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!
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You know you are Jamaican when you say "draw boongie" in the place of snoring.
ReplyDeleteEx. Mi neva wah wake yuh cause yuh did ah draw boongie
You know you're Jamaican when every ailment can be cured by drinking tea.
ReplyDeleteI remember vividly one day telling my mom my chest hurt, rather than taking me to the doctor, she just said go drink some tea. I shook my head, but did as I was told, and you know what? The pain in my chest went away.