A conversation with Porsha, who speaks English and Jamaican Patois.
What is your name and what languages do you speak?
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Hi, my name is Porsha and I am [of] Jamaican descent and I have been speaking Patois and English all of my life.
What is an English expression you don’t like?
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An English expression that I don’t like is
get over it because one should not tell somebody how to feel about a situation.
What is a word you have difficulty pronouncing?
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An English word I always have a hard time saying is am-bu-lance. What is it? (Ambulance) Ambulance!
Can you teach us a word in Jamaican Patois?
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Oh! My favorite expression in Patois – which is easy – is whata gwan which just means hi, how are you doing, what’s up, what are you doing?
