Word: creoleâ
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...many claimed they were neither homosexuals nor drug users?but the discovery raised special problems for the epidemiologists. Homosexuality is scorned in Haiti, and the victims were reluctant to talk about their sexual habits. The language barrier also played a role; it was hard for investigators to describe in Creole???the everyday patois of Haiti?the homosexual acts in question, particularly since the same word applies to both homosexuality and transvestism. Many of the immigrants were in the U.S. illegally, and thus understandably reluctant to talk to Government agents about anything...
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