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29-09-05, 04:44 AM
PRICELESS JAMAICAN TRANSLATIONS
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> ENG: It's been a long time since I have seen you girl.
> JAM: Gal yuh noh dead yet?
> ENG: Oh Lord, we have lost electricity again.
> JAM: Lawd Gad current lack aff again to rahtid.
> ENG: This meal is not too bad.
> JAM: Di food can eat.
> ENG: Where did you buy that awful Bracelet Cindy?
> JAM: A weh yuh buy dat deh big ole ugly bangle deh misis?
> ENG: Hors d'heurves
> JAM: Ah wah dis likkle sinting you a gi me?
> ENG: Here kitty kitty... get down from the roof.
> JAM: Hey dutty puss come aff a di house tap before a buss yuh **?@!
> ENG: I think something is wrong with Susan, she might have theflu.
> JAM: Lawd gad obeah tek up Suzie!
> ENG: Oh my God, I just broke mom's expensive plate!
> JAM: Lawd mi gad, mi bruk up mama stoosh crackry!
> ENG: aren't those pants a bit short?
> JAM: you did a expect flood or yuh tek yuh measurment inna wata?
> ENG: Why are you squeezing the mangoes like that?
> JAM: Lissen to mi nuh, mi a beg yuh stap fingle-fingle up di mango
dem.
> ENG: Sir, please don't throw my luggage like that.
> JAM: Aye buff teet bwoy, tap fling up-fling up mi bag dem suh man.
> ENG: I wish you would quit lying.
> JAM: Tap di blinkin lyin, yuh ole liyad.
> ENG: Lift up the hood of the car for me John.
> JAM: Hey my yute, fly di bonett rasta!
> ENG: I am waiting for a taxi and it's taking so long!
> JAM: But wait, no Robot naah run todey!
> ENG: Get me a pop please.
> JAM: Beg yuh carry wan drinks fi mi deh
> ENG: It's time for a Perm.
> JAM: Gal yuh head waan Cream, yuh noh si how it tough?
> ENG: Yuck!! This is nasty.
> JAM: Kiss mi neck back!! What a sinting tase bad an incipid.
> ENG: I wish you would close your mouth.
> JAM: Yuh mout come in like when grip cyaan shut.
> ENG: Girl, your acne is terrible.
> JAM: Massa gad, pickney, yuh face bumpy-bumpy an fayva grayta eeh.
> ENG: Please make some room on the bus so this man can have a seat.
> JAM: Schoolas, small up unnu self man mek daddy siddung.
> ENG: I have a stomach ache.
> JAM: Mi belly ah gripe mi.
> ENG: These mangoes look a bit over ripe.
> JAM: Missis move fram in front ah mi wid dem fluxy mango deh
> ENG: He has very large full eyes.
> JAM: Wat ah bway fayva patoo
> ENG: He has no manners.
> JAM: Him dont have no broughtupsi!
> ENG: perspiration odour
> JAM: him smell green
> ENG: poached (boiled) chicken
> JAM: dat deh sinting nuh start cook yet
> ENG: oh, dear
> JAM: ee-eeeee
> ENG: Josh is suffering from Attention Deficit disorder.
> JAM: Di pickeny too dam hard ears!
> ENG: He has a touch of Dyslexia.
> JAM: What a bway Dunce sah!
> ENG: I need a bottle of Peptobismal...my stomach hurts.
> JAM: Lawd mi coulda do wid a wash out yah now... mi belly bine up.
> ENG: That man over there is missing his dentures.
> JAM: Cooh pan dat deh mashmout bredda ova deh soh.
> ENG: OH my, your feet are so ashy...
> JAM: yuh foot tuff like aligata back...yuh couldn't rub likkle
> cocanatile pon yuh foot dem...
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