Funnies from guyana

Hey guys

So this is just a mish mash of guyanese funny stories and things that I have heard that are just crazy mad....... give you more of a taste of where I am eh!!!!!

So I have told you before about the public transport.  Buses packed beyond imagination then the driver stops for just one more to squeeze in.  Well to catch a bus you have to use hand gestures.  Putting you arm in the direction you want to go and low down for short journey and high up for long journey.  Then the bus drivers themselves have their own signals they do to each other.  The main one being for police.  Well as you can imagine here the government is corrupt as is the police force.  So expression number 1 is right or lef (as in left).  So you think that means directions but its not.  Right is as in write.  So if you get stopped by a policemen he can write you a ticket or lef as in leave a money bribe.  So whenever the driver and conductor come back into the bus all the passengers start calling out lef or right and now I know what that means.  

Oh and the craziest sign I see everywhere is Life and Pluck chicken and duck.  Will try and get a picture of it for you to prove it.

Hassa trench fish about the size of your hand

Then its made into curry.  So to start you have to "kiss the hassa" as in suck its
mouth so you get all the fish head brains and yucky stuff.  I have literally kissed it
but not to guyanese standards hehehe.  Then the scales are rock solid so you have
to peel them off.  The fish meat isnt much for all the effort but its the cheapest
fish around.  When you see whats in the trench well lets just say its
best not to think about it.   It does actually taste yummy.  Then the guyanese chew on the
head to finish off.  I give them my head usually.  Im so kind like that.

Some  funny things I have been told by the guyanese ................

If you drink a cold drink on a hot day you can have a stroke.

If you take a cold shower (which is the only one you can as there is no hot water) you will have a stroke.

Open the freezer and you can have a stroke

If you eat cucumber you can cure a stroke.

If you walk on the ground without shoes you will get flu

Food from the fridge is poison

Black drink (coke and pepsi) damages your eyesight

And a whole lot more I will share with you in time.  So we have to just listen to them and sometimes try not to laugh.  What you believe in your culture is hard to change though isnt it.

I have included this list before but I know alot more read the blog now and they are just really funny.

GUYANESE (CREOLESE) PHRASES

"Da ova der" = "That over there"


"Wa me ga do?" = "What am I going to do?"


"Wa me try fa say" = "What I am trying to say"


"Shya Quam" = "She's comming"


"Ma Quam" = "I'm comming"


"I be go" = "I'm going to go"


"You na mine me business" = "You don't worry about my business"


"Me ga look it afta" = "I will look after it"


"Me na Get" = "I dont have any"


"Leff it, Leff it!" = "Leave it!"


"He na ga Dead" = "He's not going to Die"


"How ya Do?" = "How are you?"


"Ya Carryin any ting?" = "Are you buying anything?"


"How Far ya Reachin?" = "How far are you Traveling?"


"Rain Ga Fall" = "Its going to Rain"


"Ya Gettin Troo?" = "Are you having Success?"


"Sun Heaty!" "Place Hot!" = "Its hot today!"


"Dey Teef it out" = "They Stole it"


"Walk wit ya Bag" = "Bring your bag with you"


"Ya Gettin me Cleea?" = "Do you Understand Me?"


"Bring it" = "Carry it"


"Masquita Plenty!" = "There's lots of Mosquitos!"


"Nobody na de home" = "No One is home"


"De na dea" = "They arent there"


"He gan till so de back" = "He went out to the back"


"He gan just over so" = "He went not too far away"


"Me na no fer Read" = "I dont know how to read"


"Alright, take keer" = "Ok take care"

"Nice mav top" = Nice mauve top

"Me tryin" = In answer to the question how are you

"You finish" = We would say are you ready

"Busa lime"= Having a nice chat with friends

OR

"Gaffing" = Also talking

Liming = walking with a boy or girl courting

So as you can see its a whole new language to tune into.  And then alot of the expressions are also from the US so for my pals in the UK I say cell phone now instead of mobile.  Cant stop saying it hehehehe.

So that is just a little taste of guyanese culture and lingo.  On wednesday we have a huge pioneer day helping the next cong down with there territory.  WE have completed our tract campaign territory in under 2 weeks.  Literally we were like swarming locusts eating up our maps.  It was so exciting but wow so much walking in the sun.  WE have all slept very well these past weeks.

So will share our adventures on wednesday.  There are alot of crocodiles and anaconda in the back dam so may get some great photos!!!!!

Take care and stay warm

Miss you all lots of love

Natalie