For the men...What's the difference between...

[Tropicana]

Gyalish and girlie-girlie...

If you had a friend who was gyalish would you:

- admire him
- not care it's his business
- chastise him
- dump him

Why?

Inquiring minds want to know?

[RichD]

Gyalish and girlie-girlie...

Gyalish means dem act like a girl, nuh so?

Girlie girle mean dem ave nuff girl (or try to have nuff girl)

[j-kid]

There was ah time wen girlie meant ah man ah act like ah sissy. Jus like wen ah woman sey shi is ah girlie, girl (ah feminine type girl, not ah butchie type girl).

Gyalish means dem act like a girl, nuh so?

Girlie girle mean dem ave nuff girl (or try to have nuff girl)

[RichD]

There was ah time wen girlie, girlie meant yuh ah act like ah sissy. Jus like wen ah woman sey shi is ah girlie, girl (ah feminine type girl, not ah butchie type girl).

yes but i baseing my interpretation on the song.

[j-kid]

Soh dem ah try re-define sissy like behavior?

[CeaBee]

gyalis?

[RichD]

Soh dem ah try re-define sissy like behavior?

mi nuh know she was the one who redefine it , it..but is not a new tune

i assume like other popular music songs it was based on the language in use at the time(1985). I don't recall any confusion about what she was singing about

[RichD]

gyalis?

yuh dropping yuh aches?

[CeaBee]

yuh dropping yuh aches?

no but there's a difference between gyallis and gallish no?

[RichD]

no but there's a difference between gyallis and gallish no?

yes

so yuh think she might have meant gyallis? or girlie girlie = Gyallis?

[j-kid]

Seems like dem trying hard tuh convince yuh dat it is not what it is. Dem even change di spelling. Instead of Gaylis, dem ah mek it Gyalis. Gay, is Gay noh matter how yuh slice it. If yuh not gay, an yuh noh waa people tink yuh gay, den noh act like yuh gay.

[RichD]

Seems like dem trying hard tuh convince yuh dat it is not what it is. Dem even change di spelling. Instead of Gaylis, dem ah mek it Gyalis. Gay, is Gay noh matter how yuh slice it. If yuh not gay, an yuh noh waa people tink yuh gay, den noh act like yuh gay.

yuh fi stop mocking my dyslexia

[CeaBee]

gyallis (or as richd like to spell it gayliss) mean have nuff woman, nuh suh?

[RichD]

gyallis (or as richd like to spell it gayliss) mean have nuff woman, nuh suh?

but if is really gyallis she did mean and not gyalish and both of them mean the same ting what would be the point of this post?

[RichD]

(or as richd like to spell it gayliss

uh mek mi sound like mi a twang