUH TEETH” , why is it considered to be rude??
We couldnt do that in our home growing up..if not we would have gotten 2 slaps ..
I have this vague idea inmy head that “sucking yr teeth “ is saying ‘kiss my a$$”
I notice this is prevalent in Nollywood movies. Perhaps Indo-Guyanese copied this from their African-Guyanese. When we were in St. Martin visiting the market and walked away after enquiring about prices and didn't patronize the vendors.... we got some long "suck teeth".
I told one of them... yuh rass can kiss meh ass not on the right, not on the leff, but right in de middle. Dem prappa rude eh.
@Lynn posted:How abt whn a man ‘tek-up’ wid a woman? Ie dem ‘LIVE HOME”…unmarried !
It's either fornication or adultery.
@Mitwah posted:It's either fornication or adultery.
It is common-law wife or husband .. live-in arrangement !
oh whn a man or woman having an AFFAIR .. we say that dem ‘deh wid each odda’
‘so n so deh wid so n so ‘
lol
U have to love GYese gyaff!!
a word i love is dunkaydam let's see who knows the english phrase for this
@Former Member posted:a word i love is dunkaydam
Dunkaydam - Don't care about anything.
@Former Member posted:a word i love is dunkaydam
Ol lordie.. my maa used this very often!! Dont care a damn!!
Maaga daag? Whn u skinny/boney.. dem seh u maaga …
Is it meagre?? Is that wht maaga means?
@Mitwah posted:I notice this is prevalent in Nollywood movies. Perhaps Indo-Guyanese copied this from their African-Guyanese. When we were in St. Martin visiting the market and walked away after enquiring about prices and didn't patronize the vendors.... we got some long "suck teeth".
I told one of them... yuh rass can kiss meh ass not on the right, not on the leff, but right in de middle. Dem prappa rude eh.
O mi gaad.. u prappa tell dem off!!
Whn i was a lil kid, couple of some older girls .. mid teens used to hustle n done dem house wuk early in the afternoons. Then dem bathe up n prappa DAAL up n put on dem nice DAN-DAN n guh stan up at d street head n lime. Then dem sweet bais does roam around pun den bicycles n ‘SIP” or “SEEP” off dem nuce gals! N if u see how dem gals used to blush n CHAMKAY .. lord n some af dem bai were good LOONGAYRA!!
U all know abt ‘sip off” n “daal up” n “dan-dan”???
I heard a guy being interviewed abt whyhe thinks women live longer than men..
he answered that ‘women nah do nothing..only lil house work n then dem PALAVA …
wht does PALAVA mean? Is it like whn we say u ‘LALL OFF” or “PASRAY”
like whn people “ sit down n idle/waste time”
This man went on to say that men ah wuk ah trench etc
The wealth of the nation are in the hands of the widows. They are the Latchmies.
Advances in medicines is probably one factor that women are living longer than men.
Who can endure pain better?
Whn me bin lil, me bin prappa :SHAME-FACE ..
who else bin shame-face??
Some nice gal does really play BRAIGA
Scatta-ray-shan!!
Anybody rem this?? Lol
Anybody know this?
JURT/s or JERT/s??
Why ‘knock-up’or nack-up mean??
as i da bai ‘nack-up d gal!!
Other ways to express ‘eat food’
me just lash down some nice 7 curry
me had some nice JERTS/JURTs
ifu see how d bai 'nack down’ d plate of food
U NYAM out all d curry n leff bare rice
whnu eat fast..dem say u ‘gobble down’ d food
Kaka haan(hand)..wht does this mean n why we called it kaka haan??
Why did we say..’the cow drap/drop’ but we didnt say a woman ‘drop’ whn she gave birth??
Long ago clothing..
half slip ( i still own a couple..lol)frack..nice dandan like a flounce dress
never wore these:
cyancyan
lining
camisole
petticoat
Dem bais had buckta n beach pants(sharts) , singlet (inside tshirt/vest)
Backdam stuff..rice cutting / fishing/ gardening etc who is familiar with these names..??:-
shovel n bagrai (whts the difference?? I rem we had both..i must ask my brothers)
grass knife
hoe
pitch-fork
slide
psaila/sailah
joowaat
Beeya
biyaaree
karyaan
mashing rice
guh-round-bull
wads
tass n raad(rod)
dam-bed
cut
…….
castnet, hook, maswah, ghir-ghira,
machaan
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