Talk:Guyanese Creole

fun with words

The Phrases section of this document is not to list every word that is used in the English language and the creole version of it, but to give a general idea of speech patterns and structure of the language.

Also, there is a very bizaare juvenile individual who insists on inputting the words

1. Homophobic slur for a gay man - battyman, mummaman, anti-man
2. Gay - gay
3. Lesbian - lesbian
4. Homosexual - homosexual
5. Bisexual - bisexual
6. Transexual - transexual
7. Penis - lolo, birdie
8. Vagina - patacake, pokey, punani, nani

Its obvious that most English speakers now know what these words mean, as Guyana is in the American sphere of influence, and is influenced by what happens in other western countries.

Can the individual who is obsessed with these word, and who keeps inputting them please please go to http://www.urbandictionary.com/

On the Urban Dictionary web site, one can input and vote on phrases and words related to your culture or anything....hours and days of juvenile fun.

I've removed a number of phrases as the section was getting unnecessarily long. I have no idea if the current phrases are correct but changes to the list should be mentioned here and additions to the list should be justified. Ƶ§œš¹ _{[aɪm ˈfɻɛ̃ⁿdˡi]} 08:12, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Just came across this page while checking out differences in Caribbean creoles. I saw more juvenile additions and deleted them. Not being a censor, just trying to make the page as the initial creator probably intended, cf. not a list of taboo words or personal vendetta about certain individuals. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.66.229.8 (talk) 14:12, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

phrases

The phrases on the main page don't follow any standard linguistic phonetic spellings. As Guyanese Creolese is an English dialect, the words are English words pronounced with an accent. Similar to how someone from Massachusetts would say "cyar pak" for the phrase "car park", the phrases noted on the page are simply english words spelled phonetically like how they would sound. But conceptually are the same English words noted in the "literal translation". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.211.152.192 (talk) 00:42, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, all of that is just plain wrong. Guyanese Creole is not an English dialect, it's a separate language with strong English lexical roots. The identification of the cognate English words, while interesting, is not only original research, which we frown upon, but don't actually constitute a "literal" translation. If I recall correctly, the spellings provided are from the sources themselves. Not quite phonetic, not part of a standard orthography, but that sort of middle ground happens a lot with creole languages. — Ƶ§œš¹ _{[ãːɱ ˈfɹ̠ˤʷɪ̃ə̃nlɪ]} 00:59, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

What's with that wikitongues video

She's just speaking regular english? RedesignSucksAss (talk) 00:49, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

It certainly seems pretty straightforward English, just with an accent. gilgongo (talk) 16:47, 7 August 2024 (UTC)