Caribbean writers represent! [Let me see my island crew🙌🏾]

I’d like to meet the writers from all caribbean islands. Represent your island bellow with the name and your flag!:point_down:t5::heavy_heart_exclamation::trinidad_tobago::haiti::cuba::dominican_republic::puerto_rico::jamaica::guyana::bahamas::suriname::belize::barbados::st_lucia::st_martin::sint_maarten::netherlands::st_kitts_nevis::dominica::antigua_barbuda::grenada:

Trinidad & Tobago :trinidad_tobago::partying_face:

Alsooooo did you guys ever think about writing a story in your country’s dialect?

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And I’m proud of it too

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Awesome!
So have you ever or plan to write a story in your dialect?
Not sure what Haiti’s dialect sounds like to be honest :sweat_smile:
Maybe you can give an example here. :relaxed:

:trinidad_tobago: woi!!!

There are a lot more carib’n writers in here. They’re prob busy or didn’t see the post.

Yup I have a story out. I didn’t write 100% Trini English since the way we speak can offend the community. Things we find funny can be deemed offensive to others as well.
So just a word of advice, just saying don’t write 100% Trini English cuz ppl might not understand and will stop reading/get offended. If you do, add the translation.

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OY GYAL!! :raised_hands:t5::heart::trinidad_tobago: never thought I’d run into another trini author :grin:

My story doesn’t have any of our dialect in it but it is based off of schools in Tobago. It would be nice to write one just for caribbean readers though .

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My family was born in Cuba! :cuba:

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Cuban queen :raised_hands:t5::fire::fire:

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Sorry I replied late, I have a character in one of my stories that’s also Haitian but the whole story won’t be in creole.

I’ll jus think this lol

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No worries and thanks :grin::heart:

:guyana:

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Wait which country is this?

Guyana

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Great :grin::raised_hands:t5:
Added any dialect to any of your stories?

tbh I don’t know much about my background :eyes::eyes:

Oh you don’t currently reside there.
A lot of Guyanese live in trinidad. They say a lot of things backwards to us lol.

The most popular is curry chicken for us & chicken curry for them :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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yeah lmao I say chicken curry always heh

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Ooh, I have a Haitian in my story. :heart:

Are you also from Haiti?

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:joy::joy: well I guess it’s a universal Guyanese thing no matter the string

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No, but my story takes place in Montreal which has a small, but decent Haitian population.

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