Definition: pronunciation for "east," on St. Croix refers to anywhere east of Sunny Isles.
Example: "He livin in eas?"
Source: Page 78, Sterns, Robin. Say it in Crucian! A Complete Guide to Today's Crucian for Speakers of Standard English. St. Croix: Antilles Press, 2008.

Definition: used to mean annoying or aggravating behavior ("Boy, you does eat me out!")
Source: Page 56, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: pronunciation for "idiot," someone who continuously acts foolishly.
Source: Page 78, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: interjection, used like Statesiders might use "uh oh." An expression to show surprise or sometimes concern.
Examples: "Eh, eh she don'  buy sheself a new cyar." "Buh eh' eh, wa happin, man?"
Posted by: Cornelia Nicholas, 2009.

Definition: "Expression of surprise or shock. Indeed! From Twi [language spoken mostly in Ghana], ei eei: Interjection expressing astonishment."
Source: Page 39, Valls, Lito. What a Pistarckle! A Dictionary of Virgin Islands English Creole. St. John, USVI. 1981.

Definition: pronounced EEdah, for "either."
Example: "De two idiot I pick up aint know whe de goin eida." = "The two fools I offered a ride to didn't know where they were going either."
Source: Pages 61, 78, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: pronunciation for "end up."
Example: "I enup gein lost."
Source: Pages 61, 78, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: words that end in "er" are usually pronounced as ending in "a" or "ah"
Examples: "later" = "latah", "sister" = "sistah", "water" = "watah"
Source: Page 8, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: pronunciation for "everything."
Source: Page 78, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: expression to mean everyone has a skeleton in his closet/something to hide.
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.

Definition: a proverb advocating independence and initiative.
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.

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