Today you can still hear in normal everyday conversations such African retentions as buckra 'white man,' tita 'elder sister,' dada 'mother or elder sister,' nyam 'eat/meat,' sa 'quickly,' benne 'sesame,' una 'you,' and da the verb 'to be.' Other Gullah Africanisms such as cooter 'turtle,' tote 'to carry,' okra 'plant food,' gumbo 'stew,' and goober 'peanut' are widely used in mainstream American English." From his research conducted in the late 1930s, Lorenzo Turner was the first linguist to document over 4000 Africanisms in the Gullah lexicon, many of them used as basket names (e.g. "The Gullah lexicon is largely English. (A Gullah proverb, from The Gullah People and Their African Heritage, 2005) "On possible to get straight wood from crooked timber." Mufwene, "North American Varieties of English as Byproducts of Population Contacts," in The Workings of Language, ed. Of all the vernaculars associated with African Americans, it is the one that diverges the most from (White) middle-class varieties in North America." Please be aware our prices and shipping costs do not include local import taxes which may need to be paid by the customer upon receipt.- "The English variety spoken by descendants of Africans on the coast of South Carolina is known as Gullah and has been identified as a creole. E-mail us if you have any questions about the service we offer. Remember if you are unsatisfied in any way with any purchase, we will give you a complete and unconditional refund. Other methods of payment are possible but please email us for details. Account details are available upon request. All personal cheques should be made payable to 'Anybook Ltd.'. We accept personal cheques in British Pounds as well as direct bank payments without any commission or additional charges. As well as Visa and Mastercard, we also accept Switch, Discover and Solo. We use Royal Mail and other reputable couriers at greatly discounted postage rates. We will respond to your enquiry promptly and mail books out within 1 working day. All our books are in good condition or better, unless otherwise described.
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