Gullah-Geechee.
Used in a sentence: "I'd be lying if I didn't say that I scanned a newspaper article about the demise of the Gullah-Geechee language and didn't immediately think of the classic Eddie Murphy/Kyle K. "goonie goo-goo gus" routine."
[MY SHOE!]
Turns out that these are a real people, though, descendants of slaves who live in the coastal areas from Wilmington, NC all the way south to Jacksonville, FL, and whose language and customs are fading away as modernity (and a touch of intolerance) move in. The language was even used during WWII as code -- so it is sad to see the group at risk of fading away.
In my opinion, a less diverse world gets mighty boring mighty quickly ...
WARNING: RAW LANGUAGE AHEAD (pun intended):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_n5JWzj6yU
THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HAS DESIGNATED A CORRIDOR:
http://www.nps.gov/guge/index.htm
JUST 1 of 26 STORIES FILED UNDER "I LOVE RICE" -- WHAT?:
http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Love-Rice/394289
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