WHAT IS JAMAICA?

WHAT IS JAMAICA?...

Jamaica is 'Rum and Red Stripe.'
Jamaica is 'Kola Champagne & Manish Water.'
Jamaica is 'Jerk Pork, Scotch Bonnet peppa, Hardough Bread, Fry Fish & Bammy, Coco Bread & Patty'.
Jamaica is 'Cornmeal Dumplin, Dasheen, Yam, Coco , Ackee & SaltFish, Black Mango, Star Apple, 'Doouckunu, Dip-an-Fall-Back, Run-dung.'
Jamaica is 'Bulla-an-Pear, Toeto, SaltFish Fritters, Peppa shrimps, Blue draws, Roast breadfruit and Corn-pork.'
Jamaica is 'Escoviche fish, Oxtail, Tripe and beans.'
Jamaica is 'Jackfruit, Juneplum, Naseberry, 'Tinking-toe, Guinep and Hogplum.'
Jamaica is 'Mint Balls, Bustamante-backbone, Paradise plum, Asham, Drops, Gizzada, and Grater cake.' Read more
Jamaica is 'Bun and cheese, Sorrel and Rum cake.'
Jamaica is 'Miss Lou'
Jamaica is 'Anancy and Big Boy stories.'
Jamaica is 'GRANDMARKET NIGHT!'
Jamaica is 'Irie, Nyabingi, Boogooyaga, Leggobeast, Boo-noo-noo-nous'
Jamaica is 'Dandy Shandy, playing Ludo and a 'quick six of Dominoes.'
Jamaica is 'Ital stew, Strong-Back-an-Cheny- Root, Irish Mosh, Cirsee or Herb Tea, Castor oil at the end of summerand Senna and Salts.'
Jamaica is 'Blouse and skirt!, Kin-Puppa-Lick!,
Rhattid!, Blough-wow!, Geeze-u-wiz ! Gouzum!'
Jamaica is 'Cool runnings, cease and sekkle, haul-an-pull-up and 'nuff respeck.'
Jamaica is 'Suck-suck and sky-juice.'
Jamaica is 'Wi likkle but wi tal-a-wah!'
Jamaica is 'Wey yu a sey?, What a gwan? Whappen? & How it a go?'
Jamaica is 'bull-buck & duppy conqueror'
Jamaica is 'Zinc fence and gully water.'
Jamaica is 'Stop de cow bawlng eena de place.'
Jamaica is 'Whateva sweet yu gwine sour yu!'
Jamaica is 'Weh yu nuh kibba yu mout?'
Jamaica is 'A hell-an-powdah-house dung ya tiday.'
Jamaica is 'Nu mek mi spit, an it dry up before yu come back'
Jamaica is 'Blouse an' skirt', and 'Kiss mi neck back'.
JAMAICA IS EVERYTHING AND MUCH MUCH MORE - JAMAICA LAND WE LOVE!!

IF YOUR HEART SMILES WHEN YOU READ THIS
... YOU ARE DEFINITELY A TRUE JAMAICAN!

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Nov 21, 2018
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True True of Jamaica - all that and more there is the serious side
by: glynn

fascinating! - totally enjoyed this piece and not only was my heart smiling my teeth was 'skinning' too. So very Jamaican.

Nov 16, 2018
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Truly jamaican
by: Seneta

Wi a di bes pan wi lanwige wi special bad....nuff respect

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