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ga
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Definition: to have.
Example: "He ga a lot o' money."
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.
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"gahn een" |
Definition: "gone in," someone who has gone crazy, lost his mind on drugs. ("He gahn EEN, mehson.").
Source: Page 80, Sterns, Robin. Say it in Crucian! A Complete Guide to Today's Crucian for Speakers of Standard English. St. Croix: Antilles Press, 2008.
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gan, gane
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Definition: "go" or "gone."
Example: "Leh we gane." = "Let's go."
Source: Page 80, Say it in Crucian!
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ge, geh |
Definition: pronunciation for "give," used for Standard English "give/gave," "get/got" and "have/had."
Example: "I gee he da ting." "So I trow her a couple of lines and geh she hooked man." = "I flirted with her a little bit and got her hooked." "I geh two ah dem" = "I have two of them."
Alternative spellings: gee
Source: Page 80, Say it in Crucian!
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"Ge cage before you ge' bird."
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Definition: Build a house before you get married.
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.
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geit
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Definition: pronunciation for "get it" or "got it."
Example: "Afta we geit, we pick up de tred from de kite and we stat walkin back" = "After we got it, we picked up the kite string and started walking back."
Source: Page 80, Say it in Crucian!
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georgie bundle
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Definition: a small bundle of possessions.
Example: "Pick up your georgie-bundle and geh out my house."
Source: Page 80, Say it in Crucian!
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"gettin a yout"
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Definition: pregnant, having a baby.
Source: Page 80, Say it in Crucian!
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"Gi'e Jack 'e jacket."
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Definition: Literally, "give Jack his jacket." Give the devil his due.
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.
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"goat dress up as lamb"
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Definition: idiomatic expression to mean a person putting on airs.
Source: Page 56, Say it in Crucian!
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goat foot woman
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Definition: A woman that is half woman and half goat that lived up in the hills of St. Croix (close to Pearl B. Larson Elementary.)
Example: "If you don't behave the goat foot woman is going to come afta you."
Posted by: Sharlene M. Payne (Whitehead), 2009.
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"Goat head and sheep head noh one."
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Definition: proverb, to mean what seems quite alike could be completely different.
Source: Page 59, Say it in Crucian!
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"goat mout"
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Definition: idiomatic expression, something someone says that comes true, usually something negative.
Source: Page 56, Say it in Crucian!
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"God don't count 'e days."
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Definition: God is in no hurry.
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.
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"gold digga"
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Definition: "gold digger," a woman interested only in a man's money.
Source: Page 80, Say it in Crucian!
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gon
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Definition: pronunciation for "going to" or "gonna."
Example: "Dey ain gon do dat."
Source: Page 80, Say it in Crucian!
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"gone bush"
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Definition: (1) expression to mean someone has disappeared into the bush, "gone back to nature." (2) something is missing.
Examples: "He gone bush mehson." "Meh cellphone gone bush mehson."
Source: Page 80, Say it in Crucian!
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gongolo, gungalo
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Definition: local name for millipedes (not to be confused with fast-moving centipedes which have a nasty bite, millipedes are the slow-moving rounded creatures that look like snippets of coaxial cable).
Source: Page 80, Say it in Crucian!
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"Good mahning/
aftanoon/
evening/night"
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Definition: generally the first greeting when you meet someone, especially in a business setting, but even said sometimes when walking into the post office and encountering the people in line. "Good aftanoon" begins at the stroke of 12 noon - people often check a clock or watch to see whether "good mahning" has officially switched to "good aftanoon." "Good evening" is used from around dusk, 5 p.m.ish to full dark, when "good night" takes over as a greeting (as opposed to Stateside English, where "good night" is a farewell).
Source: Pages 10-11, Say it in Crucian!
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"good to go"
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Definition: ready, prepared.
Source: Page 80, Say it in Crucian!
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gran
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Definition: (prefix) - "grand" ("granmuddah," "grandahtah," etc.)
Source: Page 80, Say it in Crucian!
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gumption
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Definition: slang for marijuana.
Source: Page 80, Say it in Crucian!
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gyul
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Definition: pronunciation for "girl."
Alternative spellings: gyal, gel, gyual
Source: Page 81, Say it in Crucian!
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gyulfren
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Definition: girlfriend.
Source: Page 81, Say it in Crucian!
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gwan
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Definition: "going on"
Example: "Wa gwan?" = "What's going on?"
Source: Page 81, Say it in Crucian!
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