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Rewind-selector · #11 (**permalink**) 04-13-2007, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny127

This is for the Non-Jamaicans as well as those Jamaicans who have left yaad a long time ago and has somehow "lost" the REAL PATWAH chat!

Non-Jamaicans -
1. Do you think that you have enough understanding of the language that you could hold a conversation with a jamaican IN PATOIS? I could talk

I could understand the dreddest Jamo accent but I would talk back as a Soul bwoi or "Hinglish man"...thanks to my parents sending me off to boarding school.

2. Would you feel embarrassed intryingto speak it?

hmmm... di rain in Spain, fall mainly in di plane?

3. Has being on ETJ helped you to gain better understanding of the Patwah?

Yep, I just have to read any of my cuzzzz posts to find new ways of speaking patois.

Jamaicans abroad- Since you have been away for so long...

1. Do you think that you HONESTLY can still speak the "Raw-chaw" patwah that is spoken back home?

My mum has lived in England for over 40 years and she still has a deep Jamo accent.... and she also does the Posh Jamo accent with the "H" when she has company over her house. I love it.

2. If not, how long do you think it would take for you to get it back?

She will never the accent, ever!