Not only do Caymanians have a distinct dialect, with accents varying from district to district, but they also have many unique words, pronunciations and phrases.
A handy guide to shed light on these colloquialisms is ‘The Cayman Islands Dictionary’ and ‘Caymanian Expressions’ by Kevin Goring.
Sweetums (swee-dumz) Noun – 1. One’s heartstring. 2. The object of one’s affection. 3. A favourite child or baby. E.g. “My sweetums, look ah how Lacey growin’ up wit her lil’ white boots, man? She so cute!”
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