tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27226939.post2178528694902776759..comments2023-10-24T09:32:57.591-05:00Comments on TwentySomething+ Monologue: SMS Jamaican StyleSheer Almshousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13891195194201658871noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27226939.post-82364547133527947412009-02-19T15:03:00.000-05:002009-02-19T15:03:00.000-05:00Z,, for sure!As a child, I thought it was all weir...Z,, for sure!<BR/><BR/>As a child, I thought it was all weird... some I could understand but the proverbs and idioms took longer. But when you hear them, you know that the wisdom of the ancestors speaks through.<BR/><BR/>These SMS abbreviations are mostly for jokes regarding common expressions in the language.Sheer Almshousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891195194201658871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27226939.post-51650752035858448802009-02-19T14:59:00.000-05:002009-02-19T14:59:00.000-05:00So, is 'Her husband fayva duppy' something like 'h...So, is 'Her husband fayva duppy' something like 'her husband hankers after an old girlfriend' ?<BR/><BR/>As for 'you lick yuh head', I'm certainly using that!Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27226939.post-68449488919501826562009-02-19T14:46:00.000-05:002009-02-19T14:46:00.000-05:00...bwoy i tell yu.."knowledge is golden" but syill......bwoy i tell yu.."knowledge is golden" but syill ah DWL !!<BR/><BR/>;-))Azikiwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07845912764144111116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27226939.post-22869510931230942242009-02-19T14:12:00.000-05:002009-02-19T14:12:00.000-05:00Duppy is ghost...#24 Lick (hit) in your head- "You...Duppy is ghost...<BR/><BR/>#24 Lick (hit) in your head- "You've hit your head!"<BR/><BR/>So if someone wanted to say borrow your brand new car that you didn't even go for a ride in yet... you could appropriately ask or exclaim "You lick yuh head?!"Sheer Almshousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891195194201658871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27226939.post-65851426528867855352009-02-19T13:44:00.000-05:002009-02-19T13:44:00.000-05:00There must be some very puzzled Jamaican infants a...There must be some very puzzled Jamaican infants around going "what?" <BR/><BR/>I hardly like to ask what 'duppy' is (22) Or in what circumstances one would say 24.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27226939.post-30912066149293895112009-02-19T13:36:00.000-05:002009-02-19T13:36:00.000-05:00Aha!Now you are on to big things.#50 is from a Jam...Aha!<BR/><BR/>Now you are on to big things.<BR/><BR/>#50 is from a Jamaican idiom " you will know how water walk do a pumpkin belly"<BR/><BR/>It means essentially that the great mysteries will soon be unveiled. Sometimes mother's and grandmothers use it as a cautionary tale to young uns. <BR/><BR/>But it really is about waiting and seeing because all these things somehow eventually get revealed.Sheer Almshousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891195194201658871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27226939.post-73269527341982271052009-02-19T13:28:00.000-05:002009-02-19T13:28:00.000-05:00I feel so ignorant. How about 50?I feel so ignorant. <BR/><BR/>How about 50?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27226939.post-20587835124556368962009-02-19T13:19:00.000-05:002009-02-19T13:19:00.000-05:00DWL!! Z...If you want help in translating, I'd be ...DWL!! Z...<BR/><BR/><BR/>If you want help in translating, I'd be happy to offer assistance.<BR/><BR/>WPYD?<BR/><BR/>[#37 Which part yuh deh- where are you?]Sheer Almshousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891195194201658871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27226939.post-3477845708807784122009-02-19T12:19:00.000-05:002009-02-19T12:19:00.000-05:00I love those - even (especially?) the ones I don't...I love those - even (especially?) the ones I don't actually understand.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.com