Guest guest Posted December 4, 2001 Report Share Posted December 4, 2001 Yo Marilyn, Here's some more for you in case you run into some of these folks. There's a language down South called Gullah - a Black language spoken by African-Americans living on the coast of South Carolina and on some of the islands off shore. The origin is likely a shortening of the name Angola - and these folks were called Golas for a long time - its a Creole type language. Unnai gunna ba ogoo thus yar at Chismastom - (Are you going to be good this year at Christmastime?) Gullah is spoken a lot betwixt Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, SC. Gullah is sort of a combination of Creole, Pig-Latin and African English that developed as a pidgen or common language for those who didn't speak English well. I've spent some time in Luzanner kuntry and in South Kacalacky and I've heard both Cajun and Gullah spoken and there appears to be a slight connection to my ear. Them ol boys down in Luzanner seys, " Gona take Boudrou an ma leetle boyson an ma two-shootin' shootgun and go shot dem duck cum arly moan. Den we gona geeg dem frog an ate dem all up at de soaper. " When I lived in Hawaii, I got into that Pidgin. " Ay shaka brudda dis be da kine feesh. Why you no go ova daya fo tawk him? Mebbe you no lak da kine him. Dem feesh no go in de emu you don no, dat fo de peeg bro. Hola, he lack de crazy man bro! Gullah and Pidgin been given the status of official languages now so if'n y'all can't speak'em - you oughta larn. ;-p And y'all keep smiling, :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2001 Report Share Posted December 4, 2001 Yo Butch Scary, I understood all of that.. purty sure I can speak it too, if'n I hadta! Liked it too, sounds informal, my kinda peoples! (I am in the WRONG place! <grinz>) Marilyn Butch Owen wrote: > Yo Marilyn, > > Here's some more for you in case you run into some of these folks. > > There's a language down South called Gullah - a Black language spoken by > African-Americans living on the coast of South Carolina and on some of > the islands off shore. > > The origin is likely a shortening of the name Angola - and these folks > were called Golas for a long time - its a Creole type language. > > Unnai gunna ba ogoo thus yar at Chismastom - (Are you going to be good > this year at Christmastime?) Gullah is spoken a lot betwixt Savannah, > Georgia and Charleston, SC. Gullah is sort of a combination of Creole, > Pig-Latin and African English that developed as a pidgen or common > language for those who didn't speak English well. I've spent some time > in Luzanner kuntry and in South Kacalacky and I've heard both Cajun and > Gullah spoken and there appears to be a slight connection to my ear. > > Them ol boys down in Luzanner seys, " Gona take Boudrou an ma leetle > boyson an ma two-shootin' shootgun and go shot dem duck cum arly moan. > Den we gona geeg dem frog an ate dem all up at de soaper. " > > When I lived in Hawaii, I got into that Pidgin. " Ay shaka brudda dis be > da kine feesh. Why you no go ova daya fo tawk him? Mebbe you no lak da > kine him. Dem feesh no go in de emu you don no, dat fo de peeg bro. > Hola, he lack de crazy man bro! > > Gullah and Pidgin been given the status of official languages now so > if'n > y'all can't speak'em - you oughta larn. ;-p > > And y'all keep smiling, :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com > > > My Pictures of Aromatic Plants and Exotic Places In Turkey > http://members.home.net/chrisziggy1/triptoturkey.html > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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