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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.
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"eat me out"
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Definition: used to mean annoying or aggravating behavior ("Boy, you does eat me out!")
Source: Page 56, Say it in Crucian!
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eediot |
Definition: pronunciation for "idiot," someone who continuously acts foolishly.
Source: Page 78, Say it in Crucian!
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"eh eh"
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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: (spelled "e! e!") "exclamation denoting surprise or shock. E1 E1 Chil', don' eva' le' me hea' yo use dem kin' a wo'd again!"
Source: Page 68, Roy, John D. A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands. St. Thomas, USVI, 1975.
Definition: "An exclamation denoting surprise, concern. Often followed by 'Well, me God.'"
Source: Page 8, Seamon, G.A. Virgin Islands Dictionary. St. Croix, USVI. 1968.
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eida
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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!
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enup
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Definition: pronunciation for "end up."
Example: "I enup gein lost."
Source: Pages 61, 78, Say it in Crucian!
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the suffix "er"
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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!
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"eva since"
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Definition: (spelled "ever since") " A long time ago. ''Man, da' happen ever since.' That happened a long time ago."
Source: Page 40, What a Pistarckle!
Definition: (spelled "eva since") "adverb; since that time. Eva since he gone away, I done hea' from him."
Source: Page 69, A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands.
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"even self"
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Definition: (spelled "even-self") "Even. ''E ain' even-self tell me."
Source: Page 40, What a Pistarckle!
Definition: "adverb; at all."
Source: Page 69, A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands.
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everyting
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Definition: pronunciation for "everything."
Source: Page 78, Say it in Crucian!
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"Ev'ry donkey bray in 'e own pasture."
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Definition: expression to mean every man to his own taste.
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, Eveything and Anything Virgin Islands group, on Facebook, 2010.
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"Ev'ry house ga' a dutty corner."
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Definition: expression to mean everyone has a skeleton in his closet/something to hide.
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.
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"Ev'ry 'kin teet' ain' ah grin."
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Definition: expression to mean "not every smile (i.e. 'skin teeth') is genuine."
Source: Page 68, What a Pistarckle!.
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"Ev'ry tub mus' sit on its own bottom."
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Definition: a proverb advocating independence and initiative.
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.
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