词汇 | geechee |
词源 | Geechee. An old Creole language spoken by blacks in Geor- gia and South Carolina, which takes its name from Georgia’s Ogeechee River and which contains brilliant, beautiful lan- guage. A fairly recent story about Geechee tells of a racetrack groom who so loved the unbeatable racehorse Secretariat, one of the greatest horses of all time, that he spoke to him in Cre- ole to calm him down before big races. |
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