I have a friend who talks that mess, and I always pick on him about it.
2007-05-21 08:01:09 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Most Jamaicans speak the King English, so your friend must be speaking jive.
2007-05-21 13:01:44 · answer #1 · answered by jean 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. It's an informal English much like the American dialect of English which derives from the English of New Brittan. The same could be said about out dialect from the British perspective. Cut the guy some slack.
2007-05-21 08:05:42 · answer #2 · answered by kc 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
the nastiness and the stupidity of some people never cease to amaze me! their language is no more gibberish than your dis,dat and de otha language, dog, I mean dawg. Is Ice gots to go, naw man, whaddup, i gits me tang evah night, ain't shaw-all gittin' none, etc made up gibberish?
BLACK PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO UNITE rather than trying to find ways to be more divisive; AND IF IT IS A WHITE Who is pretending to be black in order to divide us.....GET A LIFE, maybe you will smell the coffee.
i love to hear Jamaicans talk and I love Jamaican music and food and I LOVE Jamaican people even though I know there are many Uncle Tom Jamaicans who don't like AFRICAN AMERICANS just as there are many UNCLE TOM African AMERICANS who don't like JAMAICANS.
One day blacks AND whites will take off the blinders and realize we are all the same no matter how we talk.
2007-05-21 08:50:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Everyone speaks a language made up of gibberish to one that doesnt speak it. Same goes for dialects and accents.
2007-05-21 08:04:00 · answer #4 · answered by eric54_20 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Jamaican language is just broken English. If you listen carefully you can understand what they are saying. You don't sound like a good friend.
2007-05-21 08:05:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
Your an idiot! It's not gibberish, and it's NOT "broken" English! It's a mix of a couple langauges and dialects. All language is gibberish if you don't understand it!
2007-05-21 10:30:03 · answer #6 · answered by ms. amused 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nope. It's a patois or a creole, depending on who you ask. Patois and creoles are different kinds of non-standard variations on a language.
2007-05-21 09:46:24 · answer #7 · answered by Erika G 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i had a teacher that was from jamaica n talked like that. after a while u got used to him n understand everything he said. u shouldnt make fun of people cuz of the way they talk
2007-05-21 08:18:17 · answer #8 · answered by Paco El Vago! 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jamaican patois is broken English- a dialect that is older than US independence. You are a lousy friend.
If 'im evah fine out what yu a se behin 'im back, dawg nyam yu suppa.
( ask him to translate that for you)
2007-05-21 08:10:16 · answer #9 · answered by thequeenreigns 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
I love trying to figure it out, I love the phrase, "evry lil ting gonna be irie"...don't know if I spelled it right. I just get a kick out of it, lol.
2007-05-21 08:15:07 · answer #10 · answered by leslie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋