I've officially been in Haiti for 5 days which is just long enough for me to have 5 quirky things to share w/you.
1) There is a little red bug that lives in my bathroom and he has a pattern on his back that looks like a red and black flag.
2) Every time I walk outside I hear the russling of little lizards scurrying away.
3) I buy boxed milk. (If it's not opened you can keep it in the cupboard for months.)
4) The Creole word for cake is the same as the Spanish word for cat. (gato)
5) One of the first things I learned to say in Creole is, "I don't know Creole." (m-pa pale Creole) kind of ironic isn't it?
bonus -- There's a word in Creole that sounds like marmot and has nothing to do with rodents. When I first heard it, I couldn't focus on the sentence and had to giggle at the picture of a rodent I had in my head.
1) There is a little red bug that lives in my bathroom and he has a pattern on his back that looks like a red and black flag.
2) Every time I walk outside I hear the russling of little lizards scurrying away.
3) I buy boxed milk. (If it's not opened you can keep it in the cupboard for months.)
4) The Creole word for cake is the same as the Spanish word for cat. (gato)
5) One of the first things I learned to say in Creole is, "I don't know Creole." (m-pa pale Creole) kind of ironic isn't it?
bonus -- There's a word in Creole that sounds like marmot and has nothing to do with rodents. When I first heard it, I couldn't focus on the sentence and had to giggle at the picture of a rodent I had in my head.
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