“[…] If Trinbago was really filling the need for a nationally unifying word, you would expect Tobagonians to be using it as well. They don’t. I’ve not met a Tobagonian who uses the term—and that’s not surprising because, in case you haven’t noticed, Tobagonians have been trying really hard to …
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I thank Wired868 for providing a forum for sensible discussion. I appreciate the engagement and contribution of its reader, Chambi Sey, to my column. Thankfully, he understood my point that we needed to view the whole ‘name’ fiasco through a political lens. Therefore, in this context, I would comment on …
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“[…] As a nation, Trinidad and Tobago ought to be beyond the moment in which the word ‘Trinidadian’ constitutes a default adjectival encapsulation of things Trinidad and Tobago. “It is time to officially formalise the word ‘Trinbagonian’ or to institute an appropriately similar substitute that effectively reflects the conjoined community …
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