I concur - Grenadians know this vegetable as balanjay. It's just part of our colourful expression of Self to put our own spin on any and everything we choose- no apologies necessary 🤷🏾‍♀️

Also called zabuka in Grenada - yum..delish 😋

I heard the word ‘kiskede’ originated from French or Patois…”quest ki dit” … meaning - “What you say?” Do I have ipthevFrench correctly? raviji

What does the mauby called in Jamaica

Anybody with the name Peter and last name brown

We grew up with stories about the werewolf who was obsessed with numbers. it could only enter your home if you had a string of 100 Jumbee beads outside your door. So, to confuse the werewolf you made a sting of 99 Jumbee beads. The werewolf would spend the entire night counting the string over and over trying to reach 100. o. He

In St Lucia it is okro or gumbo

In St lucia it is cutlass or koutla

In St Lucia we call it pommdamou ( pomme d'amour) or love apple

Scrayving is rhe Guyanese vwrsion

Bottom

That explanation from Akash is very interesting and enlightening for I heard that from my Mom.

This site also carries Dunks, singular almost never used (a Dunk), which is the Bajan fruit that we know well.

When chopped, it is known as "racaíto" (ray-kye-'EET-oh).

Meaning please

Also called kaimit in Haitian Creole

I remember this as… Creme ti carol 🇭🇹

i forgot him hole :(

brango nothing, is "bacchanal"💀

In Trinidad we call dem "sucka-bag"

Kousenband

when you're stressed out

My father still says 'Fleg' to mean and segment of orange

In SVG it's called Carailla. My dad used it for high blood pressure.

Say something. Keep it civil.

Where in Grenada can I find this..

yo mama

It a thief

aye bro i got one right now and im hella scared right now

we have this in aruba too

no

Jamaicans use that one too

In St.lucia we call it pawpaw too

aint nuh hard ta onstan d accent 😭

We also pronounce it as “lab”

We also say Ching chong (chin chuung)

Le llamamos caballitos de San Pedro

The correct spelling is guabine..this is the fish species in Trinidad

This is not a mesple.

Aye boy. Dah man usstoh be rell rich now hee picking trew ghabage khan. (Scrunting)

The first 4 photos are amaranth aka chowri bhaji in TT. The Jamaican callalloo is a larger leaved amaranth; its taste is milder. The last photo is, likely, the leaves of the dasheen/taro aka 'callalloo bush' in TT because it is used to make the soup-like dish known as callalloo. The leaves of eddoes and dasheen are almost identical except the latter have a reddish/purple dot at the centre.

Butu means low. Jamaicans say butu if you squat. Also if you say someone butu it means they are low or a lowlife.

THE BANANA TASTES CASSA CASSA

Ya faas-meaning:you na mind ya bussiness stay out a me conversyashun

Usually made with bois bande - herb. Said to make you “strong as an ox”

Pale and sickly in appearance

Cruff

....ayo mek mi tell yuh 1 ting abt disya soap 🤫

Dumplins

Long is dread locks short is kinky dread