Open Patois, redux
I have now come to learn that all Jamaicans are multilingual, and while some may not speak patois, they all understand it. The switch back and forth between patios and standard English goes back to slavery days, when the slaves were not allowed to use their native language.The rebellion against that was that the slaves simply used English when they wanted to be understood and used patois ( which has English words thrown in here and there) so passing listeners might assume the language being spoken is English.
”farrina and dem plenty questions” meaning foreign people who ask a great deal of questions.
I am William "Papa" Meloney and I endorse this message.
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