Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Apr 10, 2006 18:35
20 yrs ago
French term
Carolyn Shread
un morne
Any suggestions as to how to convey the specificity of this term as it applies to hills in the Caribbean? I am working on a translation of a text by Haitian author Marie Vieux-Chauvet.
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Dolores Vázquez
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Dolores Vázquez
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morne
colline escarpée des Antilles
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Juan Jacob
: Ben ouais : "mot créolle des Antilles, petite montagne arrondie, isolée au milieu d'une plaine d'érosion"... [Petit Robert]
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Merci.
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Dr Sue Levy (X)
: not really answering the question, which was how to give the word Caribbean flavour in English
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df49f (X)
: asker already knows what a morne is, and is looking for an English equivalent
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Patrick and Carol Collins
: In Grenada, the locals talk more about going up the mountain or into the mountains, rather than the hills (or mornes). A lot of placenames started with Morne, like Morne Jalousie.
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Comment: "Thanks - and especially for the ensuing discussion, which was exactly my point. Patrick and Carol Collins comment helped the most."
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a type of hill in the West Indies
There is no other word for it except morne.
Discussion
"- On dit dans les mornes, continua le paysan, que tout a ete regle avant la mort du chef."
"Des consolations, ils en trouvent partout: dans le ciel si bas qu'il s'appuie, la-haut, sur la tete de ce morne..."