About the Book

It’s Your Word Against Mine is a collection of stories by Sylvester Carrington that compares unique cultural words and phrases from his native Barbados with select American terms. Some of these words have a different meaning in his culture, while others are nonexistent when it comes to translation.

These simple words migrated with him and he has added those he encountered when he came to live in America. The author’s engaging style of storytelling will grab readers, as he takes them on a cultural journey using a vehicle of simple words to highlight the different aspects of the two cultures he has called home.

With amazing skill, he has intricately woven each cultural term and phrase into a narrative that is altogether fascinating, entertaining, educational, and at times, personal and autobiographical. Watch for the highlighted words in italics throughout the book that compare and contrast these two vastly different cultures.

About the Author

Sylvester Carrington is a native of Roebuck, St. Peter, Barbados. A graduate of The Modern High School and Erdiston Teachers College, he is a career educator with more than forty years of teaching and administrative experience at all levels of public and private education in Barbados, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Tennessee, and Georgia. He is also a graduate of West Indies College in Jamaica and has a master’s degree from Andrews University, a specialist degree from Michigan State University, and a doctorate in education from Loma Linda University. Dr. Carrington has served as an assistant principal, principal, science supervisor, and adjunct professor of education. He is the author of A Principal’s Personal Journey, published in 2010. He and his wife, Hortense, reside in Ringgold, Georgia, and are the parents of three adult sons.