From time to time, I get a few letters asking me how to speak patois. In my opinion, patois is not the type of dialet that someone sits down a try to learn. It's a skill that one developes by virtue of living or being born in Jamaica. Some words are easier to translate than other.
I am not sure why people are so facinated by patois. In any event if you have a specific question about patois, feel free to post them here. I or someone else here will do our best to answer your question.
Jamaicans never seem to be fascinated by anything that's their own, some of them finally see the light only after doing some amount of travelling overseas. I am a Jamaican, living abroad, but I have always, from a child living in Jamaica, in middle class Jamaica, been fascinated with our dialect, particularly because it is ours. I agree that it is not easy to read or write but it is ours and we should be proud of it.
ReplyDeleteI am a 14 years old jamaican just moved to canada.Using patious here isn't easy, but knowing its purose is good. Back in Jamaica Itried speaking or twanging on my friends, but being here I miss talking in patious. Thats one thing Jamaicans should be rpoud of.
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