Found this, in my five years of journals during my time in the Bahamas. Thanks to whoever penned it.  Brilliant. Love the way the Bahamians can be self-effacing:

30 Ways:

Drift wood painting...........Bahamas

1. Ya older dan ya uncle or aunt.

2. Ya Mummy still holdin ya passport and ya 33 years old.

3. Ya know what ’spry’ is.

4. Ya go ta a funeral to see da person face, but ya don’t know dem.

5. Ya call parts of ya body, bubby, bungy, and bread.

6. Ya ask for da worm outta da conch.

7. Potcake is a dog or burnt rice.

8. Ya say current instead of electricity.

9. Ya start shopping for hurricane supplies the day before the hurricane.

10. ‘Vel mudda sick’ means something to ya.

11. Ya point wit ya lips.

12. Ya refer to people as boss or chief.

13. Ya refer to the lunch lady at school as Mum.

14. Ya can direct an American to the nearest Walmart, Brandsmart or Florida Mall.

15. Ya call Coca-Cola, coke soda, and everything else sweet soda.

16. Ya say ‘reverse back’

17. Ya know what ‘pants gunin’, and ‘gun casin’ mean.

18. Ya use da word ‘destroyful’.

19. Ya buy food from a place called ‘Dirty’s’ and go dancing in a place called ‘da Zoo’.

20. Ya MP have more case in court dan you.

21. Ya only buy da Thursday paper (to see who dead).

22. Ya start off gossiping wit ‘chile guess wha’.

23. Ya call all dishwashing liquid ‘Joy’ and all washing detergent ‘Tide’.

24. Ya put dettol in da water da bade wit.

25. Ya grammy is clean house in pulled up slip or night dress.

26. Ya best comeback in an argument is ‘You like man hey’.

27. You get outta ya bed at 1am ta watch junkanoo, but can’t make it t owork fer 9am.

28. Ya go to da beach , not to swim but just wet ya foot.

29. When ya talk ya pronounce v’s like w’s and w’s like v’s, eg .vomen, wulgar.

30. Ya go Miami every month but have never visited another Bahamian island.

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