31st
July 2010
What a Wick:
the last 7 days in 19 (24th – 30th July,
2010)
 I
responded to a prompt on Plinky this week, used
the word ‘bazodee’ and I got some
emails asking of the availability of a dictionary
of Caribbean terms. I had received similar inquiries
when I had done a Wick on Lucian slang last
November. So this Wick, I’m doing WWTS
- What Wud Trinis Say?
1. Apparently Wyclef Jean is considering running
for President of Haiti. ‘Dat might be
the onliest how Haiti cud get tru.’
2. The Clintons host a grand affair this weekend
– their only daughter ties the knot; but
word is Obama wasn’t invited. ‘So
yuh kno, de media all over dat like bamsy flies.’
3. Plastic surgery for pets has become popular
in the US. Possible procedures include ‘debarking’,
testicular implants, salivary duct transposition,
eye tucks, ear implants. ‘Dem idle oui.’
4. Fidel Castro’s memoir is expected to
be released soon. “Now yuh talking.”
5. The privacy of 100 million Facebook users
was violated when their personal details were
published in a downloadable file online. “Dem
files get buss? Wha dey go do?”
6. A third of the dogs in the UK are overweight.
“Daz wha yuh does call a pot- hong.”
7. An Indian court fined a woman who filed for
divorce based on her husband’s impotence.
“She rel bad mind.”
8. UK’s health ministry found that referring
to people as ‘fat’ rather than ‘obese’
motivated them to take action to lose weight.
“Call dem mampee? Doh make joke.”
9. The St. Lucian government signed a contract
to begin the process of geothermal power extraction
from the sulphur springs. “Dere business
fix.”
10. In Belize, a husband was charged for stealing
two of his wife’s dildos. “Wat scene
he on?”
11. The British PM’s plain talk has aggravated
some nations to the extent that he is being
referred to as immature. “He rel badlucky.”
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