Yardie

[tsophra]

yu eva have to explain to peeps..usually British..dat yardie is not a generic reference for a jamaican gang? An when yu done yu get de feeling dem really nu believe yu

[Tuff Gong]

Re: Yardie

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jaded</div><div class="ubbcode-body">yu eva have to explain to peeps..usually British..dat yardie is not a generic reference for a jamaican gang? An when yu done yu get de feeling dem really nu believe yu </div></div>...because that is where the term for the gang originated in the 80s and they cannot quite live it down!

[tsophra]

Re: Yardie

I knoe..even when yu explain how the police misapplied the word dem nu believe..

I've had this discussion with jamaicans and non-jamaicans alike

my very old uncle almost had a heart attack when I referred to him as a yardie

[blugiant]

Re: Yardie

mii doan xxplain. mii juss let dem imagination runn wild tinkinn bout watt mii meen by dat