OT: Tawking Different - Gullah/Pidgin/Luzanner Coonass

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Hey Marilyn,

 

> 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>)

 

I think some of those vacation islands off the coast have folks who

speak primarily Gullah .. I was hoping some South Kacalacky folks would

jump in and give us the whole story .. ;-)

 

> Marilyn

 

Y'all keep smiling, Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

 

> 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