Sister Nancy, you give excellent advice!

I'd like to recommend as well the book, "Understanding Jamaican Patois" by L. Emilie Adams. Its 109 pages of "aid" for those interested in understanding a little bit of patios and sentance structures. There are some things you just don't "get" in a book. Ya really have to submerse yourself into the language, and even then -sigh- well, I still have a miserable time at it.

I totally agree with you, Sister Nancy, on your thoughts about listening to people using the catch phrases. Man, that drives me crazy. I was with my friend in JA once, and this woman was speaking half American English, half Patois. When she left, he told me that he didn't like it when people did that. He said, "Pick one language - you shouldn't use both!" She sounded rediculous to me also.

I'd be grateful to just understand!