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British English vs Jamaican Patois

Dolls'-Festival-themed presentation of a small portion of Jamaican Patois

Jamaican culture/language.

Recommended for Jamaican ALTs, however everyone is welcome to use and modify it to your liking.

Please note that the spellings are not standardized.

I stole this ppt from lanciaALT (nuff rispek! big up yuhself!) and modified it to show some words and phrases in Jamaican Patois, with a dash of some dolls I found from my google search XD.

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EnglishvsJamaicanPatoisPowerPoint.pptx (16.3 MB)

Submitted by klstoujour February 14, 2024 Estimated time: 10 minutes

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Gomotsegang Moshoette February 15, 2024

This is so fun and creative. Definitely enjoyed learning some Jamaican Patois! Thank you
klstoujour February 15, 2024

You're welcome.

Please note that I have added some more slides.
lijam February 15, 2024

The 'crep' made me lol ...
tami101 February 15, 2024

LOL, well this was fun!
sophie February 15, 2024

so interesting! thank you for teaching all of us. :)
lanciaALT February 16, 2024

I love how you adapted the powerpoint!
AbbyALT February 16, 2024

I was lmao with this one :D its really good
Danakco February 16, 2024

i really love Patois! its really interesting as some of these phrases are being commonly used by working class people in England due to growing up with jamaican neighbours!
Tsensei February 19, 2024

Big up yuhself
Xandros March 1, 2024

Awesome slides...bashment took me out..we still use that? lol
Eric6301 April 17, 2024

I've been missing my family lately, and this gave me a good laugh. Made me feel right at home.