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Freaky
DonRaja
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meh look fi duh Mad


he seh fuh tell yuh thanks Big Grin


tell dat coconut oil head fi watch it rassss
Rosita
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Other villages in Wakenaam - Good Success, Sans Souci, Melville, Belle Plaine, Sarah, Maria's Pleasure, Zeelandia, Friendship, Bank Hall, Meerzorg, Caledonia, Free and Easy, Arthurville, Palmyra, Maria Johanna, Domburg, Fredericksburg, Noitgedacht, Rush Brook and Ridge.


Is Crabwood Creek a village? Or All Boys Town (Albouys Town)? dunno
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yea Asif is a CrabWoodCreekite Big Grin Big Grin
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Maida = European
Philipe = European
Kilmornak= irish
Eversham = British
Wellington Park = British
Brighton= British
bird
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tell dat coconut oil head fi watch it rassss

So he is the Louse Nest monster. Big Grin
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Is Crabwood Creek a village? dunno


yes Berbice
Riya
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Maida = European
Philipe = European
Kilmornak= irish
Eversham = British
Wellington Park = British
Brighton= British


What about Bengal? Would that be indian?
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This is a very nice thread...I was always fascinated by the villages names.

I figured the Dutch ones and the English ones but the ones like Betsy Ground or Miss Phoebe makes me wonder.

I grew up in Miss Phoebe. The old folks used to call it Missibee. I visted there just a few weeks ago. Beautiful place.
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Maida = European
Philipe = European
Kilmornak= irish
Eversham = British
Wellington Park = British
Brighton= British


Mon Repos = French?

La Penitance = Spanish? i barn dea bro flag
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Palymra is old arabic/hebrew... the biblical city which is in Syria, land of queen zenobia.


and it means city of palm trees.


I saw the set set and rise over Palymra, syria. Gives me goose bumps recalling that fable city.My feet touched its soil where the famous queen zenobia walked.
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tell dat coconut oil head fi watch it rassss


Its Mohini Hair Oil, thank you :O
Freaky
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wut bout La Bonne Intention? LBI
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tell dat coconut oil head fi watch it rassss


Its Mohini Hair Oil, thank you :O


lol he churkee showin tell he Big Grin Big Grin
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I saw the set set and rise over Palymra, syria. Gives me goose bumps recalling that fable city.My feet touched its soil where the famous queen zenobia walked.


that must be awesome - Syria gate - the gateway to heaven cool.gif
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Le ReSouvenir mo French?
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Originally posted by Jansher:
Maida = European
Philipe = European
Kilmornak= irish
Eversham = British
Wellington Park = British
Brighton= British


Mon Repos = French?

La Penitance = Spanish? i barn dea bro flag

La Penitence belonged to a Frenchmen. He killed his brother in France and escaped to Guyana and bought the estate. The older hre grew he became more and more penitent. Hence the name, La Penitence.

On reflection I retract my explanation. I was talking about Le Lepentir Cemetery. Is the cemetery in La Penitence? If so, my explanation could the be correct.

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Riya
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I grew up in Miss Phoebe. The old folks used to call it Missibee. I visted there just a few weeks ago. Beautiful place.


Errol, it was only recent that I knew that it wasn't Missibee but Miss Phoebe Big Grin I had to take a package there on a trip back and I saw the address.

Its a beautiful place with warm hearted people.
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Hey Riya u from Canjie right? do u know them Ishmael from No 2...he was a Public Notary.. dunno


Yeh Jacob.... near to the Palmyra turn. He now resides not far me.

No Kidding...Mits we shall talk abit more...my dad would be excited..hope is the right person... wavey.gif


I think he is in his 80's.. You can PM me. I don't want to spoil this wonderful thread. wavey.gif
Freaky
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Originally posted by DaFreak:
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Originally posted by Jansher:
Maida = European
Philipe = European
Kilmornak= irish
Eversham = British
Wellington Park = British
Brighton= British


Mon Repos = French?

La Penitance = Spanish? i barn dea bro flag

La Penitence belonged to a Frenchmen. He killed his brother in France and escaped to Guyana and bought the estate. The older hre grew he became more and more penitent. Hence the name, La Penitence.


wow! dint kno dat tnks bro
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Maida = European
Philipe = European
Kilmornak= irish
Eversham = British
Wellington Park = British
Brighton= British


Mon Repos = French?

yes, French when they occupied
Chateau Margot, as well


La Penitance = Spanish? i barn dea bro flag

Aha... not sure if its Spanish..

Where is that la penitance... demerara, you barn?
Dove

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Terry is famous enough but I was thinking of internationally famous writer and academician, Jan Carew.


Thanks EA... that is true...

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Freaky
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La Penitance near de Arch on Punt Trench Dam. It's Greater Gt i believe

EA seh it's French
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Le ReSouvenir mo French?


true that

New Amsterdam, after the commerical city of the netherlands. Everyone knows this.

Rotterdam, Guyana, Den Haag Guyana , all dutch
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La Penitence is in GT (Fr.)
Dove

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Now this thread is the type that we ole timers used to have and enjoy a lot when GNI took over from the Mango Tree and Kaiteur Connection... Red Face


and it shows, all de oletimers pon it cool.gif


Big Grin
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Hague, Den Amstel, vreed-en-hoop
Freaky
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i tink in schools most of us were tawt about the Dutch influence in GY but the other nationalities like French and Irish not so much as Dove alluded to
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wut bout Goed Fortuin? dutch right

or Uitlugt? Big Grin nevuh could spell dat name
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Le Resouvenir
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Dove

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...true, our own Queenie/Moira is of Scottish decent, her father ran a sugar plantation..


I think GNI has a fairly good representative of the different ethnic makeup of Guyana. I worked with a lady in Guyana who outwardly looked 100% African, except that one of her ancestors was a Dutch - and her surname was the only clue as to her "white" heritage.


True... we also had Rainbird, you know my mixed up German, Portuguese, Chinese, Black and Amerindian concoctions is always my resource for our multi-ethnic background. Smile
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