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by Cheryl Lans
Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad




     My family tree? Why certainly dear child I can tell you all
     about that. Luckily we don’t keep our records in govern-
     ment buildings that burn down, leaving us as nowherians.
     There are many of us abroad you know and it is a good
     thing too because so many dotish people are ready to kill us
     and the snakes too.




Nowherians- Stateless, placeless, in this context not knowing
your lineage.
by Cheryl Lans

  Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad




  One of my most respected cousins actually spent some time
  with one of the decent sort who fixed him up after a bad
  drive broke one of his wings. Once he was released he went
  to lime at Maracas beach thinking that there would be more
  of those pardners.

  Well who tell him to do that? He joined the deceased in no
  time at all. You ever hear more? No broughtupsy on the
  beach that day. Counoumounous abound yes child. They is
  plenty too bad, dotish as the day is long.



Bad drive – careless driving; lime—relax, pardners—friends,
broughtupsy- Proper upbringing including concern for animal
welfare, Counoumounous- Ignorant people., dotish—stupid
by Cheryl Lans


                                       Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad




           That is me of course in the first two pictures. My
    closest family Tyto alba, happily is common like pot hound
    – although some small-island branches of the family are
    getting meagre. We used to work mainly on farms but de
    new thing now is to work in organic wineries, us for the
    rodents       and       bats      for             the                insects.


Common like pot hound- Plentiful; pot hound- Mixed breed dogs, De
- The; meagre – reduced in number
by Cheryl Lans

                       Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad




         Yes
  we in ting in
  the US and
  all about.




In ting- Involved in
the latest fashions.
by Cheryl Lans

 Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad




           This round-eye one looking like he maccoing the
           neighbors is Mottley – Ciccaba virgata, his bars or bands
           or stripes are not so obvious in this dual picture.




Maccoing- Minding their business.
by Cheryl Lans


Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad




                                            Meggie and Mano,
                                            two screech owls
                                            eating- their

                                            family name is
                                            Megascops choliba.




  This big-eared one is
  Virginia, a horned
  owl - family name
  Bubo virginianus, hooter
  from Virginia is the
  rough       Greek/Latin
  translation    of    her
  name.
by Cheryl Lans

                  Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad




          This one in the fancy threads
  is Trixie - Pulsatrix perspicillata is her
  family name if you please. Jumbie
  bird indeed. Yes that is what they call
  she, all ah we in fact. Is jealous they
  jealous and them so always playing
  mas in fancy costume and funkie
  washikong?




           I never hear more.

          Other people call her spec-
   tacled owl since that reflects the
   perspicillata part of her name.




Fancy threads— Fine feathers make fine birds. Jumbie- Spirit.
All ah we – all of us, mas- Carnival revelers; funkie
washikong—smelly sneakers
by Cheryl Lans
Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad




                                    Yes this one is a baby
                                    picture of William, is not
                                    short he short. Ok, he is
                                    going to grow up short
                                    alright like the rest of his
                                    family -
                                    Gaucidium brasilianum,
                                    all the Gaucidiums in
                                    fact.




     Some Europeans are the tallest people
     in the world but apparently they
     never reach here, maybe they stayed
     in Jamaica. No use crying over the
     past.
     Napoleon was short and he hooked
     up with a West Indian gyul if you
     must know.
     You didn’t know Josephine was a
     Creole? Well you know now.
by Cheryl Lans

                                 Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad




Josephine catch cold and
dead trying to pick up
some young man in a
flimsy dress. Playing farse
with sheself in pre-feminist
France; but that is a whole
nother story.




 1801 Antoine-Jean Gros - Bonaparte on the Bridge
 at Arcole




Hooked up with-Normally partnered with, in this case married; gyul-girl;
Creole—born in the West Indies.



Catch cold and dead- Died from a respiratory illness; playing farse
with sheself- Putting herself forward.
by Cheryl Lans




       Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad




         Here look at my French West Indies album; this is Athena,
 a burrowing owl posing on Josephine ’ s parents ’ house in Mar-
 tinique with a picture of the Creole sheself in one of those self-
 same flimsy dresses. Well look at my crosses, I getting old oui-
 mouth open story jump out. I getting all het up.




Look at my crosses- My cross to bear; mouth open story jump out-
Blurting out the truth: Creole proverb hors de bouche ouverte saut le
conte. Het up- Worked up.
by Cheryl Lans
Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad
by Cheryl Lans
                                Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad



              OK, back to the Trini album.




When Papa God was sharing ears, Virginia
                                                                            Asio flammeus
take nearly all and Sean here was left with
these    small    ones,    hee   hee.     –
by Cheryl Lans

                                          Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad




           His family name is Asio flammeus—flaming owl,
           no that is the Latin meaning, I not swearing.




                                    They have a few small
                                    branches of small island
                                    family but I think we can
                                    stop here and call that
                                    George.




I amnot swearing; small island- smaller Caribbean islands ( smaller
than Trinidad ) . Call that George- The End.

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Otto's family tree

  • 1. by Cheryl Lans Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad My family tree? Why certainly dear child I can tell you all about that. Luckily we don’t keep our records in govern- ment buildings that burn down, leaving us as nowherians. There are many of us abroad you know and it is a good thing too because so many dotish people are ready to kill us and the snakes too. Nowherians- Stateless, placeless, in this context not knowing your lineage.
  • 2. by Cheryl Lans Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad One of my most respected cousins actually spent some time with one of the decent sort who fixed him up after a bad drive broke one of his wings. Once he was released he went to lime at Maracas beach thinking that there would be more of those pardners. Well who tell him to do that? He joined the deceased in no time at all. You ever hear more? No broughtupsy on the beach that day. Counoumounous abound yes child. They is plenty too bad, dotish as the day is long. Bad drive – careless driving; lime—relax, pardners—friends, broughtupsy- Proper upbringing including concern for animal welfare, Counoumounous- Ignorant people., dotish—stupid
  • 3. by Cheryl Lans Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad That is me of course in the first two pictures. My closest family Tyto alba, happily is common like pot hound – although some small-island branches of the family are getting meagre. We used to work mainly on farms but de new thing now is to work in organic wineries, us for the rodents and bats for the insects. Common like pot hound- Plentiful; pot hound- Mixed breed dogs, De - The; meagre – reduced in number
  • 4. by Cheryl Lans Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad Yes we in ting in the US and all about. In ting- Involved in the latest fashions.
  • 5. by Cheryl Lans Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad This round-eye one looking like he maccoing the neighbors is Mottley – Ciccaba virgata, his bars or bands or stripes are not so obvious in this dual picture. Maccoing- Minding their business.
  • 6. by Cheryl Lans Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad Meggie and Mano, two screech owls eating- their family name is Megascops choliba. This big-eared one is Virginia, a horned owl - family name Bubo virginianus, hooter from Virginia is the rough Greek/Latin translation of her name.
  • 7. by Cheryl Lans Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad This one in the fancy threads is Trixie - Pulsatrix perspicillata is her family name if you please. Jumbie bird indeed. Yes that is what they call she, all ah we in fact. Is jealous they jealous and them so always playing mas in fancy costume and funkie washikong? I never hear more. Other people call her spec- tacled owl since that reflects the perspicillata part of her name. Fancy threads— Fine feathers make fine birds. Jumbie- Spirit. All ah we – all of us, mas- Carnival revelers; funkie washikong—smelly sneakers
  • 8. by Cheryl Lans Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad Yes this one is a baby picture of William, is not short he short. Ok, he is going to grow up short alright like the rest of his family - Gaucidium brasilianum, all the Gaucidiums in fact. Some Europeans are the tallest people in the world but apparently they never reach here, maybe they stayed in Jamaica. No use crying over the past. Napoleon was short and he hooked up with a West Indian gyul if you must know. You didn’t know Josephine was a Creole? Well you know now.
  • 9. by Cheryl Lans Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad Josephine catch cold and dead trying to pick up some young man in a flimsy dress. Playing farse with sheself in pre-feminist France; but that is a whole nother story. 1801 Antoine-Jean Gros - Bonaparte on the Bridge at Arcole Hooked up with-Normally partnered with, in this case married; gyul-girl; Creole—born in the West Indies. Catch cold and dead- Died from a respiratory illness; playing farse with sheself- Putting herself forward.
  • 10. by Cheryl Lans Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad Here look at my French West Indies album; this is Athena, a burrowing owl posing on Josephine ’ s parents ’ house in Mar- tinique with a picture of the Creole sheself in one of those self- same flimsy dresses. Well look at my crosses, I getting old oui- mouth open story jump out. I getting all het up. Look at my crosses- My cross to bear; mouth open story jump out- Blurting out the truth: Creole proverb hors de bouche ouverte saut le conte. Het up- Worked up.
  • 11. by Cheryl Lans Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad
  • 12. by Cheryl Lans Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad OK, back to the Trini album. When Papa God was sharing ears, Virginia Asio flammeus take nearly all and Sean here was left with these small ones, hee hee. –
  • 13. by Cheryl Lans Excerpted from Mini Blagues from Trinidad His family name is Asio flammeus—flaming owl, no that is the Latin meaning, I not swearing. They have a few small branches of small island family but I think we can stop here and call that George. I amnot swearing; small island- smaller Caribbean islands ( smaller than Trinidad ) . Call that George- The End.