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Si koulèv pas té fonté, fanm sé pwend li fè wiban jip.

If the adder were not so brazen, (dangerous) women would take it for coat-strings.

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Thomas's original 1869 orthography: “Si coulève pas té fonté, femmes sé pouend li fair ribans jipes.” — historical reference only, never a spelling guide.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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