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	Patois
		The debate surrounding the use of Patois as opposed to Standard English includes a number of issues and dates back to the times of slavery when Jamaicans had Standard English presented as a superior language and the indigenous language was denigrated to an inferior status.
		In Jamaica, in addition to the Jamaican patois of the roots, the development of Rastafarianism has caused Rastas to develop a language and vocabulary of their own (Nicholas, 1996, p.38), and for the purpose of this paper it will be referred to as Rasta talk.
		When she was teaching English to young children who came from Patois speaking backgrounds, she would write a sentence in Patois and then next to it, the same sentence in "Standard" English, to help the children understand what the sentence means and to help them learn how to read and write.
	www.reggaemovement.com /History/patois.htm (3725 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Patois
		Patois was the source material employed to form a new cultural perspective, a new understanding of the role of language ''as an edifice on which is constructed ';0 racial pride and power as well as a defence against the assimilationist t, encroachment of the dominant society" (Wong 1986: 113, qtd.
		The debate surrounding the use of Patois as opposed to Standard English includes a number of issues and dates back to the times of slavery when Jamaicans had Standard English presented as a superior language and the indigenous language was denigrated to an inferior status.
		In Jamaica, in addition to the Jamaican patois of the roots, the development of Rastafarianism has caused Rastas to develop a language and vocabulary of their own (Nicholas, 1996, p.38), and for the purpose of this paper it will be referred to as Rasta talk.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Patois (1035 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner News - LETTER OF THE DAY - Linguistic surprises in Jamaican Patois - Thursday \| September 21, 2006
		Many years later, when I stumbled on a description of patois as a mixture of archaic English with contributions from other languages it all made sense; English and French used to be both closer to their Latin roots.
		If Patois was your first language as it was for me, you might remember being corrected if you would say "she favour har modder eeh".
		It is somewhat ironic that the people who would look at patois with scorn may not have realized that it is their English traditions and culture that they are also rejecting.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20060921/letters/letters1.html (434 words)

	Speak Jamaican (Jamaica)
		With over 500 words and phrases our comprehensive patois dictionary will help you to speak Jamaican.
		Jamaican educator and linguist Karl Folkes gives 15 points on why Jamaican Patois is a language.
		Jamaican educator and linguist, Karl Folkes, writes a new article with 15 reasons why "Patois" is a language...
	www.jamaicans.com /speakja (218 words)

	Reviews of Patois in Brooklyn/Gowanus \| Yelp
		We took the boy to Patois for his birthday Saturday night at the suggestion of his best friend, and everyone in our party was thoroughly satisfied with our experience.
		While we all applaud Patois paving the way for a slew of great eateries in the n'hood, I think it's rep may have gone to its head.
		Patois was one of the first in the trend of developing quality restaurants on Smith Street, now known as "restaurant row."
	www.yelp.com /biz/Q7g1c5lL3jPvZjX0YPH7Fg (2914 words)

	Jamaican Creole
		Stressing their African descent, dub poets are quite aware of the fact that patois, not even in its roughest form ("basilect"), is not the original and indigenous form of speech which their fl ancestors brought with them.
		Patois was the source material employed to form a new cultural perspective, a new understanding of the role of language ''as an edifice on which is constructed ';0 racial pride and power as well as a defence against the assimilationist t, encroachment of the dominant society" (Wong 1986: 113, qtd.
		The sound of patois was the power of the slum dwellers, the creative communicative means of the underprivileged and poor among whom Rastafari originated and flourished.
	www.fb10.uni-bremen.de /anglistik/kerkhoff/DubPoetry/Contexts/JamaicanCreole.html (1087 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Patois, although without a formal definition in linguistics, can be used to describe a language considered as nonstandard.
		Class distinctions are embedded in the term, drawn between those who speak patois and those who speak the standard or dominant language used in literature and newscasts—the "acrolect" in professional jargon.
		Often these patois are popularly considered "bastardizations" of English or slang, however cases such as Jamaican are classified with more correctness as a creole language; in fact, in the Francophone Caribbean the analogous term for local variants of French is creole.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Patois (319 words)

	Val d'Aosta
		The first poem in patois by the Val d'Aosta félibre was "L'infan predeggo" of 1855, that also marked the epochal and anthropological passage from a language that had always been oral to a written language.
		It was in any case Cerlogne, in his splendid isolation, who founded the written patois, prose and poetry in dialect, who gave it a written form, a grammar, a dictionary, and who outlined the first historical and linguistic profile.
		In this sense, as late as 1980 the patois was considered, in Valle d'Aosta's cultural debate, on the one hand as the idiom of idiots, and on the other as the foundation of regional identity along with French, but subordinate to the latter.
	home.att.net /~l.bonaffini/valdaosta.htm (1327 words)

	Jamaican Patois and the Power of
		Patois is a term used widely in Jamaica, but patois can refer to any language considered broken or degraded in the world.
		Jamaican patois continues to be considered an unacceptable official language and an informal language not to be used for any formal purpose.
		The ultimate proof that patois and dread talk are recognizably powerful languages identified with the Jamaican culture may be seen in the wide spread of reggae music from North America to Africa.
	debate.uvm.edu /dreadlibrary/herbold.html (4352 words)

	Patois
		Patois enters discussion forums with the best of intentions; he may want to get to know Americans, or practice his English, or exchange ideas about a particular subject.
		At first, Patois tries to parry the thrusts with inept banter, but as his tormenters turn up the heat Patois finally pops his cork.
		When Eagle Scout, Weenie, an others spring to his defense Patois lavishes them with puppy-like gratitude and loyalty.
	redwing.hutman.net /~mreed/warriorshtm/patois.htm (143 words)

	About Jamaica rasta patois dialect. Speak & chat slang Jamaican rasta patois lingo.
		English is the foundation of the Patois speech, but it is the distinctness of the Jamaican accent that was so unique and will draw attention to the Jamaican island forever.
		Jamaicans speak Patois, or PATWAH, and is the spoken the lounge of the island and has a heavy and thick accent and is a combination of ENGLISH, AFRICAN, SPANISH, and various EUROPEAN DIALECT.
		Some would say that the Jamaican Patois {pronounced patwah} is a type of English slang and is a broken up language, and is a dialect, ECT.
	www.speakjamaican.com /long.html (1372 words)

	Ebonics & Patois: Legitimate Languages or Broken English?
		Patois, similarly, is said to be a synthesis of British English with African languages, and Puerto Rican Spanish is seen as a combination of Castillian Spanish with various African languages.
		The definition of "patois" is "local tongue." And so the patois, of the Caribbean islands, varies depending on the European colonizers, the African ethnic groups, the Native American ethnic groups, and their relative proportions.
		Whereas Black English (Ebonics), Patois, and Creole are handed down from generation to generation, each generation also has its own slang, or set of words, that it creates.
	www.blackwebportal.com /wire/DA.cfm?ArticleID=128 (697 words)

	Valle d'Aosta - Traditional events: Patois
		He is also one of the major literary authors in patois language (Merenda a Tzesalet!, la Bataille di vatse à Vertosan-1858), together with the poetess Eugénie Martinet (1896-1983).
		The first draft of a play in patois, "Le female a lave bouiya" (Women at the wash-board) was written in 1933 by Abbé Henry and was published on the "Messager Valdotain".
		Another event connected with the patois dialect is the "Concours Cerlogne", where schools present their annual works in patois, on a particular subject.
	www.regione.vda.it /turismo/tradition_patois_e.asp (375 words)

	Urban Dictionary: patois
		patois jamaica jamaican cunt cyaan language lingo rasta slang stupid
		As for french patois' they are only used by old country people
		Auvergnat patois, créole, catalan, corse, jamaican patois, etc...
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=patois (125 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Patois (Site not responding. Last check: )
		PATOIS Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language...
		patois • noun visitors unable to understand the local patois synonyms : local speech, vernacular, dialect, local parlance; inf.
		patois The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology...
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Patois&StartAt=1 (680 words)

	Caribbean Connections - patois
		Home > Learning > History and Citizenship > Citizenship: Dreamers and Dissenters > Our language > Shared language > Caribbean Connections - patois
		This conversation is from Caribbean Connections, a series of radio programmes broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in 1984.
		The interviewees describe the origins and poetry of Caribbean patois or dialect.
	www.bl.uk /learning/histcitizen/21cc/lang/shared1/caribbean1/caribbean.html (80 words)

	Voices of New York
		Those that use a deep Jamaican Patois, the Patois that most strongly deviates from Standard English, are obviously thought to be Jamaican immigrants.
		Jamaican Patois is lost in first generation Americans because immigrant parents usually do not encourage its use and it is not taught, or even allowed, in American schools.
		In exposing them to Patois, however, these churches help its members develop a deeper understanding of the dialect and introduce or reinforce the words used in Patois that are not a part of the English language.
	www.nyu.edu /classes/blake.map2001/jamaica.html (2369 words)

	Patois Scriptures Launched In London - Jamaica Information Service
		The translation on CD is a dramatic presentation of the incarnation of Jesus Christ in Jamaican Patois, which General Secretary of the Bible Society of the West Indies, Reverend Courtney Stewart described as the 'heart' language of the majority of Jamaicans.
		He said the important point that needed to be made was that "because you speak one language does not mean that you cannot or should not learn to speak another".
		The fact that many of us speak only patois does not mean we do not have the capacity to speak other languages, nor does it mean that patois is bad.
	www.jis.gov.jm /foreign_affairs/html/20031215T100000-0500_1275_JIS_PATOIS_SCRIPTURES_LAUNCHED_IN_LONDON.asp (792 words)

	Charles Loomis, Inc.
		"Patois" (pronounced - PAT' WAH) is a pendant of many possibilities.
		Substitute gorgeous Opal or Amber panels of glass and Patois is transformed into a sophisticated contemporary chandelier.
		Patois is available in a range of sizes and lamping options.
	www.charlesloomis.com /patois.html (82 words)

	DaytimeTV.net - ATWT: Patois Point of View 3/29/04 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During these intense scenes Patois was reminded of why Roger Howarth is the daytime powerhouse performer that he is: Roger’s face displays more emotions at once than anyone Patois has ever seen.
		Patois imagines Rosanna doesn’t want Carly to suffer from the havoc she is about to wreak.
		Patois guesses she was big pimpin’ while in jail.
	daytimetv.net /content/view/56/56 (827 words)

	BBC Caribbean
		"There is a large section of the Jamaican population who are taught as children that they shouldn't speak patois, that patois is bad English, or an improper, unacceptable way of speaking," she said.
		The course is therefore seeking to challenge that perception and to encourage people to value patois as an important part of their culture.
		The other reason for introducing the course is to breakdown some of the stereotypes surrounding Jamaicans living in the UK and to ensure that they are not misunderstood because of how they speak.
	www.bbc.co.uk /caribbean/news/story/2005/03/050310_jamaicanpatois.shtml (270 words)

	Internet Archaeology 12. PATOIS. Summary
		The PATOIS project is an attempt on behalf of a consortium of UK higher education institutions and allied research bodies to tell students about the information tools that are emerging in archaeology, and which are changing the culture of scholarship.
		The PATOIS project is producing a set of Internet-based tutorials that lead students through different datasets and show how they may be deployed in research.
		Nonetheless, from the perspective of development work, the project has largely been completed, so those conclusions that may be drawn are most appropriately addressed to developers hoping or planning to undertake similar work in the future, or academics looking to develop research skills among their students.
	intarch.ac.uk /journal/issue12/patois_index.html (458 words)

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