YOU KNOW YOU ARE JAMAICAN WHEN...

Complete the title with a phrase you know is true about Jamaicans.

You know you're Jamaican when....
....you pluralize all your nouns with the term "dem"
ex. singular: the dog
      plural: the dog dem

Listen to Ms Lou tell us more about the Jamaican dialect!

Famous Jamaican Actors

Apart from Oliver Samuels and Paul Campbell how many other Jamaican actors can you name that have made it to the international arena?

What is the cost of living in Jamaica?

sell me a bag juice deh, mek mi get some change

Which one of these items cost less than $50 in Jamaica?

FOOD ITEMS 

1.    a 2lb bread
2.    a tin of sardine
3.    a tin of bully beef
4.    a lb sugar
5.    a lb rice
6.    a lb flour
7.    a whole chicken
8.    a tin condense milk
9.    a lb cornmeal
10.  a small bottle of coconut oil

11.  3 tomatoes
12.  2 onions
13.  1 eskellion
14.  1/2 doz green banana
15.  1 small bag of carrot
16.  1/2 lb saltfish
17.  1 tin of mackerel
18.  1 pack Bulla
19.  1Bag juice

I am eager to know what, what would it cost me, if I came back to Jamaica today to live? Excluding food, how much would these things run me?

LIVING EXPENSES

1. Rent 1 bedroom
2. Light Bill
3. water bill
4. Cable bill
5. 2-stage bus fare

Sample - Restaurant list - food/beverages