"Dey A Lie"
I was making supper. While standing in the kitchen I mused about how the only freight forwarder who had responded to my shipping order says his American partner told him they do not handle "household goods" and "personal effects." I spent an awful lot of time in trucking to finance my work, education and research. 'Dey a lie...' immediately came to mind because even according to the overlapping national and international laws and treaties that govern shipping, household goods are not treated any more or less the value than the owner declared. In short, it ain't that deep. A rebuke of the energy trying to hinder me from packing up this apartment. Now like most Black folks and all educated ones, I speak colloquial English typically. But "code switch" back into the more comfortable Black English when among close acquaintances or perhaps family. I cannot ever recall using that exact phrase - ever. But I clearly recognized it having a Creole root. W...