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Re: West Indian Accents
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MGee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">da video ya sweet me no lie.
see the real transcript (not a translation) below, courtesy of a utube user.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: makabush</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
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1st witness - a last week sat'deh a roun inna di four tirty 'ours right on di (inaudible) district
me hear d cow coming dung on di rd an a buyer cum fi buy di cow but dey could not ketchy cow so, same time now di cow and di cyaaf coming down now and some more cow and same time di&#65279; likkle man weh cum fi buy di cow now seh wi muss hol' aan so mi hol aan now and di cow&#65279; di madda cow jump over di wire now and dem (inaudible) ketchy cyaaf and cyaar him over di cow farm over here so and (inadible) over yah suh now, gwaan and gwaan until dis mawning now when me up so now (inaudible) me see cow buck dung di owna fi it...
2nd witness: a waa simple likkle cow enuh mi neh know seh ee ee bad fa im nuh look like ee bad. yeam im mey have waa llikkle pieca rope roun ee neck mi nuh know ef a hol ee hol ee rope or a wah im duh mi nuh know how di cow get fi buck him wen me cum and look - ee look like seh im ram im haan inna im neck oe wah - mi nuh know if a cut ee cut ee ee neck wid di haan but&#65279; me see blood a cum an me co see cheva hol him up.
1st witness: - dat is calvin bredda an law di cow mek fi buck dung after im buck dung calvin ee buss fi him pants foot tuh and graze him pan im knee im went round pon di next street roun dere suh now and deh suh now im buck atta waa next man name kings james buck atta him and im tek him machete and chap him and&#65279; im bolt inna di bush over suh now so all now nobody nuh seem fram dat, </div></div>
sounds of home.. we have some family members who speak faster dan the gent in the video.. Like you it takes a few days for my ears to get accustomed to the patois.. all I hear till den is 'yabba yabba yabba mi dear'
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MGee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">da video ya sweet me no lie.
see the real transcript (not a translation) below, courtesy of a utube user.<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: makabush</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
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1st witness - a last week sat'deh a roun inna di four tirty 'ours right on di (inaudible) district
me hear d cow coming dung on di rd an a buyer cum fi buy di cow but dey could not ketchy cow so, same time now di cow and di cyaaf coming down now and some more cow and same time di&#65279; likkle man weh cum fi buy di cow now seh wi muss hol' aan so mi hol aan now and di cow&#65279; di madda cow jump over di wire now and dem (inaudible) ketchy cyaaf and cyaar him over di cow farm over here so and (inadible) over yah suh now, gwaan and gwaan until dis mawning now when me up so now (inaudible) me see cow buck dung di owna fi it...
2nd witness: a waa simple likkle cow enuh mi neh know seh ee ee bad fa im nuh look like ee bad. yeam im mey have waa llikkle pieca rope roun ee neck mi nuh know ef a hol ee hol ee rope or a wah im duh mi nuh know how di cow get fi buck him wen me cum and look - ee look like seh im ram im haan inna im neck oe wah - mi nuh know if a cut ee cut ee ee neck wid di haan but&#65279; me see blood a cum an me co see cheva hol him up.
1st witness: - dat is calvin bredda an law di cow mek fi buck dung after im buck dung calvin ee buss fi him pants foot tuh and graze him pan im knee im went round pon di next street roun dere suh now and deh suh now im buck atta waa next man name kings james buck atta him and im tek him machete and chap him and&#65279; im bolt inna di bush over suh now so all now nobody nuh seem fram dat, </div></div>
sounds of home.. we have some family members who speak faster dan the gent in the video.. Like you it takes a few days for my ears to get accustomed to the patois.. all I hear till den is 'yabba yabba yabba mi dear'
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