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Cubans must speak Ebonics?
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2009-10-13 02:14:00 AM
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So rather than task Trinidadians to rise above the street levels we want Cubans Doctors and Nurses to become illiterate and condesending to facilitate the locals. |
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Creole in T&T
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2009-10-13 06:00:00 AM
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Trinidadians don't speak no damn creole, they just speak stupidly.
Already, we are hearing about the Cubans reluctance to learn English & Creole, and they have the same attitude in Miami. |
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Re: Creole in T&T
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2009-10-13 4:28:00 PM
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thats means you speak stupidity too |
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Welcome
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2009-10-13 08:12:00 AM
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Welcome back, Cubans! |
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Foreign Doctors
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2009-10-13 02:59:00 AM
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You know it is a crying shame that the admistration seems to lack any intelligence what so ever. I am a doctor and i have left Trinidad. Trinis will continue to have to settle for this substandard care...and believe me it is. This will continue until doctors are paid properly (right now it is hopelessly shameful) and crime is dealt with. Realise that there is a MASSIVE brain drain in progress please you incompetent... |
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TRINI TALK...
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2009-10-13 03:00:00 AM
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Mixed emotions...we were taught the Queen's English in school, we were not instructed in Creole. However, we Trinbagonians speak in a dialect, and that's OK too. Why should these doctors/nurses have to learn dialect? Why don't our people learn to speak the Queen's English (we were taught in school), when it is necessary? Students should be told, to be understood, they should speak proper English, when dealing with the rest of the World; when they leave the soils of Trinbago, they become unoffical ambassadors for their country. I am certain that if an Employer in TnT had to choose between the 2 qualifying persons he/she interviewed, he/she will hire the one who spoke proper English, before the one whose grammar was broken up into pieces. I agree with the nurse who stated, 'English is English.' Another waste of tax payers money. Kiya. |
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That's all, folks.
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2009-10-13 03:26:00 AM
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Doctor: Eh, eh, gyul, wey yuh suff'ring?/
Girl: Ah have a belly gripe since ah pong meh big thum./
Doctor: Lemme see, wey yuh pong it?/
Girl: Buh yuh choopid or wat, ah pong it in de kitchen. |
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Re: That's all, folks.
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2009-10-13 4:47:00 PM
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I must admit this is funny! |
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Cubans
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2009-10-13 09:03:00 AM
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Why is there a shortage of healthcare professionals in the country? When I worked at the San Fernando hospital 45 years ago, there were doctors from the Philippines. There doesn't seem to be improvements after so many years. What about english-speaking countries? |
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Why can't we just speak properly?
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2009-10-13 07:53:00 AM
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Everyday I shake my head at the poor level of communication among people in this country. We all watch cable. Why can't we learn to speak properly?
Onlyest is not a word! |
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English and Creole?
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2009-10-13 09:21:00 AM
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I am a product of the investment in education as promoted by the Father of our Nation about 1964 to 1969. English was decidedly the language and common folk stretched themselves into readiness for the in vogue stature of "Citizen of the World." Many were shamed into improvement by comical references to 'Green Verbs'. I am also quite sure that Creole is commonly referred to broken or dialect French as is used in Hati as different from standard French of say Quebec or Paris. Interestingly, we are involved at a state level attempting to soothe and keep blunt the population. Is there some highly desirable commodity that is Trinidadian which will motivate the need to learn this vulgar language as the measure of suitability? That being the case on the argument that I am living in the US too long to appreciate the need and extent of the indigenous dialect; It might be worthwhile to investigate how Jamaicans responded upon learning that a Bible translation was being prepared in their native dialect. Trinidad may have some desire to be coonsidered an unsophisticated un-reached people. For years we have joked (like Field Slaves with private interpretation)at the Calypso since white foreigners did not ever fully understand the import of the message. Rum compensated for the void. The recommendation is since the answer is in making ready for competitive advantage then have some Nationals living abroad in retirement return as translators and intermediaries for the personell we are replacing (brain drain) and maybe the people can continue cultivating the fine art of wining. Finally I think Keith Smith should be named the Ambassador of Dialect since he writes so well and was awarded a highly regarded National Honour as a journalist. As a side however, I think Keith should tell about his transition from Journalist to Storyteller/Entertainer. Just Thinking... Pete-Boston |
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This is why trinidad will never go anywhere
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2009-10-13 09:23:00 AM
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This is a clear case of where Trinidadians shame themselves.
I believe that the school system is free from the ages of 5 to 16 years of age. Trinidadians need to learn how to speak properly.
This is a message for all Trinidadians that are not willing to improve themselves and just leach of society - "YOU ARE THE REASON TRINIDAD IS IN A MESS". |
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Re: This is why trinidad will never go anywhere
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2009-10-13 4:30:00 PM
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yea you too , is why Trinidad is a mess |
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Iz a real pain in de..
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2009-10-13 08:03:00 AM
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Might be better to teach Trinis Spanish, since speaking English is impossible for the majority of this country. |
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Cubans must speak "Trini Talk"
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2009-10-13 05:36:00 AM
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I am not sure about the Trini talk but I would be frightfully worried if they did not speak English fluent enough to understand the people put in their care.
How do the T & T medical institute interview these people? Are the test papers and interview in English or Spanish/Portugese? |
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LEARN CREOLE
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2009-10-13 10:08:00 AM
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There is a good idea being brought to life. The same way Trini's describe what's wrong with their cars is the same way we describe our ailments. So to deliver excellent health care,you have to learn Trini-speak.I don't know if there is a Spanish translation for, "stoppage ah water". In Quebec you must pass a French proficiency exam to get a License, so...when in rome |
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Bring in some Police me too nah....
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2009-10-13 12:27:00 AM
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Ok, so Minsitry of Health recruits some 569 foreign health workers.
Why is it the Ministry of Nat. security can't recruit some foreign police personnel as well? |
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Cubans must learn Trini talk
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2009-10-13 11:10:00 AM
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Thank god, I thought Manning and Narace would have put up a sign in all the hospitals that says: Spanish speaking only |
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Cubans must learn Trini talk
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2009-10-13 07:16:00 AM
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Oh Lord! The service in the hospitals under the PNM government is already deplorable. Now the PNM have Spanish speaking only health staff reading english labels on the medications. Lord help us please |
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Trini talk
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2009-10-13 11:26:00 AM
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There's nothing like "Trini Talk" - Doc ah have a pain here! I once heard a lady asked a bus driver on the Carnasie Line B17 as he pulled in to the bus stop, "yuh goin up?" the bus driver asked her "going up where". You see there are two buses on that line - one makes the loop to the L train subway and the other goes straight to the Utica Avenue, Crown Heights subway. I could not help but chuckle and said to myself "dat fella aint no trini talk" - listen good. It sweet. |
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Cubans must learn Trini talk
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2009-10-13 08:52:00 AM
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Do we really expect a someone whose native tongue is not English to grasp the rudiments of Trini talk in two weeks? There are non-Trinis who have lived here for over 15 years and still have difficulty in communicating. The same is true on non-English residents in London. In the right setting it would take at least 3 months with practical field work to accomplish the objective. So let's make it meaningful unless what we want to achieve is a political PR job. |
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Cubans must learn Trini talk.
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2009-10-13 11:59:00 AM
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Yeah like its your appendix thats realy so go take a seabath. Or ah little bush rum go fix yuh up .I love it. The Cuban education system is about six times better than in T&T but we want to teach them how to talk trini nonsense. Ah well it could be worse. |
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Good Job to hire and equip health workers.
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2009-10-13 2:00:00 PM
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I am so pleased that the Ministry of health sees it fit to bring in more health workers. I hope the locals learn a few things from the Cubans. Local nurses nowadays cannot take blood samples or affix IV lines like in the old days. So we could look at improving their skill levels also. |
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Don't see the problem
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2009-10-13 1:33:00 PM
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If you learn Spanish you have to take the dialect into account. Venezuelan spanish is not the same as Spain spanish etc. similarly Trini English, US English, UK will be different. What's the big deal? Understanding patients better will lead to a better service which is what health workers are supposed to be providing. |
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Trini talk!
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2009-10-13 10:37:00 AM
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Say what? Trini talk is wonderful! W.DC loves Trini talk and those born Yankees who are married into my fresh-water Yankee family have become fluent. Now we fresh-water people have to pong tory carefully, lest the Yankees hear us dudu-darlin'---and this salutation came from my American physician to his patient, my mother, at her recent medical evaluation at age 77-yrs. Yankees buss out ah laugh at the comess! Trini language is beautiful! We must also know when to speak standard English. Capitol Hill/W.DC |
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getting a job
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2009-10-13 4:38:00 PM
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Can I get a job in my birth land.
I am a registered nurse,experiece in medsurge and oncology with great experience.... |
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Re: getting a job
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2009-10-13 4:54:00 PM
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yes |
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Language is culture!!!
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2009-10-13 4:57:00 PM
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Language is culture. The way trinidadians speak has nothing to do with lack of education or anything improper. All of you who are bashing Trini creole are obviously disconnected with the diversity of the world. Just like judging a rapper by the way they talk, trinidadians should not be judged by the way they talk. There are rappers that are extremely briliant and obviously more successful than most of us. It is federal law in the united states (JACHO) that requires nurses to learn the culture of their patients. This includes ways to communicate in their native language. So this is absolute not wrong by the Trini government. |
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Re: Language is culture!!!
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2009-10-13 6:12:00 PM
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yea yea you tell them ,
the majority of people who commented bashing trini talk just stupid and come here to post a load of crap!
They think just cause they in America the whole world should talk that kinda English .....NO!! Trinis talk trini talk socially but the majority of us talk straigh english at important times which is what matters , just cause one contry won;t speak like America don;t mean they are stupid or something !
why oh why do only the stupid comments get thorpugh
well 1 things thats not happeneing is that Trinis will not change there social talk liek how Americans do just cause these bunch of losers here who bash their own culture because they live away and want to let everyone know they live in a 1st world contry and this that , think Trinidad shoudl do what America says ,
oh yea speaking of American culture how comes you don;t bash street talk like socaila talk there , like What up dog? , whats good?, what up we, etc....
Every contry has there own social talk and so does Trinidad ,
thank god that none of you are'nt in a position of autority all you all know to do is type feeling all safe behind some monitor! , you don't care notting about Trinidad yet you come to bash the contry that your from , for those afro trinis , you would still be in africa if was not for Trinidad , and for the indo Trinis you would be slaves to the casts system in India had it not been fro Trinidad, Trinidad and trini culture gave you soo much but you don;t realise , all you bashers realise is bashing your own culture, its like how some kids when they grow up bash there parents and take advantage of the, . SHAME ON ALL THE BASHERS WHO COME JUST TO TALK DOWN TRINIDAD, if there was really a problem with how we speak how comes A LOT of Trinis are educated and win scolarships , and most of them come from poor families who don;t even have TV to see how UK or USA English spoken, if Trinis could not speak right how comes there is a Trini in something big in the world ? well?? , and when that trini makes headlines you want to go !Yea YEA thats my contry he is from" m all you bashers knwo to do is use your contry to your convenience
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