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Originally posted by Riya:

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Originally posted by DaFreak:
Den Amstel meh fadduh birth place

You got a roots all over the country!

Where is Den Amstel....East Bank Dem?

West Coast Demerara

Welcome Mr Odeen Ishmael.. That article was truly a wonderful piece...

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Originally posted by Odeen Ishmael:
This account appeared in the November-December 1963 issue of the PYO publication, Young Guiana:

THE INTRIGUING STORY OF PLACE NAMES OF GUYANA

It is a pleasure to finally see you make an appearance on GNI and for posting this article. I have a list of villages that once had coffee and sugar plantations which dates back to the early 1800s. For some reason, I notice that several of those villages are no longer on the map of Guyana, either their boundaries were redrawn and became part of other neighboring villages, also their exact location were not given but just the county that they were situated in.

I was thinking of including this as part of the work that Raymond and myself have been trying to document on the early period of indentureship.

This was definitely an interesting/educating topic with some fun along the way from names of villages to coconut oil and people's churki

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Originally posted by DaFreak:
Example: LetterKenny

duh is an ole village in Ireland, were deh Irish in GY?

Skranger tingz happinin pon GNI and yuh askin duh schuppidnes?????????????????

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Originally posted by alena:
Welcome Mr Odeen Ishmael.. That article was truly a wonderful piece...

ditto! i have learnt so much in the past 20 mins (yes i had to read twice this early in the morning).
thank you kind sir, and welcome!

Welcome Mr. Ambassador. Just be careful with you language since Fingers Amral lil trigger happy with bannin people fuh cussin!

That was a very enlightening article. Very fascinating. Thanks for sharing that.

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Originally posted by Dove:

Riya, this link has a list of countries that Judaism is/was practiced... Judaism by Country

Thank you for this link, Dove. Its very informative

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Berbice had a significant settlement of Jews in 1639, who were fleeing religious persecution in Brazil, they settled in what was then the Dutch colony of Berbice but later moved to Suriname.

I honestly didn't know this.

You guys are a host of knowledge...its awesome!

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Originally posted by Churchill:

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Originally posted by Dove:

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Originally posted by Riya:
How did we end up with Yiddish names in Guyana? Do you know?

Berbice had a significant settlement of Jews in 1639, who were fleeing religious persecution in Brazil, they settled in what was then the Dutch colony of Berbice but later moved to Suriname.

Many of the Jews also came from Spain as they fled the Spanish Inquisition....

Yes, the expulsion of 1492, the same year Columbus started his journies... Go back a page for Errol's and my comments, we said what you repeated on this page. Let's hope the young folks here appreciate our knowledge.

Dove, you bet I apprectiate all the inputs from you, Churchill and Errol! I have learned more about my country in one day than I did living there! (maybe I should I have paid more attention in history class too )

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Originally posted by Riya:
Dove, you bet I apprectiate all the inputs from you, Churchill and Errol! I have learned more about my country in one day than I did living there! (maybe I should I have paid more attention in history class too )

You were too damn busy eying up the Math teacher.....

good morning all

Wow, wow, wow!

Mr Ambasada himself posted! Wow welcome Sir OI

it's such an honor to have your presence here with us. Thank you very much for that article, not only is it interesting but it is full of so much valuable info.

This is awesome! wow

Tnk you Churchy, EA and Dovey yall are truly knowledgeable folks

A special welcome to Dr.Ishmael...

I regard you as a very gifted Guyanese historian....perhaps thats one of the many reasons why you are our best ambassador...

Looking forward to your future contributions to this forum...

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Originally posted by Churchill:
You were too damn busy eying up the Math teacher.....

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Originally posted by DaFreak:
good morning all

Wow, wow, wow!

Mr Ambasada himself posted! Wow welcome Sir OI

it's such an honor to have your presence here with us. Thank you very much for that article, not only is it interesting but it is full of so much valuable info.

This is awesome! wow

Tnk you Churchy, EA and Dovey yall are truly knowledgeable folks

Thank you for starting this thread! I bet this is what encourage him to contribute.

Amral shud mos definitely archive dis tred, doan yall agree?

marnin Sunshine

rememba my nostalgic Cinema tred sometime back? dis one reminds me of that one, too bad we dint request it to be archived

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Originally posted by DaFreak:
good morning all

Wow, wow, wow!

Mr Ambasada himself posted! Wow welcome Sir OI

it's such an honor to have your presence here with us. Thank you very much for that article, not only is it interesting but it is full of so much valuable info.

This is awesome! wow

Tnk you Churchy, EA and Dovey yall are truly knowledgeable folks

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Originally posted by DaFreak:
Amral shud mos definitely archive dis tred, doan yall agree?

marnin Sunshine

rememba my nostalgic Cinema tred sometime back? dis one reminds me of that one, too bad we dint request it to be archived

I strongly agree! The article posted by the ambassador even give you the meaning of some of the names...which is awesome.

That cinema thread was great! We all had memories of that...too bad we lost it indeed.

even that New Amsterdam tred where Churchy shined brilliantly with his contributions

wait is it shined or shone

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Originally posted by DaFreak:
even that New Amsterdam tred where Churchy shined brilliantly with his contributions

wait is it shined or shone

yep, the NA thread was a special. morning DF, Riya and all.

marnin Nippster, guh back tuh de odda tred i lef yuh a note

shine or shone...he was brilliant!

That was another great thread that got lost.

Hi Nippy, good morning

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Originally posted by Riya:
shine or shone...he was brilliant!

That was another great thread that got lost.

Merican Hinglish meh tell yuh but yuh gat de idea

I saw the thread DF hope you guys have plans for a great day. The NYC transit thread is so painful!

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Originally posted by DaFreak:
Merican Hinglish meh tell yuh but yuh gat de idea

later, babe

enjoy the rest of your day

ye a i'm bout tuh run ovuh by moms fi brekkie is some nice baigan choka cookin rite now

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Originally posted by Riya:

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Originally posted by DaFreak:
Merican Hinglish meh tell yuh but yuh gat de idea

later, babe

enjoy the rest of your day

tnk you boo, you do de same

we'll chat soon

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Originally posted by DaFreak:
ye a i'm bout tuh run ovuh by moms fi brekkie is some nice baigan choka cookin rite now

gulp! thats me swallowing sounds yummy! Enjoy