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    I learned a lot by leaving the tv on the local stations especially the news (you know the stories where they interview the crowd)
    that which does not kill you makes you stronger

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoneyBee View Post
    Watch movies with sub titles...Shottas is the only one I can think of right now
    Be careful with that way, many of the subtitles miss the point by a mile. Shottas is a perfect example....if I don't cover up the subtitles I curse worse than a Jamaican that they are mashing up the translation.

    I "learned" what I knew by dating a lady that grew up in JA but moved to the UK, staying up in the hills for days or weeks at a time with locals that saw no need to speak the Queen's English, listening to the music and then having someone break it down for me....prolly other ways that I now forgot. But....now I'm lazy with Negril trips and no real need to speak it so it drifts away. Plus I get more of a kick out of not speaking it except for people are conversing about me thinking I can't understand and all of a sudden I rant on in Patois about the rudeness of them talking about me...try it!

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    Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
    Albert Einstein

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    How about a word of the week to get everyone started?

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    Quote Originally Posted by lathomas View Post
    How about a word of the week to get everyone started?
    a word per week ? lol pickney caan learn fasta den dat

    ok how about a few phrases? I find that Potois is just a slang, accent if you will...and variation of English that is actually easier to pronounce. You can say WHA GWAN instead of WHATS GOING ON.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kahuna3 View Post
    You've probably heard of the Rosetta Stone way of learning a language.
    They now have a Rosetta Stone for learning patois. Its really quite good.
    Check it out:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhEEPRTUb30
    bahwl me ah bahwl / or LMAO

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    Thank you

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    Beg to differ on one point - Patois is more than just a slang or accent. It is more of a language with it's own syntax and meanings. And not everyone understands everyone else immediately - some inland folks speak a patois sooooo deep that other Jamaicans who live on the coast have a bit of trouble with it. But I love the sound of it. Sometimes just by letting it flow around me and not trying too hard, the meanings manage to come thru. I may use an occasional phrase but I know I will never be able to speak it - at least not without suffering a certain amount of good natured abuse.

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    There are books in the form of a dictionary on the dialect in many gift shops around the town. There is also "Talrich", a small stationery store in town on the Value Master plaza, that sell such books.

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    I've become a part time Jamaican, having travelled there 7 times in the past 6 months. I've learned some patois conversing and texting with my friends, but mostly from references on the internet. I usually can find a translation for just about any patois I encounter. However, I have run across a posted conversation I have not been able to interprate. If someone here can help me, I would appreciate it. It goes like this:
    he: Liar
    she: wah me lie abt
    he:mi nuh able, cah afford a light up from you

    Can anyone translate this?

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