JAMAICA
BARBADOS TRINIDAD
Translation
CANADIAN: Excuse me little girl,
can I fit in there?
JAMAICAN: Hey, pickney, small up
youself!
TRINI: smallie, gimmeh ah pass
dey
BAJAN: Guh rung an' gimma a li'l
scotch!
CANADIAN: That woman is overweight.
JAMAICAN: Lawd, look how she fat
and spread out like mash bullfrog.
TRINI: Oh jeesan, dah woman realllll
fat
BAJAN: You, she big as shite ya.
CANADIAN: You are such an attractive
woman.
JAMAICAN: Gal you look like fresh
vegetable.
TRINI: Darlin', yuh lookin' real
good
BAJAN: Psssstt ! My friend !
CANADIAN: I really would like for
us to be intimate.
JAMAICAN: Gal, mi wan be wid you.
TRINI: Chek nah, ah wan tuh breed
yuh.
BAJAN: Yuh gunna gimme piece or
wha?
CANADIAN:There are a lot of men
out there, that I can date besides you.
JAMAICAN: Tree no grow in me face
ya know.
TRINI: Real men chek fuh me
BAJAN: When one door shut anudder
one does open.
CANADIAN: He is such a womanizer.
JAMAICAN: Him walk bout like dawg,
every light post him si, him haffi stap.
TRINI: Hees ah real sweetman
BAJAN: Heez de man.
CANADIAN: He is such a kind, sensitive
man.
JAMAICAN: Him a saawfas man.
TRINI: Heez a sorfman
BAJAN: Heez a buller !
CANADIAN: You have a crumb on your
face, dear.
JAMAICAN: You look like when fowl
come from mango walk.
TRINI: Yuh have ting on yuh face
BAJAN: Uh uuuh!!! Wuz dah on you
face???
CANADIAN: Oh, I see you are entering
puberty.
JAMAICAN: How you face bumpy-bumpy
like grater so?
TRINI: Yuh face real juk up
BAJAN: Ya face look like a ripe
sour-sop.
CANADIAN: Honestly, I don't know
the answer.
JAMAICAN: Ah wah you a bodda me
guthole fa?
TRINI: I eh know !
BAJAN: WHA???
CANADIAN: Hors d'heurves
JAMAICAN: Ah wah dis yah likkle
sinting you a gi me?
TRINI: Wey de food ?
BAJAN: Horse Derves.
CANADIAN: Casserole
JAMAICAN: Putto-putto
TRINI: Pelau
BAJAN: Cou-Cou
CANADIAN: Aeroplane
JAMAICAN: Silver bird
TRINI: Tri Star
BAJAN: Bee-wee
CANADIAN: Bank teller
JAMAICAN: Bank clark
TRINI: Big wok
BAJAN: Tellar
CANADIAN: Taxi
JAMAICAN: Robot
TRINI: Maxi
BAJAN: ZR
CANADIAN: Speed bumps
JAMAICAN: Sleeping Policeman
TRINI: Road humps
BAJAN: Cheese don bread, dem tryin'
tuh mash up muh shocks
CANADIAN: He looks upset
JAMAICAN: Him have screwface
TRINI: Dat man real vex
BAJAN: He real screwpouch ya.
CANADIAN: She sleeps around
JAMAICAN: She flighty
TRINI: Real men dig dat gurl
BAJAN: Boy you, she wutless as
shite !