always tink St Bess patois was diffrant but dis is a shock

[evanovitch]

<span style="font-weight: bold">The parish of St. Elizabeth is reported to have the lowest literacy levels in the country </span>based on the <span style="font-weight: bold">findings of the 1999 Literacy Survey. </span>

In light of this, government senator Hyacinth Bennett, who is Chairperson of the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL,) will be leading a tour of Adult Education Centres in the parish today.

A release from the JFLL, says the tour is designed as a fact-finding mission while members will use the opportunity to continue discussions with residents of the parish.

St. Elizabeth’s low performance comes as a surprise to many when the country on the whole is believed to have advanced from 79.9 per cent to about 83 percent.

<span style="font-weight: bold"> an mi wonda why dem use 10 yr ole study to now mek dis claim....</span>

[gourmet]

Re: always tink St Bess patois was diffrant but dis is a shock

Am I correct that this article does not actually provide the percentage for St. Bess, so that we can compare it with the country as a whole?
I'd say journalism levels are pretty low in Jamaica.

[evanovitch]

Re: always tink St Bess patois was diffrant but dis is a shock

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: gourmet</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Am I correct that this article does not actually provide the percentage for St. Bess, so that we can compare it with the country as a whole?
<span style="font-weight: bold">I'd say journalism levels are pretty low in Jamaica</span>. </div></div>

no diffrant from say here in the US where conjugation of subject /verb is a lost art...along wid the loss of the use of adverbs etc etc

[britisha]

Re: always tink St Bess patois was diffrant but dis is a shock

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: gourmet</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Am I correct that this article does not actually provide the percentage for St. Bess, so that we can compare it with the country as a whole?
I'd say journalism levels are pretty low in Jamaica. </div></div>

What are &quot;jourmalism levels?&quot; Please define; an tenk yah.

[jah_yout]

Re: always tink St Bess patois was diffrant but dis is a shock

i really don't think regional patwa dialects has anything to do with literacy rates

[evanovitch]

Re: always tink St Bess patois was diffrant but dis is a shock

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i really don't think regional patwa dialects has anything to do with literacy rates </div></div>

oh sarry, mi shudda did explain....ST Bess always has stood out in many ways...didnt want it to be in dis way doah...i have to memba dat wat i am tinking is ongle known to moi in di moment...sarry to confuse wid di heading

[gourmet]

Re: always tink St Bess patois was diffrant but dis is a shock

britisha, I should have written &quot;the standards of journalism are low&quot; or something to that effect.

[Boricua_papi]

Re: always tink St Bess patois was diffrant but dis is a shock

Mi always hear sey dat di St. Bess natives are cuntry bumpkins but mi a withhold judgement till mi a goh visit deh.

[britisha]

Re: always tink St Bess patois was diffrant but dis is a shock

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: gourmet</div><div class="ubbcode-body">britisha, I should have written &quot;the standards of journalism are low&quot; or something to that effect. </div></div>

Okie dokie but why would you make a statement like that? Style, substance, honesty, integrity? What? Why?

[Gen]

Re: always tink St Bess patois was diffrant but dis is a shock

very true, sometime mi siddung a read article and haffi wonder if a 3rd grade smaddy research, write and edit the sitten.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: gourmet</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Am I correct that this article does not actually provide the percentage for St. Bess, so that we can compare it with the country as a whole?
<span style="font-weight: bold">I'd say journalism levels are pretty low in Jamaica</span>. </div></div>

no diffrant from say here in the US where conjugation of subject /verb is a lost art...along wid the loss of the use of adverbs etc etc </div></div>