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soufriere1,
mi haffe tell yuh seh, fram start mi hear yuh talk bout, how if de people dem nah brought speaking patois dem should nah dweet, ca it no maada tounge to dem, true yuh seh dat? well mi point fram dat inna dis yah forum, strictly reggae correct. an yuh talk bout jus ca dem listen to some reggae music dem gwine tak dat wey, an it jus badda yuh so, right? well, tell mi sah, 'ow yuh gone decifer ponline inna discussion, mek wi seh a hot topic bout muzik, an yuh si sumady write up some likkle patois. yuh gwan discriminate are ridicule the person, doing so? i t'ink come 1st off, if yuh dunno the guy writing the a response bout some topic, if him jus a yankee are if him fram jamaica. it should nah matter a bit if, unless him offending yuh in anywey. if dem bawn a uncle sam, if dem bawn a england, bawn a canada. if dem feel the muzik dat much dat dem really haffe chat some patois, i guess becaw dem really feel in chune wid it, are supm like. yeah, it true it a bit strange when mi hear a yankee talkin' patois, but inna the same time it jus awright. jus as lang, dem know whey dem talkin bout. but if dem chat up some big chat, an dem try fe pop style pon mi, an seh de wrang wey, de bwoy haffe get kuff. i'm a bit mi cool sah. an mi sarry bout all dem tings mi seh. jus one ting yah, yuh shold nah come in name droppin', jus ca yuh know willie william, dat mek mi really kin teet'. mi par wid big artist dem. as well but i won't put dem name inna the air like it gone mek mi look all the more better. hol up yuh own, do mek some guy defend yuh. yuh dun haffe name drop, dat dun mek yuh situation any better, it jus mek yuh look weak. i dun care a dyamn a who yuh know, yuh si why mi a seh? jus defend yuhself.
so as far as dem yoots a who choose fe speak inna patois, speak wisely, if yuh choose to do so, coz if yuh come in wid supm offensive to a native speaker, yuh gone get clap, are bax dung, if yuh seh supm improper. any native speaker a who choose to speak patois inna the forum, dweet. an if yuh have no clue a whey the man speaking, jus be polite an ax him too explain.

pisces

Hi,

I think this thread has gone far enough, this forum was created for lovers of reggae music who wish to exchage views and knowldge about the MUSIC.

What good can this thread achieve other than to cause ill feeling and bad will between the people who use this site.

Lets show more respect for each other and get back to talking about the music.

The music is the common language of this site irrespective of nationality, patios, religion or gender.

Resepct to you all

Dave

Of curse rootsman, but chill, i dont hate these people, i just blame them. We can have a hard thread and stay adult, no need to insult people...
(pupa pisces, i have no time to lose with reading your stupid language, you miss your time with me lol)

Hi Fabroots,

I`m chilled and haven`t got a problem with you or anyone on this site.

However, I do think you are missing the point slightly.

By getting involved in these types of topics it can only cause bad will between fellow members (look at your last response to pupa pisces)

In a few weeks time you may put up a thread asking a question or requesting information on a partucular topic. This guy pisces may have the answer to your question, Is it now likely to give you the answer ?

That then defeats the whole purpose of having the forum in the first place.

I think the best way to deal with this is when someone has posted a thread and it is clear it could cause hostility, either report it or don`t respond. If no one responds to these threads then they just die.

I say again, it is about the music, the sharing of knowledge and the togetherness. That is what the people on this site have always been about and thats what has made it so great.

Respect to you always

Dave

Well, i dont have the habit to speak the half of my ideas, and more why we have to accept this form of snobism from papa pisces and shut up??
This form of different language is just a way for make more difference and looking original, in his mentality papa pisces cant like all the people as he like his friends able to speak same sleng i bet, then if he put some barriers he give me too the temptation to jump it! ^^
Now i dont hate him or considere him as inferior or something, here we speak about music habitually, but if we have to agree to all subjects where somebody speak about stuff where evrybody can have a different opinion the subject being just a demonstration of "knowledge" in a unique sens.. :/

Matthew: it wasn't meant as a 'low blow'.
I meant to say, I think it's funny to see people writing 'patois' instead of the 'usual' english.
I surely don't mind them doing so. I didn't want to offend anyone with my remark.

Hi Fabroots

I agree, we should all have our own opinions and be able to voice them.

If we was all of the same opinion and shared the same tastes then the forum wouldn`t have much to say.

But there is a difference between constructive feedback/opinions and some of the comments which have been posted on this thread.

I just feel that threads like this are not constructive, they create friction instead of togetherness, they have nothing to do with the music and don`t really have a place on this forum.

If people on this forum choose to talk in patois when they can infact speak plain English then that is their choice.

At the end of the day, they are the ones who will lose out by not getting responses to their posts because people cannot decipher what is being said. This is nothing to do with ignorance but a lack of understanding of peoples native tongue.

This is just my opinion and is not intended to cause offence.

Respect Always.

Dave

this one goes out to the one Fabricatedroots,
yuh talk some big talk, far a bwoy who show ignarance an talk bout "my stupid language". dun tink yuh jus insulting mi, but yuh insulting everyone else who is jamaican an does speak patois. an chooses to speak in that manner. wherever yuh come fram, whichever french colonized island yuh come fram, haiti, wherever. mi dun cyare where yuh fram, na mi talkin' yuh as a person, dun start critisize mans talk, or how him talk, coz it involve my roots, my kulcha. an how i am proud to speak how i speak. so if yuh gone insult mi, insult mi directly as a person, nah fe mi language of origin. as i am now located inna uncle sam, i still never forget myself, an where mi come fram. so dun tink in any shape or form that yuh is better than mi, coz the wey yuh talk, yuh sound ignarant.

pisces

Ok guys,

We all made our point. Give it a rest.

Well, its not important to me, i dont considere it stupid when the guys use only some words naturally and use the one with their original form with there original writting (you cant make me thinking that you really dont know how write "way" in english, i dont believe), i just blame the reason for transform original word in different writting with same sound, "dem" for "them" i understand, but "wey" for "way" no...
Have fun, and by the way im proud then to be an "ignorant" lol