Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1914 — West Indian English. [ARTICLE]

West Indian English.

A traveler just returned from a trip through the West Indies is still laughing over the English used by the natives of the islands, which strikes strangely on American ears. “1 was just leaving a barber shop in Trinidad, after getting a phave,” he said, "when the barber, looking closely at my derby, remarked: “ ‘Excuse me, but your hat is nasty, sir.’ “I was about to consider it an insult when he picked up the hat and said: “ ‘Your hat is very hasty, sir. Allow me to brush it for you.’ “Another time I gave out my wash at a hotel. Presently the black chambermaid came to me to explain that the laundry people refused to undertake the washing and ironing of one of my shirts, as it was too much worn and might fall to pieces in-the process. The way she conveyed the Information to me was as follows: “ ‘The laundry people say, sir, dat onq of your shirts, is properly rotten!’ ”,