Like wa u name am?Īmerindian (ah-mer-ind-yan): wellz since itz confuzing calling dem native americanz and us coolie pplz indian 2, this here iz used in order 2 eliminate confusion.Īmitabh bachan (a-meet-abh bah-chan): da rang barse dude. AĪbe( ah-bee): an abbreviation of abedeze, meanz us peopleĪbedeze (ah-bee-these): please refer 2 abeĪja (ah-jah): ur grandfather upon ur fatherz sideĪjee (ah-jee): ur grandmother upon ur fatherz sideĪm (ahm): this iz generally used in place of it. The guy that wrote the dictionary has a fairly accurate meaning for all of the words. I found this Coolie “dictionary” of phrases on a Xanga blog (original URL lost). Although everyone in Guyana speaks and writes in the official language (English), here are some of the local phrases regularly used in speech.
