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Re: Rasta-reggae "Words"
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:45 pm
by Yaw
google 'jamaican patois dictionary'
and you'll find a lot
http://www.niceup.com/patois.html
Re: Rasta-reggae "Words"
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:59 pm
by jumbo shower
at kalcadis.. i am never tio sure about the humor or ignorance of some messages
dolly = Dally = 70s slang for riding playfully on a bicylce or motorbike ( doing wheeley's and other stunts etc..)
Re: Rasta-reggae "Words"
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 1:53 am
by orthodox|
What mean "Tallawah" ??
thanks
Re: Rasta-reggae "Words"
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 4:19 am
by flashman
What is a kruff, and what does it mean to 'gwaan like a kruff'.
Re: Rasta-reggae "Words"
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 8:11 am
by kalcidis@kalmar
Tallawah = strong.
Re: Rasta-reggae "Words"
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 12:20 pm
by jumbo shower
tallawa = persistent
likkle but me tallawah = i am small but persistent / in the long run i will succeed..
i've never heard off the expression 'Gwaan like a Kruff'?
perhaps it means exel at football, haha
gwaan like a Cruyff!!!
Re: Rasta-reggae "Words"
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 5:55 pm
by flashman
Heres some use of kruff or cruff in context that I found online.
" gwan go maas green bwoy!!!
Leggo di rassclaat place yuh bumbobloodclaat cruff......yuh comeen like when drancrow a vomit out dead dog" doesn't sound too nice!
And another one:
Kiss mi anty go to church unnu chat bad eeh....
Massi Gad......now dis a di king of chattin bad!!! Mi cyaan touch dis ole cruff, no sah!!!
Re: Rasta-reggae "Words"
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:12 pm
by orthodox|
what mean the expression "joker smoker", people who use ganja for fun and not for meditation , thats what they want to say?
big up!
Re: Rasta-reggae "Words"
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:22 pm
by nugs
Listen to the lyrics of Triston Palmer's Joker Smoker or Jah Thomas' Joker Smoker
It's someone who wants to smoke all the time but doesn't have any of their own.
Re: Rasta-reggae "Words"
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 11:45 pm
by orthodox|
nugs wrote:Listen to the lyrics of Triston Palmer's Joker Smoker or Jah Thomas' Joker Smoker
It's someone who wants to smoke all the time but doesn't have any of their own.
hey can you put some parts of the lyrics to understand the meaning, i didnt find the lyric and my english isnt so good to catch that one pon the music,
thanks!