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Trini Talk Today: Tonnere

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  • Tonnere, tonnay, tonnier (intj): Exclamation of surprise, vexations, annoyance. (<French Creole <French tonnere ‘thunder’, an expression of anger)
    • Tonnerre! It have plenty people in this fete. (Baptiste 1993:157)

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Source: Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago by Lise Winer

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