From: Steve Frampton <frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca>
Newsgroups: rec.music.reggae
Subject: Re:Reggae language
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 21:03:15 EST
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ogata@shonan.u-tokai.ac.jp (Michio Ogata) writes:

>     Ya'man and Lord mercy !! How you doing ?
>     Especially . My friend frampton@CANADA !!   :->

Michio!  So you convinced your admins to carry the group after all, eh?
Great for you!

> >Is there some books or ftp site I could find some info about that, and
> >patois (slang) dictionnaries.
> 
>     Does these ftp sites exist in where ?
>     Please somebody tell me.

Hmmm...not sure what the new Reggae archive site is called, but you guys
may want to check out:  ftp.umiacs.umd.edu 

Look in the /pub/carib directory...there are a couple of recipes, some
Creole definitions, and some Soca suggestions.  Nothing really spectacular
but it's a start!

I took the liberty of posting the "Lang.car" file containing some Trini
words:

Subject: part 001 of Lang.car (/pub/carib@ftp.umiacs.umd.edu)
From: jasammer@eos.ncsu.edu (JOHN ASHLEY SAMMERSON)
Subject: Trini Words........
Date: 12 Apr 92 19:50:30 GMT
Organization: Project EOS - North Carolina State University
...
   HOW YUH MEAN - Why certainly.
   BUFF - To insult. To demean vocally.
   BODOW - To emphasize a blow!
   LAMBASTE - To beat badly.
   PICONG - Fatigue.
   BOBOLUPS - A fat person. 
   DOTISH - Stupid.
   HOW COME - Why?
   KONK OUT - Knocked out.
     eg. 
	T&T) When he call she a big, fat, BOBOLUPS. Ah say well yes, 
	QE)  When he harassed the woman, calling her fat. I just knew

	T&T) IS BLOWS tonight, because I know she cyar take PICONG.
	QE)  I just knew it was going to be lights out for him, he cause
	     she doesn't sit well with fatigue.

	T&T) Man, when she start tuh LAMBASTE he tail so, ah feel real
	QE)  She started beating up on him so badly, I felt 

	T&T) sorry fuh him, qui. Next ting ah hear, BODOW!!! 
	QE)  sorry for him. Then there was a load noise.

	T&T) De man KONK OUT, qui.
	QE)  And he was knocked unconscious.

	T&T) So HOW COME I jus' leave meh partner?
	QE)  So you left your friend there?

	T&T) HOW YUH MEAN....I look DOTISH or what? I was BUFFin' de
	     woman too yuh know.
	QE)  Of course. I'm no fool, I was insulting at her also.


   COME GO - Let us go.
   MAKE HASTE - Hurry up.
     eg. 
	T&T) MAKE HASTE and COME GO, nah. 
	QE)  Hurry up and let us go.

	T&T) Boy you always late. You go be late for yuh funeral?

     
   PEONG - Fanatic.
     eg.
	I am a Calypso PEONG.


   FOOTY WELL - Come what may! 
     eg.
	Wha' yuh tink it is. He FOOTY WELL have tuh pay meh, qui.


   HAUL YUH TAIL - Response of disgust. Get away!
     eg.
	Yuh better HAUL YUH TAIL before ah gih yuh two butt.

Later!

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