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Sé kouto ki konnèt sa ki nan tjè jiomou.

It is the knife that knows what is in the heart of the pumpkin.

Proverb · Phrase

Thomas's original 1869 orthography: “Cé couteau qui connaîte ça qui nans chêr geomou.” — historical reference only, never a spelling guide.

Proverbs published by John Jacob Thomas in 1869, pages 121-127 of The Theory and Practice of Creole Grammar (https://archive.org/details/theoryandpracti01thomgoog); GEREC-1 retranscription and English translations as compiled at https://trinlingual.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/trini-patois-proverbs/

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