Things Jamaicans Love
What Makes Jamaicans Jamaican!
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Fried Chicken with Curry/Stew Beef/Ox-Tail Gravy
“Sell me two small fry chicken! One leg an’ thigh, curry gravy! One breas’ an’ wing, food an’ stew beef gravy! …
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Their Old High School
Fervet Opus in Campis. The Utmost for the Highest. Fortis. These are the mottos of three Jamaican, all-boys, High Schools.…
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Pepper
Is there any doubt that Jamaicans love pepper? Jerk pork, pepper shrimp, Solomon gundy and even the humble beef patty;…
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Dropping “h”s and putting them in places they shouldn’t be
“H’emphasise your H’s you h’ignorant h’ass!” – Author unknown As much as I ‘ate to say so, h’it h’is h’an…
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The ‘Madda Cyaad’ (Insulting someone’s Mother)
A rough guesstimate, based on my own observance while in the tenth grade of high school, put the percentage of…
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Blowing your horn at the driver in front of you a full minute before the light turns green
I think most of us are aware of this phenomenon. You’re sitting in your car at a stoplight somewhere in…
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Dances only a few people actually know how to do
Jamaica is known the world over for its dancehall music and the innovative dance moves that accompany same, but it…
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Dominoes
I never quite understood the almost maniacal extent to which dominoes is played at every available moment in Jamaica. On…
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Colourful Colloquialisms
We’ve all seen books, brochures and pamphlets promising to teach us how to “speak Jamaican”. Usually they offer a few…
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A Good Kickers (martial arts movie)
It’s a documented fact that a love of martial arts movies runs through black people’s veins. This stop-you-in-your-tracks type of…
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Lyrics
Since the dawn of time, men have sought to win over the fairer sex through a variety of means: with…