Things Jamaicans Love
What Makes Jamaicans Jamaican!
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Nicknames
A Jamaican man walks through the shopping plaza with his wife and children on a busy Saturday afternoon. Out of…
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Childhood Do-It-Yourself Toys/Pastimes – Part 1
“Woe be unto the youth that cannot live without his Wii” – Author Unknown Remember the games we played as…
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Exciting Exclamations!
The French say “Merde!” the Spanish say “Madre de dios!” and Barbadians say “Cheese-on-bread!”. Every country/culture has distinctive expressions that…
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Things Jamaicans Fear the Most
In the early 1970s Ernie Smith recorded a now legendary song called “Duppy or a gunman”. In that song he…
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Patties
Recent tests by chemists (apparently with lots of free time) on US currency in circulation, made the stunning revelation that…
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Things that will piss Jamaicans off
Jamaicans have a well-deserved reputation for being among the most volatile people in the world. Our contention, however, is that…
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Freenis
There is a universally accepted adage which states that there is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving.…
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Things Jamaicans Hate
What are the similarities between the things Jamaicans love and the things Jamaicans hate? Well, Jamaicans can be equally passionate,…
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A Barrel from Farin (Foreign)
Just for a second, imagine Santa’s big red bag of gifts in the form of a fibre drum. This I…
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Giving our children made-up names
Jamaicans have always a been creative people. Witness our many contributions to the arts: In music we’ve given the world…
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Things Jamaicans loved (but thank God we don’t love them any more)
Psychiatrists tell us that in order to move on and let go of unpleasant memories we first have to confront…
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Inventing new ways to shake hands/greet each other
In the beginning… there was the humble handshake. Polite, versatile and almost universal. Then, in the 1970’s there came the…
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Mangoes
Is there a fruit more desired by Jamaicans than the mango? Think about it! For about seven or eight months…
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Doubling up our words
I would love for someone to explain to me why Jamaicans so frequently “double-up” their words. Has anyone at the…
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Bun (the good one!)
Depending on the time of year or the context in which it is used, the expression, “Yuh get Bun?” can…