so who all dis translating is fah????? </div></div>
For tourists to impress locals?
'Hexcuse me, mon. Please could I purchase one of dem deh Red Stripe, mon, an two fried dumplings wid ackee and fish with salt? Irie!' </div></div>
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so who all dis translating is fah????? </div></div>
For tourists to impress locals?
'Hexcuse me, mon. Please could I purchase one of dem deh Red Stripe, mon, an two fried dumplings wid ackee and fish with salt? Irie!' </div></div>
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Not too many of them had dreadlocks until the tourists turned up. Brilliant!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">wat is laughable about this translation ting is dat nobody no chat patois a yaad ...
dem train di peeps in di many outsourced service companies fi chat wid an AMERICAN accent
peeps pon radio an tv have some supposed AMERICAN accent
peeps at the hotel,well u know di accent dem use
an the rentas , well u done know too
so who all dis translating is fah????? </div></div>
So what is wrong with speaking English? English is an international language and speaking it well can take you places. People in touristy Mobay who I had to deal with on my last trip couple months ago spoke Jamaican accented english without the yankey twang. And it is definitely not true that nobody in Jamaica speak patois anymore. A wich part a Jamaica you go when you go yaad - I hear nuff patois even pon de radio. And it is prominent in the music.
But for me, the most beautiful thing is to hear English spoken well with a Jamaican lilt. If you have any business to do and you walk into any of the big banks down a yaad and talk to the tellers - they have it down. And it shows that you can speak English well without an American or British twang.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SmoothOperator</div><div class="ubbcode-body">But for me, the most beautiful thing is to hear English spoken well with a Jamaican lilt. </div></div>
Very sexy!
<span style="font-size: 8pt">When spoken by a woman. </span>
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