Re: [aroid-l] Chubas

From: "Julius Boos" <ju-bo at msn.com> on 2004.08.14 at 11:45:03(11972) 'Tornet' ("thunder'='damn'), 'fi-fi narge' (pi-pi d'angie'= "angel 'rain' "), "caca-polle" rum ("bad/low quality" rum), and 'mamaguy' (from the Spanish 'maman el gallo', used in Trinidadian English ONLY! [broadly speaking and in Trinidad only!! :--)>] "to praise someone' tongue-in-cheek' (falsely) for favors", and finally 'dasheen'Þ Chine="from China" =taro=Colocasia esculenta (THERE is the aroid connection to this drivel!!!)! We have our Patois in Trinidad that we must deal with. "Julio" >From: "Steve Ritchey" +More >Reply-To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu >To: >Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Chubas >Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:57:41 -0500 > >Merde sacre'- Thank goodness we only had to deal with the relatively gentil >French in this part of the country >----- Original Message ----- >From: "ron iles" >To: >Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 10:26 AM >Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Chubas > > > > Thank God for Upper Class English in the New Colonies > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: > > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 1:20 PM > > Subject: [aroid-l] Chubas > > > > > > > Well, I for one am altering my mispronunciation and will henceforth >always > > > say "chubas". It is so much more elegant than the vulgar "tubers". > > > > > >

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