Hi Everyone,
Bajans (Barbadians) use the word ‘proper’ to signify that some thing, place or person is of the highest standard, quality and calibre. It is not a word lightly stated. In fact, the word ‘proper’ has been used to such great effect in a marketing and advertising campaign to sell pork, that when we hear of ‘proper’ pork, we know exactly where the meat comes from and we know of its quality.
In a day and age where there is much mediocrity and a certain lack of standards, it really helps to have handles by which one can identify the quality of something. I am sure that the same is true for Guyana and elsewhere.
A couple of weeks ago I spied a van outside one of the busy shopping centres here (in Barbados), where a man was