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Cultural
Differences
CANADIAN:
Excuse me little girl, can I fit in there?
JAMAICAN:
Hey, pickney, small up youself!
TRINI:
smallie, gimmeh ah pass dey
BAJAN:
Scotch rung!
CANADIAN:
That woman is overweight.
JAMAICAN:
Lawd, look how she fat and spread out like mash bullfrog.
TRINI:
Oh jeesan, dah woman realllll fat
BAJAN:
You, she big as shite ya.
CANADIAN:
You are such an attractive woman.
JAMAICAN:
Gal you look like fresh vegetable.
TRINI:
Darlin', yuh lookin' real good
BAJAN:
Psssstt !My friend !
CANADIAN:
I really would like for us to be intimate.
JAMAICAN:
Gal, mi wan be wid you.
TRINI:
Chek nah, ah wan tuh breed yuh.
BAJAN:
Yuh gunna gimme piece or wha?
CANADIAN:
There are a lot of men out there, that I can date besides
you.
JAMAICAN:
Tree no grow in me face ya know.
TRINI:
Real men chek fuh me
BAJAN:
When one door shut anudder one does open.
CANADIAN:
He is such a womanizer.
JAMAICAN:
Him walk bout like dawg, every light post him si, him haffi stap.
TRINI:
Hees ah real sweetman
BAJAN:
Heez de man.
CANADIAN:
You have a crumb on your face, dear.
JAMAICAN:
You look like when fowl come from mango walk.
TRINI:
Yuh have ting on yuh face
BAJAN:
Uh uuuh!!!Wuz dah pun you face???
CANADIAN:
Oh, I see you are entering puberty.
JAMAICAN:
How you face bumpy-bumpy like grater so?
TRINI:
Yuh face real juk up
BAJAN:
Ya face look like a ripe sour-sop.
CANADIAN:
Honestly, I don't know the answer.
JAMAICAN:
Ah wah you a bodda me guthole fa?
TRINI:
I eh know !
BAJAN:
WHA???
CANADIAN:
Casserole
JAMAICAN:
Putto-putto
TRINI:
Pelau
BAJAN:
Cou-Cou
CANADIAN:
Aeroplane
JAMAICAN:
Silver bird
TRINI:
Tri Star
BAJAN:
Bee-wee
CANADIAN:
Bank teller
JAMAICAN:
Bank clark
TRINI:
Big wok
BAJAN:
Tellar
CANADIAN:
Taxi
JAMAICAN:
Robot
TRINI:
Maxi
BAJAN:
ZR
CANADIAN:
She sleeps around
JAMAICAN:
She flighty
TRINI:
Real men dig dat gurl
BAJAN:
Boy you, she wutless as shite !
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