I went to a Jamaican Patois class. Why was I so scared to speak it?
But I’m vowing to overcome shame and connect with this part of my culture Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox?
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Centuries of historical baggage surrounds this form of speech. It was unlike anything I’d ever seen before – Patois and other Caribbean Creole forms of speech are rarely treated as legitimate languages.
This lifestyle story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Jamaican Patois, Caribbean Creole and Patois.
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