>You can distinguish between "cocoa-tea" "bush-tea" and"green-tea".
>When someone sympathizes with you, you comment "Yuh tink seh it easy?"
>You point with your lips.
>You can't say "three" or "thing" ... you say "tree" and "ting".
>You say words like Heg (instead of Egg); Hingland (instead of England )
>You give directions with your hands, even if it is in another state.
>You go to parties for the food and drink and then cuss afterwards when the
>food and drink run out.
>You nod your head upwards to greet someone.
>You always find yourself standing next to plenty of luggage and boxes at
>the airport.
>When you travel home, you bring an extra suitcase going down, it has none
>of your clothes; returning, it has food.
>You hate to throw away empty containers as they might come in handy for
>pepper sauce or "green seasonings".
>You have one big pot you call curry pot when you are not even cooking
>curry.
>You have another pot you called dutch pot.
>You say "bwoy" at the beginning of a sentence and "man" at the end of it.
>You always hang something on your rearview mirror.
>You put pepper sauce on everything for the taste.
>You think eating ackee and saltfish, plaintain and fried dumplings are a
>great morning breakfast.
>You can't go a week without a rice dish.
>You think steak is a waste of good meat; you would rather cut it up and
>stew it with potatoes.
>You chew and suck out all the marrow from the chicken bone and then pick
>out your teeth afterwards.
>You save all the juices from the cooked meats/chicken to use for flavour
>for your next dish.
>You wash and rinse plastic utensils and cups that can be used again.
>You bring home food from a party (enough for your breakfast the next
>morning, your lunch and your dinner!)
>You chew the ice when you finish your drinks.
>You must put dumplings in all soups.
>You show disapproval by sucking your teeth.
>You have a dishwasher in the house and only use it for special occasions.
>At Christmas, you have to have "black cake".
>You have a thyme (or mint) bush growing somewhere in your yard.
