Op-Ed: The Case for Virgin Islands Dialects in Academia

“Cow cow ah yo, cow cow ah yo, yo tell she meh name Granny Solongo, Bom Bom Terio.” I have heard this story about Granny Solongo and how the crab got the crack on his back only once in my life from the late and great Auntie Janice. It was probably more than 10 years ago and to this day, I still remember most, if not all of it.

You see, Auntie Janice was …