The United States Virgin Islands is primarily an English-speaking island; however, the most widely spoken language over the past 400 years has been Virgin Islands Creole English, as well as Dutch Creole. The US Virgin Islands became an English-speaking country in 1917, although they were formerly part of the Danish West Indies. Over the years, people in the Virgin Islands have communicated with each other with a dialect that some call "broken English," although some researchers call it Creole English. Virgin Islanders also invented many expressions of wisdom and truth passed down from previous generations that are still used today. The term Creole was formed by African slaves who were unable to communicate with each other and their owners because they were from West Africa. and accustomed to different languages. African slaves created a language with a different grammatical structure. They made it Creole and it was passed down from generation to generation as their mother tongue. Saint Thomas and Saint John are the two Danish colonies which housed a good part of the European population of mainly Dutch origin. (CITE) When the British occupied the Danish West Indies from 1801 to 1802 and from 1807 to 1815, English became the preferred language. It was during this time that Virgin Islands Creole became established. Unlike the European island of Sainte-Croix which was predominantly English. (CITE) Irish and Scottish origin led African slaves to also develop an English-based Creole. In the 19th century, English Creole completely replaced the language of the Netherlands and English Creole became the native dialect of St. John and St. Thomas among the slaves. (CITE) Who were brought to work on plantations on the islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda and Jost Van Dyke. Where the...... middle of paper......misused today, which means you will learn from your constant mistakes sooner or later. There are also many culture-related proverbs such as "stone a watah does not know when the sun is hot", meaning that those who are sheltered are not aware of reality. Another proverb is also “every day numba less”, which means an observation and in the distance the courageous music of a distant drum. There are also proverbs still used today in the Virgin Islands, such as "the monkey knows which tree to climb", "dirty water can put out the fire", and "what you do in the dark must be revealed ". Many proverbs over the years have been adopted. has always remained pristine and continues to thrive continuously. The people of the Virgin Islands have a uniqueness in their dialect, as well as in the proverbs they have crafted and created over the years. They have been and continue to be an important factor in the culture of the Virgin Islands..