WIKITONGUES: Caroline speaking Gullah and English

Uploaded in Charleston, South Carolina.

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[AEHudg]

This sounds like a cross between deep southern and carribean.

[carolinagirl]

When my twin sister and I enlisted in the Air Force in 1997 from Charleston SC, we went through Basic Training together. EVERY TIME we spoke, the entire bay fell silent! And our fellow Airmen would ask us to keep speaking! Of course, everyone thought we were from the Caribbean and we proudly told them we were from Charleston❣️❣️❣️❣️

Less than eight years later I received my commission as a Medical Service Corps Officer (Healthcare Administrator) and had to give briefings often to the medical staff.

One day a much, much much older heavyset nurse decided to give me some professional advice. She compared me to a fellow officer who was also black, but raised up in the military and was a poised and professional speaker.

She negatively highlighted my accent and highly recommended I take a Toastmasters class to work on my public speaking. I looked her up and down and confirmed my speaking abilities were just fine. Never let those unfamiliar with your heritage try to ERASE it.

[rasheedahellis]

Who else is truly enjoying her storytelling of Gullah speak? I am!😍

[carlathepoet]

“you don’t stir no macaroni in no dish & call it mac n cheese” i cackled! yes lawd

[dcon]

Does anyone remember the 90’s nick children’s show Gullah, Gullah Island?

[parrishdove]

This woman is Kin to me. She had a store down the street from my Grandmother Eslin's house. She's so nice and sweet. I love that people can finally learn about my culture. Geechee & proud

[implive]

Jabulile is a Zulu name. It means "I'm happy". I'm south african and Proud of this elder for preserving the history of her people and passing it on.

[BigBoobieLRC]

I was raised in the Charleston area. This lady sounds just like my mom and grandma. I understand everything she is saying and I've actually lived and experienced what she's saying first hand. When our family gets together, we speak to each other this way and my wife(grew up in Augusta, GA) sits there confused because she doesn't understand anything we're saying lol. Also, boy do I miss that okra soup, Lima beans with pigtails, the ishe potato, and the pig feet. And she is absolutely right when she say we bake our macaroni and cheese, not mux and stir it in a pot and call it Mac and cheese lol. I've been telling people this for years. This lady is a breath of fresh air. I remember when I first entered the U.S. Army fresh out of high school, people used to think I was from the Caribbean. I'm proud of our culture. Living in Jacksonville Florida now, I rarely get to hear people talk this way until I go home to Charleston to visit my family. Keep teaching and tell those stories Mrs. White. I love you family

[miles]

Gullah sounds like a cross between Jamaican and Bahamian. She says daan taan instead of downtown like a Bahamian but she says unu like Jamaicans. I can't believe we've been seperated for so long and still speak the same language.

[Johanda]

Wow!!! I am in Trinidad, I have lived in Barbados and surrounded by other persons from the Caribbean. This sounds like a little piece of EVERYONE of us.
This is so beautiful. I can’t even explain to you how much this means to me. Thank you for sharing this!

[appsource]

this woman isn't a normal person... she has wisdom and knowledge from our ancestors.... if you know this woman you'd do well to to listen to her words... she might teach you something without even trying.... she definitely woke something up inside of me.

[browngirl]

Oh my gosh I couldn’t believe “bakra” is in Gullah. It’s in Jamaican patois and had the same meaning: plantation owner !!
So many Jamaican patois entwined in this
My people in the diaspora, I weep for us!! They didn’t decimate us as bakra wanted....our ancestors live thru us, in our speech, No matter the location. Be proud of our history.

[LameMule]

This woman is wonderful. Got a head full of history, a spirit of fire and a heart of gold.

[Jaebydabay]

Remember speaking this way in school and at home and I’d be told oh you talk so Geechee. I tried to change it but as I got older I wish I never stopped. This sounds so good to me!!!

[brookannloclivinjohnson]

When she said “we baked macaroni in an oven kinda like a pie” love it cause our Caribbean restaurants calls it just that! “Macaroni pie”! 💙

[kvjames]

This is so emotional. My grandmother and family from South Carolina used to talk like this l. It’s like they’re here with me.

[WABBNMedia]

Ethnic dialect is beautiful! It’s sad that it’s considered uneducated when black Americans talk our regional ethnic dialect . My maternal family is from South Carolina and my paternal is from Alabama. Culture is pride 🖤

[bellbookcandle]

Wow, the light in her eyes! And I don't mean the reflected sunlight - it's the light of her spirit shining out. Beautiful soul...💓

[CaneFu]

LOL, my wife is a Gullah from Charleston, SC and this is what she sounds like when she drops her "business English".

[natyboops]

When she say, "bukrah, " I nearly pass out! We does call dem "bookrah" in St. Croix. 😂 We's one people, no mattah how they try to divide and conquer.