Re: [aroid-l] Chubas





'Tornet' ("thunder'='damn'), 'fi-fi narge' (pi-pi d'angie'= "angel 'rain' "), "caca-polle" rum ("bad/low quality" rum), and 'mamaguy' (from the Spanish 'maman el gallo', used in Trinidadian English ONLY! [broadly speaking and in Trinidad only!! :--)>] "to praise someone' tongue-in-cheek' (falsely) for favors", and finally 'dasheen'=de Chine="from China" =taro=Colocasia esculenta (THERE is the aroid connection to this drivel!!!)!   We have our Patois in Trinidad that we must deal with.

"Julio"

>From: "Steve Ritchey" <sritchey@shreve.net>
>Reply-To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu
>To: <aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu>
>Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Chubas
>Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:57:41 -0500
>
>Merde sacre'- Thank goodness we only had to deal with the relatively gentil
>French in this part of the country
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "ron iles" <roniles@eircom.net>
>To: <aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu>
>Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 10:26 AM
>Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Chubas
>
>
> > Thank God for Upper Class English in the New Colonies
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Ted.Held@hstna.com>
> > To: <aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu>
> > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 1:20 PM
> > Subject: [aroid-l] Chubas
> >
> >
> > > Well, I for one am altering my mispronunciation and will henceforth
>always
> > > say "chubas". It is so much more elegant than the vulgar "tubers".
> > >
> >
>
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