Shortage of Jamaican Patois Interpreters in Brampton

[Mosiah]

And since I have no problem increasing my knowledge I discovered that a new word is added to the English language every 98 minutes, or 14.7 words per day.

I leave the other part for you to research. How many words are added to patwa every day?! Something tells mi is not even 1 word a week!

[Bricktop]

woieee...hit a stumbling block there pal

[Gamma]

same thing in english ... dem add words to the lexicon almost monthly...

[Gamma]

one can encounter this in the english language too....

[Mosiah]

Almost? Try 14 new words added every day!

[Bricktop]

what about phrases with dual meanings? nobody can master patois...easy to master the english language

[Bricktop]

compared to how many for patois? it's okay i'll sit here and watch you squirm

[Mosiah]

compared to how many for patois? it's okay i'll sit here and watch you squirm

Yah hear mi, mi nuh waan nuh man a pree mi eno!

[Mosiah]

what about phrases with dual meanings? nobody can master patois...easy to master the english language

Wooiiee, mi glottis!

[Islandman]

nobody can master patois...easy to master the english language

Oh, I thought Jamaicans were guilty of the opposite of this statement?

[Mosiah]

Toronto have bigger problems than this anyhow. Maybe it's time to start advertising for a mayor?

[Gamma]

that is across the board .... go ansa yuh dog and bone.

[Islandman]

Good old Rob Ford will be sadly missed. Sigh.

[Bricktop]

there is an official patois dictionary i would posit that 50% of the patois spoken on the street is not in that dictionary...can you say the same for English?

[Gamma]

"official patois dictionary"? who or what made it official? yuh talking about ken maxwell's "how to speak jamaican"?