Woye, Ah Wotless! You Know You’re Caribbean When…
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Lauren R.D. Fox
As a child you were called “pickney”
Pickney means child. It is said the word originated during slavery from the Portuguese word : “pequenino” and has a negative connotation because it was often used with the n-word. But in the Caribbean, parents use it to describe their children when in conversation. Also, the Nigerian dialect Pidgin has its own variation of the word. I believe pickney, along with other patois words, derived from Caribbeans’ West African heritage.
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