Monday, 16 April 2012

Jamaican "sayings" and meanings

Han' go, paki come.
meaning: When you reach
out a hand good things
come back to you

Man noh dead,
noh call 'im duppy.
meaning: As long as someone
is alive, don't dismiss
their potentials

Alligator lay egg,
but 'im noh fowl.
meaning: Things are not
always what they seem.
Not because people does
simular thing, they shouldn't
be judged soly on there

Yu shake man han',
yu noh shake 'im heart.
meaning: What you see on
the outside, doesn't mean
it's the same on the inside
  simularities

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