Say it in Crucian! A Complete Guide to Today's Crucian for Speakers of Standard English is a guide to the English-based creole of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, as used by today's young people. The book features everyday phrases, a basic linguistics (i.e. how to form questions, use of subjective and objective pronouns, etc.), original stories and conversations, retold fairytales, a brief linguistic history of St. Croix, and a Crucian/Standard English dictionary. Novices will appreciate the handy (if tongue-in-cheek) Standard English translations throughout. This book is a result of several years of collaborative research between the author and her research-writing classes at the University of the Virgin Islands St. Croix campus. This book will make you kill self with laugh. Say it in Crucian! is a reader-accessible guide to the language of St. Croix that combines a wealth of spicy and vividly up-to-the-minute examples with a level of linguistic and sociolinguistic savvy seldom found in popular introductions. It presents its topic in a way that provides fun for the tourist as well as solid information for the expert. If only every creole language had a book like this! --Derek Bickerton, author of Bastard Tongues: A Trail-Blazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World s Lowliest Languages Mehson you had me craking up on deh chair, my bos looking a me al weird and suh buh me ain mind. Dis book is off deh chain! --Miguelina Valdes, author of Crucian Cinderella , featured in Say it in Crucian! Author Robin Sterns lives on St. Croix. She has been teaching English, creative writing and journalism for donkey years. She holds a Ph.D. in creative writing from Florida State University. Her first book, Backless , a collection of short fiction, was published by Nez-Percé Press, San Francisco.