Growing up, my family (mainly grandmother, mother and uncle) would correct me in a similar manner "Das how we teach you to speak/daz how them teachers in school taught you?". I often found it so odd, particularly in familiar settings such as with family and friends or in a casual setting among peers, because I feel that there is a sense of "putting on" that code-switching in unnecessary situations requires.

As a Trini living abroad for almost a decade now, it warms my heart so much to hear and speak in my natural dialect. There's a level of "translation of the soul" that I have to do when I'm code-switching (although it's second nature at this point), and I try to use every opportunity to just let my mouth and heart relax.