Patois (PA-twah)

Jamaicans often drop the h's (thus 'ouse' instead of house) and add them in unexpected places (e.g., 'hemphasize'). Many have difficulty pronouncing 'th' and then drop the 'h'; hence t'ree for three, t'anks for thanks. The is usually pronounced as de and them as dem. They also sometime drop the w, as in ooman (woman).

 

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