This week's Bajanism - Cock up

Pronounciation: \ˈkäk\ˈəp\

Etymology: Barbados

Definition: Go out of existence; pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

"You hear Ms. Wilcox down de road jus cock-up?"

There's hope yet!

see that?

yes....., I mean that thing above this text. It's the most expensive window in the world. Astronauts installed it on the International Space Station over the weekend and the entire extension unit, known as the 'tranquility node', cost a whopping $27 mill. USD, let alone prelims, overheads & profit.

Better put NASA on speed dial, I smell opportunity.

漢字混乱の私 私の漢字混乱は。。。はい、とても好きです。

As if my life weren't complicated enough already, I've picked up JP speak so I won't be entirely clueless on my next trip.

Fot the moment though It's much more like [kanji] smatter. but as they say "Practice makes perfect"

Bahia or Bust! pt.2

You may not have noticed, but, the planned Bahia trip fell through.

Reason being, our procurement department here at the house of T has just acquired a used Landrover. Pics to be posted soon.

	LandRover Defender
	Engine	5 cylinder direct injection diesel engine. 90 KW at 4200rpm 300 NM Torque at 1950 rpm	Top Speed	ಠ_ಠ
	Weight	Hardtop 110, 1920 Kg Kerb	0-60 Time	2 weeks
	Drive	4 wheel drive	Wheelbase	110 inches
	Tyres	205/80 R16	Brakes	come & go

OMFG!

So..... remember a few months ago I made a post referring to strange events in the middle east?

Imagine my surprise when I go to check the news on the beeb this morning and I see an article that breaks down the criteria of camel beauty, if ever you were curious. (photo sourced from article)

So what?

pshaw........... I've been doing this for years with my car stereo

This week's Bajanism - Duppy umbrella

I know what you're about to say, but you're wrong, I haven't done this one already. It was suggested to me by a guest star we had over at the house of T over the weekend, and as she so rightfully pointed out, is a true bajanism whereas the term "duppy" is found throughout the caribbean. So here we go---


Pronunciation: \ˈdʌpɪ\ˌəm-ˈbre-lə\

Function : noun

Etymology: Caribbean: Barbados

Definition:

1: The term "duppy umbrella" is often, but not exclusively, applied to poisonous mushrooms or to those that have the classic umbrella-like cap-and-stem form. Between 1400 and 1600 A.D., the terms tadstoles, frogstooles, frogge stoles, tadstooles, tode stoles, toodys hatte, paddockstool, puddockstool, paddocstol, toadstoole, and paddockstooles sometimes were used synonymously with mushrom, mushrum, muscheron, mousheroms, mussheron, or musserouns

(definition actually sourced via wikiworldorder)