Ah Trini Ting..

soo, at this point in time(5am) when i should be finishing my assignment that is due in a couple hours (8am)... i am procrastinating as usual.. and SOMEHOW i stumbled across the following while writing about my work..
enjoy

· yuh go by family (in-laws) over de holidays and yuh only take food in small amounts (at different times and locations and if yuh add it up yuh probably eat dem out), because yuh fraid of big eye.

· yuh does hide from Jehovah witnesses.

· you could fete in the midst of a disaster

· You ever got licks as a child for not saying Good Morning", "Good Evening", or "Good Night" to everyone in the house...

· Every Sunday you have "Sunday Lunch" which consists of macaroni pie, calaloo with crab, stewed chicken, plantain, dasheen...

·You ever got licks with a rollin'-pin, a swizzle-stick, or a pot-spoon.

· You say "ah telling yuh"... even if someone else is the one who's telling you what happened...

· You point with your lips...and you give directions with your hands... even if it's in another state (yuh jus go up de road and when yuh see...)

· You go to parties for the food... and the word free never quite had the same meaning.

· You nod your head upwards to greet someone... and sideways when the joke stale.

· You say "boy" at the beginning of a sentence and "man" at the end of it... and the words "yes we" doesn't refer to any people...

· You have "knick knacks" all over your home... and a glass cabinet or a space saver to put them in.

· You put ketchup and peppersauce on your pizza. Anchovies? Yuh lossin it or what?

· You make a drink and ice cream with peanut butter but you never put it on bread with jelly... but you might put it on your dixie biscuits

· You think eating salted cod fish and fried bread is a great morning meal.

· Your cupboards are full of canned corned beef, pepper sauce and red beans and baked beans ...and a dry coconut for the pelau.

· You think steak is a waste of good meat. You rather cut it up and stew it with some potatoes instead ... or curry it and make roti.

· You have shares in kool-aid.
· You bring home food from a party. The word "storm" has nothing to do with the weather. .
· You put ice in your beer ...and you chew the ice when you're finished with the beer. Drinking wine is too sissy ...wine is for fruits.

· You still say "Father Christmas" and "Old Years' night" ...and "dis August holidays" actually start in July.

· You show disappointment by sucking on your teeth (steupsing) ...and you can conjugate "ah steupse" by age four (three if yuh smart )

· When someone pays you a compliment, you say "Doh mamaguy meh". .

· When someone sympathises with you, you comment "Yuh think it easy?".

· You refer to all sweet coloured juice as "Kool-Aid".. .

· Just because something is called a "bake" you don't assume that it indicates the way it was cooked. .

· You have at least one relative living in either England, Canada, or the US. .

· You either see, speak to, lime with, or hear about at least one of your "ex's" regularly.
· You know about straightening, pressing, S-curls and Gherri curls regardless of your ethnic background.

· You have canceled plans because of rain even when you're going to be indoors ...Rain is also a legitimate reason to be late for a rendez-vous... or to miss work.

· You have been to at least one party where you have seen the sun rise.

· You know the meanings of: "washing wares"; "straightening a room"; "bodice"; "sucking yuh teeth"; "cut-eye"; "hot foot"; "bouff".

· Despite lack of interest, someone has tried to convince you of the benefits of taking a purge, or becoming a born again.

· No matter how old you are, you still call your parents Mummy and Daddy.

· You use baby powder. You still eat fries with ketchup AND MUSTARD.

· You know the meaning of several Indian words, eg. "dahl", "bahgee", "channa", "bharra", "chunkae", "bowgee" and use them in every language ...and actually believe them to be the correct English terms. .

· You eat "wild meat" - stuff that some people keep as pets or may consider disgusting animals; like Iguana, Lappe, Matte, Tattoo (not the skin paintings) or Manicou.

· You can't bring yourself to using the correct "scientific" names of sensitive body parts because you think it sounds vulgar. Instead you use child-like words such as "tot tots", "totie", "bam bam" or "bumsy" and "tun tun" or "toonie". .



i must say, that despite the fact that i was born in this cold country, mommy, taunty and uncle an 'em taught me just was they would as if i were in Trinidad

· You know Trinis will curry any and everything (not just meat) even mango, fish, conch, chataigne, etc...
· When you ask for PEPPER you don't mean ground black pepper.