WE BAJANS have a funny way of talking. Now a Bajan would not tell you that you are an idiot, he would ask you if you are one. He would ask you: “wait, you is a idiot or wuh?” Cause that is how we does talk.
He aint really asking you if you are an idiot, don’t mind it is verbalised as a question, he is letting you know that you are an idiot, cause that is how we does talk.
And even though many people when asked that question are usually tempted to reply: “I is yuh mother,” cause that is how we does talk, they know that to mention anything about a person’s mother, unless they are enquiring about her health is a direct declaration of war.
So rather than say what they really have on their mind, they would usually say: “I won’t tell yuh who I is,” and leave it there for you to decipher who them talking bout, cause that is how we does talk. And even though you know that hidden in that reply is something bout your mother or some person very dear to you, you really can’t say nothing, cause that is how we does talk.
Now when you hear a Bajan mother telling her son: “listen, if you go down by de sea today and drown, it gine be me and you when you get back home,” it aint that she mad and don’t know what she is saying. What she is really saying is: “son, be careful at the beach today”, cause that is how we does talk.
Similarly, a Bajan man might be together with his sweetheart for nuff, nuff years, and never once told her “I love you”. He might be married and got children from her and all, and even on his wedding day he never said: “I love you”. But she knows when he gets into a romantic mood and says, “I like you real real bad”, that what he is really saying is: “I love you more than words can ever say”, cause that is how we does talk.
And every Bajan man knows, that if just out of the blue, he tells the madam that he and the boys gine partying tonight and she slowly replies: “ohhh, wunna gine partying? well, go and enjoy yourself, you just go and enjoy yourself, sonny,” that what she is really saying is: “if you know what is good for you, you would stand home, because you will not be partying in the bedroom for a very long time if you go anywhere tonight,” cause that is how we does talk.
And we all know, that if a family member pulls the fridge and sees one last piece o’ cake in there and ask: “who this piece o’ cake belong to?” that what they really saying is: “if nobody don’t answer in five seconds, I gine eat.” Cause that is how we does talk.
And when the owner of the cake replies: “all you got to do is eat it and find out who it belongs to,” that what them really saying is: “you aint put no cake bout in there and asking bout cake, so unless you want me to give you a hard lash, do not touch it.” Cause that is how we does talk.
I too love how we does talk, um real sweet. See ya. Not that I got plans on seeing you or you got plans on seeing me, but that is just how we does talk. So see ya.
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