My daughter and son-in-law are going to Jamaica in two weeks for two weeks again. This is their third visit. When they get home they are always speaking patois for a couple of weeks...Thats enough for me ...But thanks for offering sweetie
hahahah. here is a tip. To say I wanna learn you would say. Mi (Me or I) Waa (Want) Lern (Learn) MI WAA LERN and it is pronounced just as how i spell it.
Me glad fe se's you come back bwoy,- I am glad you are back (Home) But lawd yuh let me dung,- But i am disappointed in you. Me shame o' yuh soh till all o' Me proudness drop a grung. Your attitude has embarrassed me until i have lost my reason to be proud. Yuh mean yuh goh dah 'Merica- Imagine, you were living in the United States An spen six whole mont' deh, Living there for 6 whole months. An come back not a piece betta- And you return without the slightest bit of improvement? Dan how yuh did goh wey?- Then why the hell did you leave?
lol.... You know what is strange when I call customers (I work for a Collections Agency in the US) and I am speaking English and they are like, "can u speak English, because I don't understand what ur saying". I thought English was English regardless of the accent that is spoken with it.
tippytoe: lol.... You know what is strange when I call customers (I work for a Collections Agency in the US) and I am speaking English and they are like, "can u speak English, because I don't understand what ur saying". I thought English was English regardless of the accent that is spoken with it.
what u mean,english is english?u mean jamaican is english?
English is our native language. We just normally speak to each other using dialect. Our accent is very distinct therefore there are times when non-Jamaicans find it hard to keep up.
Leo_7: what u mean,english is english?u mean jamaican is english?
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