Guyanese Creole bears the heavy living cargo of the histories of the many peopleswho came and were forcibly brought to Guyana. Our language contains livingreminders of the places from which we came, the cultures from which we hail,and the multiple...

Guyanese Creole bears the heavy living cargo of the histories of the many peopleswho came and were forcibly brought to Guyana. Our language contains livingreminders of the places from which we came, the cultures from which we hail,and the multiple intersections of these once-separate variables. In Guyana Creolewe see the contentiousness that comes when different peoples are placed inantagonistic relations with each other. It also records our togetherness and howwe relate to each other to forge a nation from the flotsam and jetsam of ourhistory.Guyanese Creole is a constant and living reminder of how we became one nationdespite the odds and in spite of extant apparent differences. Our language is theembodiment of our past and our present and it has the capacity to envelope thefuture.This Dictionary of Guyanese Words and Expressions is the most comprehensivework in the history of Guyana. Even so, because all living languages – andGuyanese Creole is a living language – evolve, Guyana Creole is ceaselesslyevolving. As comprehensive as is this dictionary, the work will always beunfinished. This Dictionary will be of interest to all Guyanese at home and abroad.