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The Guyanese Indian ..... - Meseret - 12-16-2015
a friend shared this with me. I am re-sharing .....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brown-girl-magazine/the-indocaribbean-experie_b_8799132.html
Re: The Guyanese Indian ..... - ketchim - 12-16-2015
Once in a while my paternal grandmother sings Islamic devotional couplets in Hindi
and explains what she understands them to mean
based on her grandparents' translations of them decades ago.
Re: The Guyanese Indian ..... - ketchim - 12-16-2015
Meseret , thanks for sharing this : a must read for Goog Lee
Re: The Guyanese Indian ..... - ketchim - 12-16-2015
My parents never wanted me to imitate this accent because, for many, it is regarded as a thing of shame.
To be hidden away like a botched tattoo or a drunken mistake.
It is an illustration of how the poorest members of Indian society spoke when English was first forced upon them.
"Speak properly!" my parents said, when I playfully accented my words.
[size=12pt] "You are an American."[/size]
Re: The Guyanese Indian ..... - ketchim - 12-16-2015
"You are not Guyanese-American. You are just American. You were born here."
On the multi-cultural day at school, they didn't understand [size=12pt]why I had to create a poster about Guyana.[/size]
"You are American. Make a board about America, nah?"
::LOL:: ::LOL::
Re: The Guyanese Indian ..... - ketchim - 12-16-2015
Chairman , your cousin book is referneced here !
Gaitri Bahadur : Coolie Women.
Re: The Guyanese Indian ..... - chairman - 12-16-2015
i saw that as i read.
Re: The Guyanese Indian ..... - Googley - 12-16-2015
[quote author=ketchim link=topic=101837.msg669723#msg669723 date=1450284528]
Meseret , thanks for sharing this : a must read for Goog Lee
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Re: The Guyanese Indian ..... - ketchim - 12-16-2015
Googs , we hear you were belting out some Munajats and Ghazals...
last night during birthday Cake cutting !
kakkabelly would be green with envy
Quote:my paternal grandmother [size=10pt]sings Islamic devotional couplets in Hindi[/size].
Re: The Guyanese Indian ..... - Googley - 12-16-2015
excellent article, btw!