{"id":9956,"date":"2021-07-10T00:08:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T04:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ezfinds242.com\/?p=9956"},"modified":"2022-01-25T15:38:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T15:38:30","slug":"4-things-you-didnt-know-make-you-bahamian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezfinds242.com\/4-things-you-didnt-know-make-you-bahamian\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Things You Didn&#8217;t Know Make You Bahamian"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9956\" class=\"elementor elementor-9956\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-751e8042 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"751e8042\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;ad4663e&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_tablet&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_mobile&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:50,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_type&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_fx_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_z_index&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_animation_prop&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;]}]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76a18603\" data-id=\"76a18603\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-218244ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"218244ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tBy: Schvonne McKinney\n\nAs a Bahamian that\u2019s visited and lived in a few parts of North America, I can tell you with a good amount of confidence that Bahamians are their own thing. Lots of people distill our culture down to rake and scrape, Junkanoo, and some mean conch salad near crystal blue waters. This isn\u2019t entirely untrue, but I\u2019ve always believed that our culture is far more nuanced and complex than that. It\u2019s really the little things that make us who we are. So, in the spirit of independence, here are just a few things you may not have realized make you uniquely Bahamian.\n<h2>1. You Mind Your Business<\/h2>\nThis is an underrated quality, trust me. In the countries I&#8217;ve visited or lived in, people are definitely not shy about asking you <strong>ALL<\/strong> of your business. I\u2019ve had chats that went from polite conversation to a borderline Law &amp; Order level interrogation in seconds. I realized that at home there\u2019s kind of an unspoken code that says, \u201cmind ya business.\u201d Now, this doesn\u2019t mean we don\u2019t care about our fellow man, on the contrary, we look out for our own (mostly). It does mean though, that in Bahamian culture, detail is a form of intimacy, something that is volunteered after trust is built and not a given. We\u2019re not gonna casually tell you when we intend on popping the big question steve, we don\u2019t know you like that.\n<h2>2. You Practice Common Courtesy<\/h2>\nEvery Bahamain knows a simple \u201cgood morning\u201d or \u201cgood afternoon\u201d goes a long way. When you branch out, you find that everyone didn\u2019t get the memo. Once again, it&#8217;s the little things, like holding a door open, or saying pardon or excuse me as opposed to an aggressive \u201cwhat?&#8221; Even the most hoodie of hoodlums in the Bahamas exhibit this quality, and it\u2019s pretty impressive. The act of acknowledging another human being by saying hello seems pretty standard, but it isn\u2019t, especially in larger cities. At the end of the day, I feel that all Bahamians have been asked one question that echoes quietly in the back of our minds as we contemplate not saying \u201cgood day\u201d. <b>\u201cWe sleep together aye?\u201d <\/b>It\u2019s a rhetorical question but it packs a bunch. \u201cNo miss Idamae, we in fact did not\n<h2>3. You Speak An Unique Language<\/h2>\nI always found it endearing that Bahamians understand a lot. Like, the things we can get meaning from is really impressive. I\u2019m not just talking about dialects, every country has some form of dialect in one way or the other. I\u2019m talking about the ability to know what a term that has no meaning on its own means. Exhibit A, your mother tells you <strong>\u201cyou mussi know what you doing.\u201d<\/strong> That means absolutely nothing on its own, but culturally we know it to mean, my mother is skeptical of something I\u2019m doing, and most likely disapproves of it, while also washing her hands of any of the consequences of said doing. What about the saying <strong>\u201cfix ya face\u201d<\/strong>?\u00a0 I said this to my American niece once, and she legit touched her face in some sort of attempt to fix it. At the time she didn\u2019t understand that it meant to put a smile on your face. Or how about the term <strong>\u201cUne into nothing&#8221;<\/strong>? A condemnation that a person isn\u2019t who or what they claim to be, or depending on the context, is a person with no ambition and drive. Then there&#8217;s the <strong>\u201cseek seekin\u201d<\/strong>, let\u2019s be clear, this means absolutely nothing anywhere else, or at least not the same thing it means here. Every true Bahamian knows it&#8217;s a cat call, a strange sound we make with our tongues to display interest or attraction to a person. That\u2019s very Bahamian. Understanding inferred meaning because the saying itself means nothing, these are the things that make us who we are.\n<h2>4. You Don&#8217;t Take Kindly to &#8220;Foolishness&#8221;<\/h2>\nOne of the things I think all Bahamians can be proud of is our low tolerance for \u201cfoolishness\u201d or things that we feel are unjust. Whether we admit it or not, a large part of who we are is rooted in our value of justice. If we think that something is unfair, shady, or just plain dumb, it\u2019s gonna be known. Displayed mostly through a statement that sounds something like <strong>\u201cnow you know that ain\u2019t right,\u201d <\/strong>or \u201c<strong>this a buncha foolishness man\u201d<\/strong>, we have no qualms about letting you know we are not with the foolishness program. Side note: Bahamians could teach a master class in complaining. So, I think it&#8217;s pretty safe to say, you wanna do right by us. That\u2019s something special, we don\u2019t sit silently by when something is off, or wrong in our eyes, that\u2019s just not who we are as a people. We speak up, and use our voices. Sometimes said voices are really loud, and contain language not suitable for minors but those voices are true to self, none the less.\n\nSo, the next time someone tries to distill being Bahamain down to the food we eat or the music we listen to, remind them of the little things, the subtle aspects of what makes us unique, and unlike any other people in the world. 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