This video provides a rare opportunity to hear Trinidad and Tobago's TV ads.
You can here it in the background.
Instead of a typical Caribbean accent, you hear something similar to a standard Singapore accent.
Both Singaporean and Trinidadian Englishes are influenced by the presence of a large Indian community, so that's to be expected.
What's interesting is that there is also a commercial that has a rhotic accent in, presumably, an attempt to sound American.
Again, the situation seems similar to those of Singapore and Malaysia.
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