- Vai-ki-vai,
vaille —que –vaille , vai-qui -vai, vie-que -vie, vike-e-vike,vi-ke -vi,vikey –vy ,vy -kee-vy ,vy -ki-vy (adj): Lackadaisical; disorderly; unplanned;chaotic; irresponsible; without care or thought. French Creole vai ki vai; Frenchvaille que vaille ‘for better or worse’- I am a true-true Trini, I do things
vy -ki-vy . I don’t need to answer questions, Like who, when, what, where, why? I live the carefree now-for-now, Worship the nine-day- wonder, I have no future plans or hopes, No scruples to live under. (Wilkes 1994)
- I am a true-true Trini, I do things
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Source: Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago by Lise Winer
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