Baccadey | Yuh is ah Trini!

Triniglish|Trinididioms spoken and explained #80
Yuh is ah Trini | "Baccadey"

"Dat boi living quito quito oui - he living behin' Gawd back..." In other words he lives baccadey (back-ah-dey). Now don't get back-ah-dey confused with Embacadere, that is a settlement (village or town today) on the coast of the Gulf of Paria (that is the sea on the West coast of Trinidad) and the banks of the Cipero River (both  areas areas refer to a  location in the southern region of Trinidad).

Trini good eh! The word 'baccadey,' as used by most Trinis, is used as an adjective to describe a person living in a very distant or remote area. Some people like to say he/she is living 'behin' Gawd back' and they both mean the same thing... yuh living real far boi!

Now this may all sound very silly indeed but if you are living in Trinidad then any point south of the Churchill Roosevelt Highway that is heading south via the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway or goes through Valencia to Toco or Rio Claro is considered 'too far'. Just imagine having to travel to the deep south to La Brea? I believe the road conditions may tend to leave one disenchanted and make the trip feel longer thereby causing the person to exclaim that you are definitely living "back-ah-dey!"

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