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Bermudian Creole is a creolized form of Bermudian English (similar and related to the English-based creoles: Caymanian English, Turks and Caicos Creole, and San Andrés–Providencia Creole). It is a dialect of Jamaican Patwah , which is also spoken in Bermuda, especially among Bermuda's younger generations.
Bermuda's culture is a mixture of the various sources of its population: Native American, Spanish-Caribbean, English, Irish, and Scots cultures were evident in the 17th century, and became part of the dominant British culture.
Joseph Stockdale (died 10 October 1803) was the publisher of Bermuda's first newspaper, [1] [2] The Bermuda Gazette, a Bermudian English-language weekly newspaper.It was published from 1784 to 1803 by Stockdale (and by his three daughters from 1803 to 1816); [3] [1] [4] In 1782, the Bermudian Legislature arranged for a printing press, and brought Stockdale from England to run it. [4]
The predominant language on Bermuda is Bermudian English. It exhibits characteristics of British, West Indian, and American English. Perhaps most interesting is its closeness to acrolectal English compared to varieties in the West Indies. British English spellings and conventions are used in print media and formal written communications. [15]
Bermudian or Bermudan refers to something of, or related to Bermuda or a person from Bermuda, or of Bermudian descent. Bermudian or Bermudan may also refer to: Bermudian cuisine; Bermudian English, the variety of English spoken in Bermuda; Bermudian Landing, a village in Belize
Bernews is a Bermudian English-language online multimedia news website, founded by Patricia Burchall on 1 March 2010. [1] Bernews is Bermuda's first web-based news platform providing coverage 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Map of the island of Bermuda. Bermuda was first documented by a European in 1503 by Spanish explorer Juan de Bermúdez.In 1609, the English Virginia Company, which had established Jamestown in Virginia two years earlier, permanently settled Bermuda in the aftermath of a hurricane, when the crew and passengers of Sea Venture steered the ship onto the surrounding reef to prevent it from sinking ...