We need to preserve all of our dielects and accents: Gullah, Cajun, Creole, Virginia Tidewater, Mid-atlantic, etc. That's what gives America it's flavor.
@annlewis3322
2 жыл бұрын
What is Virginia Tidewater?
@ohoopeewoman7824
Жыл бұрын
@@annlewis3322 I think this is from Scotland. I've been there and heard words like boat pronounced like boot with a short oo.
@jjones7396
Жыл бұрын
@@annlewis3322 It’s a Virginia accent that sounds like a mixture of British and Southern.
@locksley11
Жыл бұрын
@@annlewis3322there is no such thing but they are definitely talking about the remnants of old England descendants on tangier island.
@anikacorbett7714
6 ай бұрын
@locksley11 that's a lie my people are from Angola 🇦🇴..I grew up in Georgia and we talk just like that..DNA DOESN'T LIE..IM FROM THE MBUNDU TRIBE OF ANGOLA...WHAT HE'S SAYING IS TRUE MY MAN IS FROM SIERRA LEONE AND HE SOUNDS LIKE THE GULAH GEECHEE FOLKS BECAUSE REMEMBER THEY NEEDED RICE PLANTERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND THEY BOUGHT THEM IN FROM ANGOLA AND DEFINITELY SIERRA LEONE.
@slimtrain
3 жыл бұрын
I have a Bible written in Gullah language that I picked up in Charleston SC. It’s important for me to know my Gullah Geechee heritage and background.
@302monique
2 жыл бұрын
Have same Bible...gifted to my daughter. Saltwada Geechee
@Gvhbj
3 ай бұрын
Post it
@sd247
2 ай бұрын
@slimtrain I hear you. I have the Bible called "De Nyew Testament."
@adriangray7987
3 жыл бұрын
Naam = nyam 🇯🇲 - so many connections between the islands, and back to West Africa 🇬🇭 🇳🇬 🇨🇮 🇹🇬 🇧🇯 🇸🇱
@1SpicyPisces
3 жыл бұрын
Very close to lots of Caribbean/West Indian accents, in Trinidad 🇹🇹we say "me eh studying yuh" meaning of course I'm not paying you any attention. "Carrying on" definitely. One people 🥰
@gullahgritstv
3 жыл бұрын
I love this ✊🏿✊🏿❤️
@ddayclassic
3 жыл бұрын
I just moved to Florida and realized some American were not Caribbean and the language is very similar to Patois.
@michek579
3 жыл бұрын
It’s all one and the same. Study FL Seminole wars and the real trail of tears
@majestic_me313
3 жыл бұрын
@@gullahgritstv where can someone sign up for your mentoring classes.
@treiclark9447
3 жыл бұрын
Low key, the whole video, I was like “don’t all black people talk like this?” And then it dawned on me... my family is from SC soooooo.... we’re very much a part of Gullah culture and I didn’t realize that so clearly until just now. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 This whole video sounds like Christmas at home with my grandparents. 🤣
@EnigmaticEvee
3 жыл бұрын
💯 FACTS! I thought all country people spoke like this. My people from South Carolina.
@Blueprintforauthors
3 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed! This is so true I was listening and realized my grandparents both maternal and paternal are from the SC, Georgia and Florida coasts so this was funny and educating at the same time because I knew most if not all of the terms!
@KtotheG
3 жыл бұрын
Charleston, SC was a major slave port. Over 40% of Africans came through there to the US..
@kayphearse6927
3 жыл бұрын
Texas & Louisiana too!!! 😂
@lovealwaysbibi3336
3 жыл бұрын
Girl I was thinking the same thing! But my Pop Pop from SC and chyle my grandma nem from Louisiana so saying oil and orange is a struggle for me I know now why😂😂
@livefree1111
4 жыл бұрын
I’m from the Chuck. It’s good to see my people being proud of our Gullah/Geechee roots. Without Gullah there would be no Ebonics, Innit?!
@omartistry
4 жыл бұрын
You ain't Lyn Brotha ✊🏿
@gullahgritstv
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment!!! Yes I love seeing how we are coming out the woodworks! Peace!
@omartistry
4 жыл бұрын
Innit= Annit = Ain’t it= Ain’t. Yep I see the root.
@CocoaKissesSC
3 жыл бұрын
From the chuck too! Loved seeing this video! We do have to preserve as much as we can! All ah we haffa do we pawt. 🤗
@2MnyNpKnZ
3 жыл бұрын
Facts! Miss them days!
@TerryOnDemand
4 жыл бұрын
Hmmm.. we use alot of these terms in Chicago. The AFRICAN diaspora is amazing! We really are connected.🧡
@gullahgritstv
4 жыл бұрын
Yes we are it’s lovely to see! Share it please and thank you for visiting my channel !
@LearningToLove..
3 жыл бұрын
I was looking for this comment! I was about to say the same thing 👆🏾. I recognize quite a few of these words/phrases! The African Diaspora is indeed amazing 🤩
@izazayahbanyahawadah
3 жыл бұрын
Roots in Michigan City, my granny taught many of us settled on our way to Canada from the South. (My folks from Mississippi). Funny thing the neighborhood in Indiana I grew up in is called Canada (or lil Canada). And we shol be speakin like dis'er. Lol
@KtotheG
3 жыл бұрын
I've heard some black Chicagoans mention Geechee before and I was a little offended, because I thought they were mocking us, but apparently they speak it there, too.. I didn't know that it extended that far. A lot of them do sound country now. Come to think of it... Bernie Mac was pretty damn Geechee and that pimp bishop is, too.
@ccleroy1234
3 жыл бұрын
Heck yeah! The great migration.... Mississippi to Chicago.....we are EVERYWHERE
@DejaunWright
3 жыл бұрын
As a Jamaican, most of this does make sense. I wish Gullah was written in the same way Patwa is written. Gullah language is so musical, much like St. Vincent creole and Trinidadian patois. Living with Trinis and Vincentians, I've grown accustomed to hearing much of the words and intonation that the Gullah people also use. If I were to hear a Gullah person, I would think they were Vincentian or Trini. I would not think they were American at all. Our African langua is very strong and common among all of us.
@erinmoore6463
3 жыл бұрын
That’s beautiful.
@nelliej4558
2 жыл бұрын
Same
@prosperousnatasha8153
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for mentioning St. Vincent and the grenadines but we call what we speak simply dialect if sometimes ask what we speak usually it’s just dialect St. Lucia our neighboring island speaks creole in St. Vincent we use words like come ya = come here. Pa ya go = where are you going and so forth. Hope this helps ❤🫶🏾
@missindia619
4 жыл бұрын
That head of hair on you! Gorgeous!
@gullahgritstv
4 жыл бұрын
India Fenderson thank you so much!!!!
@margaretholman756
3 жыл бұрын
Yes it is. I love his demeanor. 🥰
@lmini05
2 жыл бұрын
I learned of Gullah/Geechee from the childhood tv program Gullah Gullah Island. 🗣
I LOVE this!!! It's not ebonics it's OUR creole lol!
@lavendertahruecii7644
3 жыл бұрын
Yes me also it was very interesting!!!
@thenaturalgemini
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment. People need to know it is a language and not Ebonics.
@CrookBrown
2 күн бұрын
Facts
@audra7422
3 жыл бұрын
My grandmother always called earring, yeabobs and we are from Louisiana.
@morgank98
3 жыл бұрын
My grandmother was from AL and called earrings earbobs.
@AuthorLHollingsworth
3 жыл бұрын
Facts. Here in Texas, and Louisiana is just how we talk.
@jamesspeed2137
3 жыл бұрын
After the war of 1812 Gullah warriors fled to those states Oklahoma, Mexico and the Bahamas. I'm From Florida btw
@queenbe965
3 жыл бұрын
When I talk like this my husband thinks I'm getting an attitude because I can speak such grammatically correct English. But I was raised being talked to like this lol 🤣
@viniciusdrumer88
4 жыл бұрын
Loved the video. We Brazilians have never heard about Gullah. Thanks for showing me it. 🇧🇷🇧🇷
@gullahgritstv
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Vini!!!!!!!
@emorunmorrison9775
2 жыл бұрын
nim oh
@QCNic
2 жыл бұрын
Ebonics is dem folks tryin to take the geechee tongue and make it into a colloquium they own... No hunnychilleeee, don't work like that! Those who know, know!! This was great! Keep sharin!!!
@kymberlismith919
3 жыл бұрын
From Outter Banks of NC to Jacksonville, Fl is the Gullah/ Geechie Corridor.
@marquiskuhkieslaughter6481
3 жыл бұрын
We say "een" in Mobile, Alabama lol that's crazy. We say emus like eenmuch (even much). Some other similarities as well.
@missdaliesh
3 жыл бұрын
We say eenmuch also. Florida via South Carolina slavery. Geechee has been passed down intentionally; we just didn't know as kids.
@13579hee
3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking "emus" was just "even" or "even much"! Honestly if you read slave narratives you can easily start to get a better understanding of Black American English
@lovelydeath04
3 жыл бұрын
Much love from Montgomery, Alabama!!!❤❤❤
@velettadavis-williams5458
Жыл бұрын
I have in- laws from Monroeville near Mobile. When I'd hear them say em-much when we first met , I thought they were so " country "! Now knowing the roots....I'm so impressed that they held fast to 'em!
@CrookBrown
2 күн бұрын
@@missdalieshyep I’m in Atlanta and Savannah is 4 hours away and use almost all of these.
@alwaysalady9616
4 жыл бұрын
Glad to have our language still spoken!!!! Dishyah da trut!
@gullahgritstv
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for visiting my channel!!!!! Peace! Share to reach more of our people
@brainsandbeautyra
3 жыл бұрын
True dat
@anikacorbett7714
6 ай бұрын
Exactly 😅
@Teachtheway
3 жыл бұрын
This was soooo good Chyle. I’m from Chicago and I grew up hearing or speaking with all these same words. My daddy said his family was Geechee. In my mamas house this was just “talkin country” or speaking Ebonics. It feels good to know that its been a legit language all this time.
@tj.henderson
2 ай бұрын
Yes,to me it is a language but also talking country or ebonics. It is cool though to learn more about it. I thought it was just people that didn't know English well that spoke like that.
@ColdOcttober
2 жыл бұрын
i live in savannah, you sound just ike my grandmother when you talk, miss my geechee girl!
@gertrudebuck590
Ай бұрын
I Thank you for teaching us This Language!!
@InIversal
3 жыл бұрын
Certain words you use in Georgian Geechee we don't use in SC. In SC, our Gullah is more of a Caribbean patois. Edit: Our pronunciation is more Caribbean also. For example, in GA y'all mainly say 'chillun', while in SC we mainly say 'churn'...as they do in the Caribbean. Also, instead of 'naam' we say 'nyam', like in the Caribbean. I was Belize talking Gullah to everyone and had no problem.
@shamika5300
3 жыл бұрын
Facts
@s25s2m9
3 жыл бұрын
I been saying this lol they dont sound like us.
@Michaeltison7
Жыл бұрын
Actually he’s from nassu Georgia I’m from Riceboro ga we pronounce the words the same way as Charleston.it depends on what regions you from Riceboro is the same as Charleston being the place with the strongest accent in the states
@ohoopeewoman7824
Жыл бұрын
I'm from Georgia and white, but my paternal grandmother pronounced "children" as "chirren". And where have I heard "chimley" instead of "chimney"?
@kay-collins
7 ай бұрын
@@Michaeltison7where is Nassau Georgia? I’m from waycross GA. I used to ride with my husband in a semi & we used to take some boxes from a distribution center in Tifton, GA to a paper mill in Riceboro! We preferred going to that one but they rarely let us take them there for some reason! Lol
@shay8916
2 жыл бұрын
My mom's side is from SC and NC and my dad is from the Caribbean. And both sides of my family say these words. Gullah/Geechee is so similar to dialects in the Caribbean
@Down2GetGuap
Жыл бұрын
More like American diaspora
@XiaVhani
Жыл бұрын
You speaking my language. Love this ! I still use these words. Slave lingo too, past down from my grandmother's fore-generation.
@gertrudebuck590
Ай бұрын
I ACTUALLY LOVE LOVE LOVE THE GULLAH GEECHE LANGUGE! I WILL NEVER EVER THINK OF IT AS EBONICS AT ALL!
@sheenaperez1882
4 жыл бұрын
A lot of southerners use some of the same words you mentioned (depending on the location in the south). I call it southern creole lol, we have our own way of communicating in the south. I'm from southern Virginia born n raised and we talk like this(most of the words you mentioned but not all tho,lol) but sadly it's slowly starting to die out where I'm from. The younger generation don't really talk like this but the older people still do.
@ninpobudo3876
4 жыл бұрын
Southern Creole is us Louisiana Creoles who speak a Creole-French! Vo myé to konné ki nou çé! Pas un bon jounnè
@latikia87
4 жыл бұрын
@@ninpobudo3876 the Gullah/Geechee language is an Afro-Seminole Creole derived languaged. I know because my family is of Afro-Native American descent also I was born and raised in the Gullah Geechee Nation (I'm an hour from Savannah).
@gullahgritstv
4 жыл бұрын
Yes Indeed it is a beautiful! We are so connected to our roots! Peace to you !! Share, let’s start a conversation
@sheenaperez1882
4 жыл бұрын
@@ninpobudo3876 when I said southern creole I was speaking of any creole spoken in the south. French creole is not the only creole that exist in the south.
@ninpobudo3876
4 жыл бұрын
@@sheenaperez1882 different Creoles exist in the southern America which: is Louisiana-Creole French and Louisiané Houma-Creole/French. The other is Gullah-Geechee English, which; 95% of Geechees don't refer to their language as Creole. Although, Black American English can be considered a "Creole" too but; academics consider it "Ebonics." They say Seminole talk is just Geechee so... The Alantiyian-Creoles of colonial Virgina no longer have their Creole heritage, or language anymore so we can't count them or the Virgina Moorons.
@marandacavett7132
7 ай бұрын
I’m from Mississippi and almost all of these words are some of the same ones that we use! I love how we are all connected and our dialect is one thing that we hold true!!
@devamcneil7442
Жыл бұрын
Love Love Love your personality and this is pure GOLD!!! 🥰💯🎉
@DemonteAlford1
4 жыл бұрын
We’re in North Carolina too bubba.
@ceejohnson1520
4 жыл бұрын
Hi, Family! My people are from North Carolina near Rocky Mount. Never knew they spoke Geechee until watching these videos! Thank you, so much! God Bless!
@gullahgritstv
4 жыл бұрын
It’s beautiful to see the comments of our connection! Share to reach more! Thank for visiting my channel
@DemonteAlford1
4 жыл бұрын
GullahGrits TV yeah a lot of people forget about us up here in North Carolina
@tifb94
4 жыл бұрын
Right because I’m from NC
@MsLRuss
3 жыл бұрын
@@ceejohnson1520 My family is from Whitakers North Carolina Halifax County Edgecomb County mostly in Rocky Mount and these words and expressions our music to my ears I was a city kid up north but spent my summers with my family in the south. It’s not often that I hear someone who even knows anything about Rocky Mount. We may be some Kin ❤️
@kaithemagi
19 күн бұрын
Fly! Thanks for making! Im Creole, Gullah, Choctaw, Chicasaw, Sauk & Fox and Seminole. Very much accurate, this is how me and my family talk all the time! Thank you again
@camrynbrown1085
4 жыл бұрын
I never knew this was an actual language! I remember when I was young and living in Ridgeland, SC and getting accustomed to the “accents” everybody had and even started talking that way myself. They always called me city girl because of how I spoke being from St. louis. Now I can say I’m bilingual 😂 thanks for this video
@willie265
3 жыл бұрын
I just found your channel! Please make more. A lot of Creole people in Louisiana speak this way also
@FreedomBiafra
2 жыл бұрын
Yes they do!!!
@klaire2217
2 жыл бұрын
My paw paw does. He spoke it to the point my brothers started to speak it 😂. I can only understand it. I only know a few words.
@bluewolfserene5921
Жыл бұрын
I’m amazed how similar to us in New Orleans. People say we talk too fast but they really listen slow. Lol thank you I enjoyed this.
@tj.henderson
2 ай бұрын
Yes,so true.
@BittahHunnie
3 жыл бұрын
Similar to Caribbean dialect. Loved learning about this 🇧🇧🇹🇹🇯🇲
@hanselbeckfordjr7530
2 жыл бұрын
The slaves that were in the Caribbean and the southeastern coasts of the US were most likely from the same areas of Africa (West Africa). So most folks from the coastal areas and the western Caribbean sound very similar.
@omartistry
3 жыл бұрын
I lub fa kum bak fa disyah vibio. E be wan ob mi favorite tings hunnuh eba did n be de fuss ting I see fwom hunnuh. Tenki fa teech’n dis fa wi. Bless op!
@bendandsnatch2683
4 ай бұрын
I love that I can understand this 🤎
@chryselizabeth
3 жыл бұрын
My family is Bahamian and this warms my heart! I love this!
@luckycharms64
4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the up to Jacksonville North Carolina family as well. Happy to see others starting to make more videos . Much love from Beaufort family. The simple fact that this makes you bilingual love. The variations are wild . We all sound different but have the same base for Gullah-geechee
@ceejohnson1520
4 жыл бұрын
Hi, Family! It has reached Halifax county, too. Would visit my grandparents from Maryland and could not understand my grandfather. Lol. My parents, also spoke a lot of GeeChee all of my life. I definitely, knew two languages growing up! LOL!😄
@gullahgritstv
4 жыл бұрын
It’s beautiful to see how we change it and tweek and peek it! Thank you for visiting my channel! Please share
@Melissa.Simmons
3 жыл бұрын
It’s really all of eastern North Carolina.
@NC_QUIET_STORM
3 жыл бұрын
@@Melissa.Simmons yes it is!
@taylordottie5858
10 ай бұрын
My grandmother was from Columbia, SC and she used to call earrings earbobs. Nice video!
@kleabrown422
4 жыл бұрын
Charleston South Carolina represent! 🤞🏿🤎💙💜❤️👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
@naeemahali925
3 жыл бұрын
Holly Hill in yah
@CocoaKissesSC
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah gyal. We ouchea.
@Juicycouturebubblegumwhore
4 ай бұрын
I want to live in on the islands. I’m from Raleigh, NC and all my relatives speak like this so it’s nice to learn more. I want to learn the language.
@lakeshiaraines930
3 жыл бұрын
From Macon , My late grandparents used to speak these words exactly. And today I still use most of them. Nie😂
@zendyrwrathgarron5135
3 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Macon, then moved to Sav'h. Don't hear from that area much
@bellarose6509
4 ай бұрын
I don’t know how this channel popped up, but I love it! Thank you for taking the time to teach us!❤
@EnigmaticEvee
3 жыл бұрын
I met a man from Burmuda that has very similar speech. My coworker knew I could help "translate" because my people are from South Carolina and he and I sound similar. I thought most (if not all) country folk spoke like this. 😄 Great video.
@tyannawest8870
4 жыл бұрын
Love this! Don't forget there's Gullah Geechee in the NC coast too!
@QueenOfNY10
3 жыл бұрын
I used to wonder who were the Geechee people were I’ve only heard about this awesome culture of people.
@MsCoolGemini
3 жыл бұрын
I lived in NC as a teen and heard all those words. My family was from Arkansas and called the sink a zink😏
@KtotheG
3 жыл бұрын
Wilmington, NC reminds me of both Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC with the Spanish moss trees and cobblestone streets. Their waterfront is also just like The Battery in Charleston.
@hitwonder101
3 жыл бұрын
Where???? This is a SC thing. NC is not and has never been known to have geechees. I've never heard my grandparents speak on geechee people in NC ever.
@QueenOfNY10
3 жыл бұрын
@@hitwonder101 me neither
@msjlynnsmith
Ай бұрын
My family from Georgia this video took me back to my childhood ❤
@firewater369
3 жыл бұрын
I 💗 this video, we need to PRESERVE this Aboriginal American language. I from up Norf and I understood everything you said. Please be proud ✊🏾of your ruts chyll. ✌🏽💚💚💚
@americasflame
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly 💯💯💯 1st American nation language 💚🏹🙌🏼
@shamika5300
3 жыл бұрын
Facts people keep thinking it came from africa no ....
@firewater369
3 жыл бұрын
@@shamika5300 Black Americans need to do their family genealogy to find out the truth. 95% of them will realize they’re not African ..
@aldoatemiscampos4518
3 жыл бұрын
It's not an aboriginal language, it's a creole
@jovelnom
3 жыл бұрын
@@firewater369 lol, stop being disingenuous, for the name itself, Gullah, originates from Ngola(the old rulers in part of Angola, Ya Ngola(of Ngola or belonging to Ngola). That was a reference to land of those inhabitants. Now, was there migration to the Americas by Africans before the Portuguese invaded? The answer is Yes.
@1browngirl29
3 жыл бұрын
I agree with you this language needs to be preserved....It’s important to retain these cultural connections. It helps keep us connected to our ancestors who were once enslaved and who coined this way of communication. When we speak it, we honour them. I’m Caribbean and see similarities. I’m be proud of the various dialects spoken by those in the Diaspora.
@bluewolfserene5921
Жыл бұрын
U made me tear up cause said the same thing about our New Orleans culture and language it is dying. I keeping it alive with my own kids with a different flavor for a new gumbo. Try thank you for posting this. Man the Ancestors know they can speak.
@BlaqueMidoriChou
9 күн бұрын
I am 35 and just learned that i am Gulla Geechee! I am so excited and can't wait to learn more
@freezo244
3 жыл бұрын
O my goodness you are so cute! You’re having so much fun with your language you made me enjoy it too. “Das how you say dat?” 😂 Thank you but Ima bun rubba now.
@gullahgritstv
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much love!!!!❤️❤️❤️
@allisonhill2986
3 жыл бұрын
I'm from Harlem,NYC. My cousin in NC told me to look over yonder and hand her a spider.I was looking in the corner and she told me under the sink.I looked under the sink and I gave her a spider but she was cooking!!
@hyacinthp4882
10 ай бұрын
Literally found out in my 60s about the Gullahs! You are very entertaining. This is so wonderful. Preservation of this is so vital. Love the head band
@nicholasprakash3411
3 жыл бұрын
I learned about the Gullah language from the opera Porgy and Bess. I took a tour Gullah-Geechee cultural tour in college to Savanah and Hilton Head Island.
@dorothywebber2750
6 ай бұрын
I love the way you teach very easy I hope you would continue to teach us❤❤❤🎉🎉
@latriciarenay1980
Ай бұрын
I love this! I'm in Kansas and I'm familiar with and USE a lot of those words. You made it fun to learn. Your energy is awesome!
@trinamorales9685
Жыл бұрын
Oh how I loved taking this stroll down memory lane...thank you ❤
@neetvillage
Ай бұрын
your energy is so infectious, your personality is so delightful. thank u sm for this i had fun w u and learned a lot!! thank yu for sharing ur culture n childhood w us!!
@NC_QUIET_STORM
3 жыл бұрын
Thank for sharing this video. I'm from Southeastern NC and I grew up hearing and speaking this language. All this time I thought it was just how country black folks talked. It's beautiful how we are all connected 💕💕💕
@ThePrettytexan
3 жыл бұрын
OMG I needed this! You just took me back! Btw you are a beautiful man. Your hair, skin, facial hair, smile... just handsome! 😍😍😍😍
@can_you_guess_my_new_username
3 жыл бұрын
I watched "Daughters of the Dust" and that was a great movie
@MieRichardson
2 ай бұрын
Born in Los Angeles CA with Gullah Geechee roots I love you fam❤ thank you so much for teaching me.
@rahdisbutterflykisses4291
3 жыл бұрын
I have heard some of my Southern non-Geechee folks say some of these words. I have heard some of my Jamaican friends use some of these words and we've used some of these words in NY. I love this video. I love to learn about the differences and similarities of the diaspora in our expanded culture. AND WOW, I never knew that about the song Come by here my Lord. Thank you so much for sharing.
@jemportal4166
3 жыл бұрын
Me and my family are originally from Chicago, but we moved to St. Simmons Island, Ga when I was about 10, so I was raised within in the Geechee Corridor:). I remember hearing a lot of the words and phrases you said, and some were completely new to me! Watching videos like this makes you realize how foundational the Geechee language is to AAVE, I remember my Grandmother, who was born and raised in Chicago, using a few of these words, which I'm sure she learned from her mother, who was from Alabama. It's really interesting to hear how this language spread from Sullivan's Island to the rest of the country, and now globally. I've heard British KZitemrs say "Chyle" lol.
@robinwalthour2357
4 жыл бұрын
Raised in Wilmington, NC born in NY, our roots from NC, I’ve used some of these same word and phases!
@gullahgritstv
4 жыл бұрын
Robin Walthour I love that our connection is deep and national! Peace and love to sis! Share with your friends and family!❤️
@Petty-BettyPolite1019
Жыл бұрын
My grandmother was from Beaufort SC. I live in NYC so when she come up to visit me. My friends would think she's from the West Indies. To me she sound normal 🤷🏾♀️.
@loringe1000
3 жыл бұрын
You brought back some memories for me. My grandmother on my father's side is from Mississippi. She influenced me and my brother alot with these sayings.
@izazayahbanyahawadah
3 жыл бұрын
Same!
@vs1399
10 ай бұрын
❤ beautiful video/story time. ❤ It makes me proud to hear you. Lovely smile too. ❤😊
@tyannawest8870
4 жыл бұрын
the joy you have in this video is life!!
@bendandsnatch2683
4 ай бұрын
I don't know where this fits into the culture, but when you said "studdin" as being from "studyin,'" I thought of my parents calling things "flicted" - like someone doing a "flicted" dance or acting "flicted." I realized when I grew up it probably came from the word "afflicted." Like someone was acting like they were "afflicted" with something, but my parents just said something looked flicted or someone was acting flicted.
@bethweeks5943
2 ай бұрын
Yes! Like: “He ‘flicted’ “
@asefreed
11 ай бұрын
Wowww you have inspired me so much! I from Atlanta GA and I can see how our speech has been influenced by our Gullah GeeChee ancestors
@ieshaarrington3987
Жыл бұрын
Omg I’m from NY. People always tell me that I talk funny. My mom always said my ancestors were geeche, but watching this video really made me appreciate my roots and miss a lot of folk in heaven!!!
@velettadavis-williams5458
Жыл бұрын
I'm so tickled that you're tickled saying these words that I easily understand naturally. My Alabamian relatives ( no where near the coast! ) always spoke this way when we visited as a chyl from N. J. I now live in the south and don't hear the language as much except on KZitem but it's second nature to me!
@KtotheG
3 жыл бұрын
There was a soul food restaurant in Columbia, SC that I used to frequent called Mama Nem... good food, too.
@valval347
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for the knowledge ❤
@ohoopeewoman7824
Жыл бұрын
I'm from Georgia and white. I love everything Gullah--the people, the language, the food, the crafts, the culture. I study everything I can. And this video is just great!
@j.decole5372
3 жыл бұрын
Wow I’m not even Gullah/GeeChee,but with me being from the Deep South I use a lot of these words on a daily lol especially if I’m talking to a family member or friend ya know, when I don’t feel the need to code switch or articulate everything. When we are just talking relaxed dine hea (ex.) people will interpret us as “country” or “ghetto”. But this made me realize that’s culture and meaning behind the way we talk in the Deep South in general.
@ahavahyasharal5643
3 жыл бұрын
I love it. It is the language my parents spoke. They were from Alabama. Thank you Brother.
@genataggart1246
3 ай бұрын
Yes friend!! Share the culture with the youth!! I grew up in Richmond hill on the ogeechee river… I lived near the remnants of slave houses, the headstones of slaves and their descendants. The Gullah geechee people were THE first African American people to own land en masse when the plantation owners left during the civil war and the slaves were freed they bought the land they were previously enslaved on and started these rich cultural communities and now that big developers are coming to buy them out whether they want to sell or not, (look to Hilton head island where million dollar resorts knows as “plantations” are sitting on the resting places of Gullah geechee ancestors) this culture is in danger of being lost to carpetbagging capitalists for good. We need people like you using the internet to keep these cultural practices alive and educate the younger generations on why it is so important! Love to see it ❤ thank you friend!
@wholisticjuju
2 жыл бұрын
Just found out the end of 2021 that I have Gullah geechee ancestry. I’m definitely interested learning more about my culture
@cjohnson7650
3 жыл бұрын
Born in Brooklyn NY but my parents were from north and South Carolina. I use some of these words and people do t believe I’m a New Yorker. 😂
@nurse123abc
Жыл бұрын
If you stay in South GA, you talk just like this! Facts..great video❤
@greatescape3180
3 жыл бұрын
I absolutely loved ❤ Gullah Geechee... 😃 I can listen to you speak all day... 😆 but I will like you to explain the true history and the connection to jamaican patois ...
@wendybeckham8005
8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for validating what I've heard from my grandfather and his brother my whole life!! My cousins and I often reminisce about them and their speech. We just thought it was country talk, but now we know it's an actual language and part of our culture!😊 Our great, great+ grandfather was from Georgia, and I'm now convinced that he was from the Gullah people. So good to know more about our roots! Btw, we are from Texas, and we also have roots in Louisiana.
@appleofhiseye4112
3 жыл бұрын
This was absolutely amazing and it shows just how deep dna and roots run. I’m African American/ Bantu and we have a very similar vernacular and I’ve never been around Gullah people that I know of. DNA is absolutely amazing and does not lie 💕💯 I really enjoyed this. It was eye opening. Thank you from VA
@gullahgritstv
3 жыл бұрын
Blessings to you I’m so glad you enjoyed it!!!
@freezo244
3 жыл бұрын
Back to watch for the 4th time-and taking notes!!Please make more vids like this. Conversations would be good-then help us figure out what the words mean. I’m an English teacher and Spanish teacher in the South and plan to use this video to teach the origin of these words to my high school students since so many of them use these phrases. We underestimate the power of native language yet it is so important. Wish you could be a guest speaker in my classes. My students would LOOOOVE you ❤️❤️ So glad you made this vid-I watched a bunch of vids on the Gullah Geechee culture and yours is by far the best one. 💯🅰️
@ghaywood902
3 жыл бұрын
Very informative. I like this. Someday I want to go to the Gullah islands
@jessmw9398
3 жыл бұрын
I love this video...I feel so warm inside now. This is the way my mom's side talk... I use to think I was just city/ country code- switching as a kid traveling back and forth btwn Newark, NJ and Castleberry, AL. I will smile when I hear phrases like "gwan yonda( go on further), wretch aroun' (reach around), Madea (Mother Dear). I've been feel especially close to ancestors and reflecting heavily on my heritage, so this video was a cosmic bloodline kiki from the universe...lol. I am subscribing! Much love and growth to you!
@denisecobbs3305
Жыл бұрын
Wow, I needed your tutorial many years ago - when I met my Gullah in-laws!
@Kerryjotx
12 күн бұрын
My white grandma, born in 1894 in Texas, always called her earrings “earbobs”. Her mama was from Tennessee. That is similar to the Gullah word.
@lesliee5938
2 жыл бұрын
Loved it. You should have a million subscribers.
@edithokafor1949
2 жыл бұрын
This is 2years old but it is really wonderful. We have Pigin English in Nigeria. This feels so familiar. Let's preserve the language
@MercedesDeion
3 жыл бұрын
Savannah checking So happy I found you on TikTok. And this the first video I’m come across on KZitem!!! I stay in Atlanta now and ppl sometimes look at me crazy 😂I’m laughing so hard!
@KtotheG
3 жыл бұрын
I'm from Charleston with a whole lot of Geechee relatives and friends and I never heard "spydah" before...We used to literally say "frying pan." I didn't know it was a "skillet" until I saw one in a store or a catalog when I was older.
@InIversal
3 жыл бұрын
My family is from Pineville. I had to ask about that word. From what I could gather, that's not a SC word. It's a GA word. Which makes things even more interesting because both Gullah and Geechee have words that the other one doesn't have.
@SoleahWright
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. From Charleston Too. Never Heard It
@leesha1924
3 жыл бұрын
Here in Georgia my family used to call it a "spydah pan"
@s25s2m9
3 жыл бұрын
@@leesha1924 Yea I thinks it's a GA word lol because we dont use that down yah.
@user-pp9bl5gr1n
Жыл бұрын
Y’all trippin I’m from Charleston and my granny who was born in 1933 called a skillet…a spyda all the time, So either y’all just wasn’t around old people or y’all young
@mscreativewon
3 жыл бұрын
Hearing you speak Gullah reminds me of my grandmother.💜 She’s was from Zebulon,Ga.
@jamekya4entertain
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing and please hold on to your culture!
@wishmakr
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. I'm a 54yr old white male, and was recently made aware of the Gullah Geechee culture. It's amazing. I've learned so many expressions and phrases. Not to mention the cuisine, the history, the amazing people. So much info on youtube.
@gullahgritstv
Жыл бұрын
Welcome home love tenki
@muffintopz4692
7 ай бұрын
I recognize and actually used almost all of these words growing up “‘ceptin’” (except) for maybe two of them never fully realizing it was considered a dialect emanating from a region. Some of our folks were from Louisiana so maybe they considered it a creole dialect and not Gullah Geeche but they sound identical in most ways except for some French words haphazardly thrown in. I also remember “slop-jaw”: slop jar meaning the container used at night to relieve oneself so you didn’t have to make a trip to the outhouse. I no longer use these words but in the presence of the right folk I can see some of them oozing out for fun and nostalgia 😊. I’m glad you had fun making this video. It was fun to watch you giggle throughout. 😂
@mssnicole2u
3 жыл бұрын
My grandmother from Alabama and used these same words we do too.
@dkland1980
4 жыл бұрын
My yaars huyet.... some of this accent can be found in Conway sc too in the older population. But yes they are dying out and it makes me sad
@gullahgritstv
4 жыл бұрын
Lol my mom would always say that when someone was talking about her. We are together! Share ! Thank your for visiting my channel and your comment
@beautifulone7972
Жыл бұрын
Thank you fam for doing this. Makes me think of my childhood too.
@graceandpeace4414
4 жыл бұрын
Wow. A lot of these words i grew up hearing. My great grand parents were from Screven county ga. Quite a ways from the coast but that goes to show how connected we as a people are.
@gertrudebuck590
Ай бұрын
I Love you teaching this to me! I would love to visit you there in Georgia and South Carolina and to sit around True Gullah People! I think I would understand most of it if it is spoken slower and not so very fast! ❤❤❤
Пікірлер: 769