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I'll share this one, sent to me from Karen, my friend and former co-worker at a popular resort in Montego Bay. This is for all the true Jamaicans in the diaspora! [Thanks Karen]:

People will know you are Jamaican if...

You can't say "three" or "thing" ... you instead say "tree" and "ting".
You can distinguish between "cocoa-tea" "bush-tea", and "green-tea".
When someone sympathizes with you, you comment "Yuh tink seh it easy?"
You say words like Heg (instead of Egg); Hingland (instead of England)
You point with your lips.
You give directions with your hands, even if it is in another state.
You go to parties for the food and drink and then cuss after wards when the food and drink run out.
You address all the Chinese at the local shop as "Mr. Chin" or "Ms Chin".
You nod your head upwards to greet someone.
You always find yourself standing next to plenty of luggage and boxes at the airport.
When you travel home, you bring an extra suitcase going down, it has none of your clothes; returning, it has food.
You hate to throw away empty containers as they might come in handy for pepper sauce or "green seasonings".
You have one big pot you call curry pot when you are not even cooking curry.
You have another pot you called "dutch pot".
You say "bwoy" at the beginning of a sentence and "man" at the end of it.
You always hang something on your rear view mirror.
You put pepper sauce on everything for the taste.
You think eating ackee and saltfish, plantain and fried dumplings are a great morning breakfast.
You can't go a week without a rice dish.
You chew and suck out all the marrow from the chicken bone and then pick out your teeth after wards.
You bring home food from a party (enough for your breakfast the next morning, your lunch and your dinner!)
You chew the ice when you finish your drinks.
You must put dumplings in all soups.
You show disapproval by sucking your teeth.
You have a dishwasher in the house and only use it for special occasions.
You have a thyme (or mint) bush growing somewhere in your yard.

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