YES, It’s

Jamaicanese

Trailblazer Andrea Livingston-Prince Toastmaster Competent Communicator Project # 8 Dated 10/2015

The official language of Jamaica is Jamaican Standard English.

The true Jamaican language that was developed on the island does not have an official name.

It is sometimes called Patois, Creole, Black English Vernacular or ungrammatical English and today it is called JAMAICANESE

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The language originally developed as a pidgin. This is not a native language—it is as second language for everyone who speaks it.

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From Launch to Landing

Pidgin

Creole

Patois

Jamaicanese

Development – 1600’s

Nickname – Jamaican English

The mix of the European cultures and African created

Creole

The slaves were divided into groups deliberately without a common language to prevent revolt.

Today, this speaker refers to the language of her people as

Jamaicanese

The language reflects the struggles of slavery

The language, despite not being the official language, has come to represent the people, the culture, history and struggles of the lives of many Jamaicans.

Despite the worldwide use of English, Patois continues to remain a pivotal element in preserving traditions and

past in Jamaica

Today, this speaker refers to the language of her people as

Jamaicanese

gravalicious

synonyms: grasping, acquisitive, covetous, greedy, rapacious, mercenary,materialistic, mean, miserly; More

avaricious

avəˈrɪʃəs/

Adjective

having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

"an avaricious, manipulative woman"

Worlian Materialistic person

Definition - A materialistic or ungodly person. One to whom money is the be all and end all.

Example Sentences

• Jamaicanese: Him a worlian, him nuh really care bout di environment

• English: He’s very materialistic, he doesn’t really care about the environment

JOOK • to pierce or stick, as with a thorn or a long pointed stick.

clide

synonyms: become sickening, become nauseating, pall, become distasteful, become tedious, become tiresome; More

cloy

gerund or present participle: cloying

1.disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness,

richness, or sentiment.

"a romantic, rather cloying story"

BAKRA • white slavemaster, or member of the ruling class in colonial days.

Popular etymology: "back raw" (which he bestowed with a whip.)

BAFAN clumsy; awkward

BABYLON • 1. the corrupt establishment, the "system, Church and State"

2. the police, a policeman

BUBU fool

COME- EEN -LIKE to seem as if; to resemble

JUDGIN' everyday or ordinary clothes or shoes worn in the yard or in the bush, as in "judgin' blouse".

•MASH IT UP a huge success

•MASH UP, MASH DOWN destroy

facety

• FIESTY

• impudent, rude, out of order, cheeky

SWIMS • shrimp, crayfish

Wa Mek? • Why?

If you tell me that it is not so, I would be forced to ask you Wa Mek?