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.....Well, I've been expecting you. I just knew that you liked the last blog so much that you just couldn't stay away. I don't blame you. I do know how to run on when I'm given all the freedom in the world. We are back with another post but instead of talking about versatility, we'll be focusing more on the side of creolization in the Caribbean, specifically our French speaking areas. Only three countries in the Caribbean are actually in this category and they include Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Haiti. Not the Dominican Republic...that's a whole different language despite being one island. All three of these countries were, unsurprisingly, all French colonies in the past.  Let's dive into some history to get you more familiar with these islands. First up in this section we have the island that is tied to have the longest name (seriously I had to count it like three times over because I was actually surprised it's the same amount of letters) Guadeloupe!! ...

Hey Hey Hey!!! Welcome back! I'm glad I kept you interested. In this post we are going to be focussing on.... get ready with me.... the english speaking Caribbean! Before we start all that, I bet you're dying to know how they actually came to be? Allow me to quench your curiosity. The Caribbean has such a wide range of different lifestyle choices, cultures, ethnicities, and dialects. Funny enough, while we are able to discern the way we speak from other countries in the caribbean, people outside usually have a harder time picking words and phrases apart. If you're still confused just think about people who live in Asian countries. We have a much harder time discerning whether they are from China, Japan, Korea, Thailand etc. then obviously they do. And if you don't hear the different languages often you'd think they all speak the same even though it's not true. Enough of that tangent though, back to the topic at hand. Now even though, according to the world outsi...