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Old 01-12-2007, 11:17 AM
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Thanks for the lessons ETJ!!!
Just wanted to say thanks to ETJ for the last 3 years of Patwah lessons!! LOL...if I wasn't a member of this board and was reading the book I'm currently reading I'd NEVER understand it!!!!

Just all the slang, grammar, and everyting else Jamaican I've learned here is helping me appreciate this book all the more.

I wonder if a regular person would know what a "Duppy" is???
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Re: Thanks for the lessons ETJ!!!
I dont know what a "duppy" is....
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Re: Thanks for the lessons ETJ!!!
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I dont know what a "duppy" is....
A duppy is the Jamaican term for a mischevious ghost.
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Re: Thanks for the lessons ETJ!!!
So JC...

What is a
1. "jang-crow"?
(Spelled "John-Crow).

2. "Jang-coono"?

3. "Bun-Bun"?

4. "Maaama-Man"?
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Re: Thanks for the lessons ETJ!!!
...which brings me to my question... what about a Duppy Conqueror Alex?
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Just wanted to say thanks to ETJ for the last 3 years of Patwah lessons!! LOL...if I wasn't a member of this board and was reading the book I'm currently reading I'd NEVER understand it!!!!

Just all the slang, grammar, and everyting else Jamaican I've learned here is helping me appreciate this book all the more.

I wonder if a regular person would know what a "Duppy" is???
Even my kids know what Duppy is.
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Re: Thanks for the lessons ETJ!!!
We have a duppy member on this board!!!
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Re: Thanks for the lessons ETJ!!!
Actually John Crow is mentioned a number of times in the book but they don't actually say what it is.
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My mother always uses expressions like "sicka dan jan crow belly" to describe gross things...
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Yah well thanks for explaining it.....so what is it? It was used in the context that when the Jamaicans were in England for the war, when they fell subject to racism they always said there ain't no John Crow here.
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Even my kids know what Duppy is.
Thanks JG....
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Yah well thanks for explaining it.....so what is it? It was used in the context that when the Jamaicans were in England for the war, when they fell subject to racism they always said there ain't no John Crow here.
LOL... are you sure you don't mean Jim Crow? Nuff Jan crow deh a hengland.
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AAAAAAHHHH yes it IS Jim Crow, I just flipped back in the book. And its definitely about racism.

Okay then I failed.....what's John Crow
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AAAAAAHHHH yes it IS Jim Crow, I just flipped back in the book. And its definitely about racism.

Okay then I failed.....what's John Crow
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A John Crow is the Jamaica term for a vulture.
Me and my uncle killed one one time ... ughh, so stink!!!
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