>> Mi deh yah ah tink and realize seh Jamaican people dem different
>>yuh nuh? Mi love dem ... still dere are some tings yuh woulda neva
>>see wi a do, hear seh wi ah seh or even attempt fi try.
>>
>>Tek fi instance ...
>>
>>Yuh eva see Jamaicans a climb mountain wid flag and claim victory
>>when dem reach de top?
>>
>>Yuh eva see we ah hang out inna di miggle ah di Amazon jungle?
>>Fi wah reason???
>>
>>you ever see we a jump outta plane wid one parachute or a boast seh
>>we going bungee jumping next Sunday?
>>
>>Yuh eva see we inna sea, bout we looking fi di Great White Shark
>>No sah - wi watch it pon TV
>>
>>Yuh eva hear a J'can in ah Search & Rescue pan mountain.
>>A mi sen dem up mountain? Dem find dem b....... way up, dem fe
>>find dem way back again. Idiat dem! A nature way fe feed de weak
>>and hungry
>>animal up deh!
>>
>>Yuh eva see a Jamaican acting pon big screen going into a haunted
>>house and asking ... Trevah you in deh?" If him foolish enuf fi go
>>ina di haunted house him an di duppy dem can tan in deh.
>>
>>Yuh eva hear a Jamaican man seh ... "no honey ... no need to cook
>>rice and peas wid oxtail and a little chicken pon a Sunday ... mek
>>wi eat a light salad instead." Try yuh best ... not pon yu life.
>>
>>Yuh eva si a Jamaican come a work an tell everybody dem bizniz ...
>>how dem neva bade dis mawnin, jus brush teet and wash face.
>>
>>Yuh eva si a Jamaican wey luv talk over people food ... put dem
>>face inna it an sey dat looks and smell good? No sah! Dat wi cause
>>fight.
>>
>>Yuh eva see a Jamaican go inna di company fridge and go tek weh
>>next person sangwige and nyam it off?
>>
>>Yuh eva hear Jamaican pickney tell dem madda fi shut up and di
>>Madda go tek seat inna
>>kitchen, tek out cigarette start smoke and seh she nuh know wah fi
>>do wid di pickney?
>>No. One bax crass him face fi sure. An if dem live inna farign dem
>>sen dem to Jamaica fi di summer and den di odder relatives fix dem
>>bizniz and dem go back wid mannaz.
>>
>>Yuh eva see Jamaican tek meat outta fridge and stick it inna oven
>>widout lickle seasoning?
>>
>>Yuh eva hear Jamaican inna di werk place ah talk bout how much time
>>him wife mek him sleep pon di couch? Crazy tings dat, cause even if
>>she shut di door she expect him fi kick it open.
>>
>>Mi neva hear a Jamaican seh dem woulda rather put dem parents inna
>>retirement home dan mek dem live wid dem. Only those who migrated
>>to foreign lands will do dem tings.
>>
>>Yuh eva see Jamaican people a cook and dem stir di pot, taste di
>>food and put di same spoon right back inna di pot an nuh wash it
>>off???
>>
>>Yuh eva si a Jamaican
>>have dem dog a lick dem face? Yuh mad?
>>Yuh eva see yawd ppl have dem dog sleep inna di same bed wid dem?
>>Or dawg inna di couch and when dawg get up dem go lay down innna di
>>same couch inna di same spat? Yuh eva see yawd people kiss dem dawg
>>pon di mout? Yuh eva hear seh yawd people tek 5 days off from work
>>because dem puss dead?
>>
>>Yuh eva hear a Jamaican madda innna a store a tell dem pickney "no
>>sweetheart, you can't have that, please put it back on the shelf"
>>Instead, yuh will hear someting like dis ... "lissen yah pickney,
>>mi nah walk a street an pick up money, put dung di blassted sweetie
>>dem an no badda mi soul tiday, yuh hear mi"?
>>
>>Yuh eva see Jamaican do any wuk afta dem get pay pon Friday. All di
>>manager dem a play domino round a back, not to mention ludo and
>>draft.
>>
>>We a Jamaican ... ah suh wi d'weet. Wi nuh normal .. wi well
>>different from all odda peoples! A so di ting set. A so di ting
>>stay.

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