Worth Repeating: Jamaican Patois is a spoken language, it is phonetic - so I try to write the words so they sound as authentically Jamaican as possible.
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| This looks like the oldest tree in High Park? |
Di langess liva si di moass:
Translation: The longest liver see the most or stated another way, the person who lives the longest will witness the most.
How is this used? When two people hold opposing views and each person is convinced they are right, this proverb is used to break the deadlock. Each person concedes that time will tell who is right.
Application: There is a got debate going on in the USA right now as to whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will win the presidential election. I listed to each candidate's surrogates defend them, as an outside observer, I could say "Yuh can seh anyting yuh want, di langess liva si di moass."
Walk gud, yuh si,
MissSam
Friday October 7, 2016
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