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FMM 6 2 2023 Oh Really?

“This is what I want in heaven… words to become notes and conversations to be symphonies.” ~ Tina Turner. I became a student of language when I moved to Jamaica from the UK as a child.  Although English is the official tongue there, the first language of most Jamaicans is patois (‘patwah’); a wonderful blend […]