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The list of African words in Jamaican Patois notes down as many loan words in Jamaican Patois that can be traced back to specific African languages, the majority of which are Twi words. [1] [2] Most of these African words have arrived in Jamaica through the enslaved Africans that were transported there in the era of the Atlantic slave trade.
Female patois speaker saying two sentences A Jamaican Patois speaker discussing the usage of the language. Jamaican Patois (/ ˈ p æ t w ɑː /; locally rendered Patwah and called Jamaican Creole by linguists) is an English-based creole language with influences from West African, Arawak, Spanish and other languages, spoken primarily in Jamaica and among the Jamaican diaspora.
The Cassidy/JLU orthography is a phonemic system for writing Jamaican Patois originally developed by the linguist Frederic Cassidy. [1] It is used as the writing system for the Jamaican Wikipedia, known in Patois, and written using the Cassidy/JLU system, as the Jumiekan Patwa Wikipidia.
Iyaric's lexical departure from the pronominal system of Jamaican Creole is one of the dialect's defining features. [5] [6] Linguistics researcher Benjamin Slade comments that Jamaican Creole and Standard English pronoun forms are all acceptable in Iyaric, but speakers almost always use the I-form of first-person pronouns, while I-form usage for second-person pronouns is less frequent. [5]
The Maximus/Minimus food truck, at the corner of Pike Street and 2nd Avenue in downtown Seattle, Washington. A food truck is a mobile venue that transports and sells food. Some, including ice cream trucks, sell frozen or prepackaged food; others resemble restaurants on wheels. Some may cater to specific meals, such as the breakfast truck, lunch ...
The lights on a chicken truck, or marker lights in excess of what the law requires. Choke and puke A truck stop restaurant, especially one known for its low quality food. Comedian The median or central reservation of a highway. As in, "A bear taking pictures from the comedian." Copy that/Copy Acknowledgement, meaning "I heard you" or "I ...
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A food truck is a large motorized vehicle (such as a van or multi-stop truck) or trailer equipped to store, transport, cook, prepare, serve and/or sell food. [1] [2]Some food trucks, such as ice cream trucks, sell frozen or prepackaged food, but many have on-board kitchens and prepare food from scratch, or they reheat food that was previously prepared in a brick and mortar commercial kitchen.