If you like this website, check out Say it in Crucian! A Complete Guide to Today's Crucian for Speakers of Standard English. The book features everyday phrases in Crucian, a basic linguistics (as compared to Standard English), conversations, stories, retold fairytales, a brief linguistic history of St. Croix and a Crucian/Standard English dictionary. By Robin Sterns. Published by Antilles Press.
Reviews:
"Say it in Crucian! is a reader-accessible guide to the language of St. Croix that combines a wealth of spicy and vividly up-to-the-minute examples with a level of linguistic and sociolinguistic savvy seldom found in popular introductions. It presents its topic in a way that provides fun for the tourist as well as solid information for the expert. If only every creole language had a book like this!" -Derek Bickerton, linguist, author of Bastard Tongues: A Trail-Blazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World’s Lowliest Languages.
“Mehson you had me craking up on deh chair, my bos looking a me al weird and suh buh me ain mind. Dis book is off deh chain!” - Miguelina Valdes, St. Croix
Buy it:
Response to the book has been positively overwhelming. Thank you, St. Croix!!!
On St. Croix, Undercover Books has the last available new copies. There are a few on amazon.com. I'm pondering a revised/2nd edition.
Contact me:
cruciandictionary@gmail.com
