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How do you say, these words in Jamaican??
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and
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They speak English but here are more phrases for you..

USA: It's been a long time since I have seen you, girl.
JA: Gal yuh noh dead yet?

USA: Lord, we have lost electricity again!
JA: Lawd Gad, current lack aff again to rahtid!

USA: Where did you buy that awful bracelet, Cindy?
JA: A weh yuh buy dat deh big ole ugly bangle deh, missus?

USA: Hors d'oeuvres.
JA: Ah wah dis likkle sinting yuh a gi me?

USA: I think something is wrong with Susan, she might have the flu.
JA: Lawd Gad, obeah tek up Suzie!

USA: Girl, those shoes are the bomb.
JA: Gyal, yuh roach killa dem a seh one out deh.

USA: Oh my gosh, I just broke Mom's expensive plate.
JA: Lawd mi Gad, mi bruk up Mama stoosh crackry.

USA: Aren't those pants a bit short?
JA: Yuh did a expect flood ar yuh tek yuh measurement inna wata?

USA: Why are you squeezing the mangoes like that?
JA: Lissen mi nuh, mi a beg yuh stap fingle-fingle up di mango dem.

USA: Sir, please don't throw my luggage like that.
JA: Aye buff teet bwoy, tap fling up-fling up mi bag dem suh man.

USA: I wish you would quit lying.
JA: Tap di blinkin lyin, yuh ole liyad.

USA: Lift the hood off the car for me, John.
JA: Hey my yute, fly di bonnet!

USA: I am waiting for a taxi and it's taking so long.
JA: But wait, no Robot naw run tidey!

USA: Oh the poor little boy is handicapped.
JA: But cooh pan di lickle invalid.

USA: Get me a pop please.
JA: Beg yuh carry wan aerated wata fi mi deh .

USA: It's time for a perm.
JA: Gal yuh head waan cream, yuh noh si how it tough an tan bad!

USA: Yuck!! This is nasty.
JA: Kiss mi neck back!! What a sinting tyase bad an incipid.

USA: Girl, your acne is terrible.
JA: Massi Gad, pickney yuh face bumpy-bumpy an fayva grayta eeh?

USA: Please make some room in the bus so this man can sit.
JA: Schoolas, small up unnu self man mek Daddy siddung.

USA: I have a stomach ache.
JA: Mi belly ah gripe mi.

USA: These mangoes look a bit over ripe.
JA: Missus, move fram in front ah mi wid dem fluxy mango deh.

USA: She has a bit of an overbite.
JA: Gyal fayva buckteet Ida.

USA: He has very large full eyes.
JA: Wat ah bway fayva patoo.

USA: He has no manners.
JA: Im noh have noh broughtupsy!

USA: Perspiration odor.
JA: Him smell green.

USA: Poached (boiled) chicken.
JA: Dat deh sinting nuh staat cook yet.

USA: Oh dear.
JA: Ee-eeeee.

USA: Josh is suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder.
JA: Di pickney too hard eaize!

USA: He has a touch of Dyslexia.
JA: What a bway dunce sah.

USA: I need a bottle of Pepto Bismal..my stomach hurts.
JA: Lawd, mi coulda do wid a wash out yah nung .. mi belly bine up.

USA: That man over there is missing his dentures.
JA: Cooh pan dat deh mashmout bredda ova deh soh.

USA: Oh my, your feet are so ashy...
JA: Yuh foot tuff laka aligata bak...yuh couldn't rub likkle cokanut ile pon yuh foot?
Others
Jamaicans speak English.

Below is an article on the diferences in American English and the Jamaican dialect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jamaican_en...
HI mon

Bye mon
They speak English just in a different dialect.
Hi- What a gwane
Bye - Mi gone
Parmamag, you brought tears to my eyes with your patois rendering. It was so funny that I couldn't stop laughing. I think that would be overload for anyone who isn't Jamaican. Don't you just miss Louise Bennett-Coverley??? May she rest in peace.
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