What about the different words used for everyday things.

I remember when my dad asked me to fetch his Marina- i looked high and low, got beating!- only to find out he meant -VEST!!

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Ted always tells me "Now that you are on vocation..." meaning I'm retired. He also uses it to describe my friends coming here for a visit (vacation). I just love it because it goes right to the heart of the matter. After all isn't it our "vocation" to take a vacation or retire in Ja?

ma, one of the many reasons why ted is so endearing!

Simple...hit's nat Hinglish..hits Jamaicanised Hinglish.

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Deh ell yu sey?

oh and another favorite: baby (bee-ah-bee) i love how that one sounds!

Yes, I definitely noticed that one. When I was a kid, my aunt that now lives in NJ was watching a performance by Crystal Gayle, singing her hit, For Your Eyes Only. My aunt sang along "For hyour heyes honly, honly for hue..."

My cousin and I DIED cracking up! We were on the floor with our sides splitting...you know how kids love to overreact to a funny situation too, so imagine.

A true mi nah lie but lawd we just different da way deh.

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