The publication of this dictionary is a landmark in the life and work of Richard Allsopp, a leading lexicographer in the Caribbean and a widely acknowledged pioneer in the linguistic study of Caribbean creole languages. The Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage (DCEU) comes with a 30-page French and Spanish supplement by Jeannette Allsopp. Since its publication the Dictionary has been widely acclaimed. Following are extracts from some reviews of the work:

It is gratifying to have an up-to-date work on Caribbean linguistics from Caribbean scholars, and all the contributors to this volume may be so considered since, even though two are not indigenous, they are both (one present, one past) Mona staffers. This is also perhaps the first such work since the only previous home-produced volume, Studies in Caribbean Language (ed. L.D. Carrington et al., 1983) included circumstantially a number of papers from outside the Caribbean, which internationalized the scholarly base.

"I'm deeply honoured to be the first American President to hold a summit with Caribbean heads of Government here in the Caribbean. But its high time -America, after all is a Caribbean nation. Puerto Rico and the American Virgin Islands lie at the heart of this region. The bonds of commerce among us and the bonds binding our people are strong ... the point I wish to make is that this is not a meeting between Caribbean nations and the United States, but rather a meeting among Caribbean nations including the United States".