• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPM
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    7 months ago

    I think in his case it’s a patois. I don’t think it’s suggesting actual Jamaican English is.

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      7 months ago

      The point being made is that Jamaican Patois is a language, not an accent. It’s an English Creole.