Peter Espeut | Bad English and bad Creole

[Sir X]

Peter Espeut | Bad English and bad Creole


The truth is that some of us are genuinely bilingual, while others of us are proficient in one, and dabble in the other, such that what comes out is either bad English or bad Creole.

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/...and-bad-creole

[wbvs]

English is a foreign language for me and am able to
speak three probably 4 or 5.

[wbvs]

patwah

[wbvs]

1 million. Words mane.gramma.spelling .putuatuation To write ,read and talk English.
the best talkers of anglo languages are
English themselves and in my opinion
If you ever hear a Bermudian native
Speak,them too.The Canadians are
better speaker of English than Americans
Which are worst off than Aussies and
New Zealand.What we like about usa
Is their unique baby voice.
I find it attractive.Those nationals
Are among the best the rest follows.

[wbvs]

Patwah can just be as sweet even sweetah than other languages if we know how to express
it and apply ourselves to it.We must recognize
Patwah is spoken on 4 continents.South America
I.e San Andre Colombia ,N America ,Europe
and in parts of Ghana and Ethiopia.

[wbvs]

To add to English,it is a contemporary language I.e it barrows and changed through times.

[Karl]

Unnuh!
How do you write the Jamaican creole word/grunt for "yes"...but more than "yes" as in strong agreement with/on a topic?

Let me say such again - Uh-humph!