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patois

Synonyms

Noun

1. cant

2. jargon, slang, lingo, argot, vernacular, non-standard speech, dialect

3. idiom, accent

Usage
‘It’s broken English’: MP’s attempt to speak Jamaican in parliament sparks language row - The Guardian
Jamaican Lawmaker Blocked From Delivering Parliamentary Speech In Patois - Black Enterprise
Retired Jamaican actress Pauline Stone Myrie defends patois: ‘It’s not something to be ashamed of’ - Caribbean National Weekly
DJ Khaled Shares Message Written in Patois Following Drake ‘Iceman’ Diss - Complex
PATOIS Human Rights Film Fest screens docs about AI, mass incarceration, foodways and more - NOLA.com
Using patois wisely - Jamaica Observer
Charal - Les Patois - VML
How I Learned to Embrace Jamaican Patois, the Language of My Youth - Electric Literature
Jamaican Patois Is a Language; End of Story - Jamaicans.com
Tension in Gordon House after MP Burchell's Patois address sparks language debate in Parliament - IRIE FM
Burchell Plans To Move Private Member's Motion To Allow Patois In Parliament - Radio Jamaica News Online
'There's joy and excitement': The people reclaiming Jamaican Patwa - BBC
'Doing reggae dancehall not about speaking patois' — Rocky Dawuni - Modern Ghana
Time fi mek Jamaican Patois official language wid English - Caribbean National Weekly
Bible story in Jamaican patois - Morning Star | The People’s Daily
A Patois Revival: Jamaica Weighs Language Change as Ties to Britain Fray (Published 2023) - The New York Times
'No patois in the House!' Speaker shuts down Burchell's attempt to present in Jamaican dialect - Jamaica Observer
Should Jamaican Patois have a place in Parliament? - Jamaica Observer
Recognition for patois requires policy, not performance - Jamaica Observer
Patter and Patois (Published 2015) - The New York Times
Place, Patois, and a Pinch of Politics: A Conversation with Celeste Mohammed - The Rumpus
How The Language Of Jamaica Became Mainstream - The Fader
Lightning and Thunder. Blood and Fire: Patois in Jamaican Music - Caribbean Today
Will Patois become Jamaica's official language? - The Week
‘We will not accept fake Patois’: Jamaican linguist on dialogue in Bob Marley biopic - The Guardian
Patois Counselors - "Marge Attack" | Post-Trash Premiere - POST-TRASH
Barclays appoints Jean-Baptiste Patois as Head of Equity Derivatives ex-Strategic Derivatives, Asia Pacific - Barclays Group
Why Jamaican Patois Will Never Die: 8 Key Reasons - Jamaicans.com
Prof. Marlon James on "Night Women," patois, cruelty, and one way the Twin Cities beat Jamaica and NYC - The Mac Weekly
PNP releases audio version of its general election manifesto in Patois - IRIE FM
Patwa is not ‘broken English’: the African ties that bind US and Caribbean languages - The Guardian
Jamaican patois paper - Improbable Research
Kingsley Ben-Adir Shares Why He Won’t Speak Patois After Filming ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ - VIBE.com
Brad Pitt Speaking Jamaican Patois Goes Viral - Newsweek
Chet Hanks Defends His Use of Jamaican Patois, Internet Says It’s ‘Verbal Blackface’ - Newsweek
COOLinary, Outdoor Seating and Patois - New Orleans Magazine
PNP election manifesto available in patois - Jamaica Observer
Jamaican Patois Enthusiast Chet Haze Would Like Adele to Give Him a Call - Vanity Fair
Patois - Bon Appétit: Recipes, Cooking, Entertaining, Restaurants | Bon Appétit
France’s regional languages, patois, dialects: what was that again? - Global Voices
Jerk chicken chow mein? Jamaican-Chinese chef shares his fusion triumphs - South China Morning Post
Chet Hanks Speaks Jamaican Patois at Golden Globes, Internet Baffled - Business Insider
Kingsley Ben-Adir Says He Recruited Jamaicans To Help Him Learn Patois For Bob Marley Biopic - DancehallMag
Uptown restaurant Patois, customers robbed at gunpoint during dinner - NOLA.com
Kingsley Ben-Adir on why he's choosing to not use Patois language after filming Bob Marley - CBS News
'Jiizas buk': The Bible in Jamaican patois - BBC
Xiomara Torres: La Voz del Mar (Patois) - JazzTimes
6 Ways Technology has Brought Jamaican Patois to the brink of an official language - Jamaicans.com
'It's This Whole Idea Of Theft': Chet Hanks Drops His Patois Accent To Address Cultural Appropriation Claims - Okayplayer
Ghana's love affair with reggae and Jamaican Patois - BBC
Au revoir, Patois - Brooklyn Paper
Should the Bible Sound Like the Language in the Streets? - Christianity Today
Patois to open in former Rustic Goat space downtown - Sauce Magazine
Jamaican Patois Words have now become Canadian and British Slang - Jamaicans.com
Patois: Beirut’s first taste of Jamaican flavor - Arab News
JunePlum by Patois: Everything you need to know about Jamaican patties - CP24
How Chef Craig Wong Uses Michelin-Level Techniques at His Jamaican-Chinese Restaurant - Eater
Chet Hanks Responds to 'Patois' Controversy at Golden Globes - New York's Power 105.1 FM
This Toronto restaurant is making Jamaican patties for pooches - Toronto Life
Rihanna’s patois and your misinformed memes - Dazed
Tom Hanks’ Son, Chet, Was Speaking Jamaican Patois for Some Reason at the Golden Globes - Men's Health
Exclusive: Barclays Asia EQD head departs - Structured Retail Products
‘Big up?’ – Steve McClaren taught to speak patois after first Jamaica training session - Yahoo Sports
Jamaicans Respond on How Was Kingsley Ben-Adir's Jamaican Patois in the Bob Marley Movie? - Jamaicans.com
'One Love,' Bob Marley biopic, was a chance to get Jamaican language and culture right in media - WBUR
First Look: Patois in downtown St. Louis - Sauce Magazine
TGIF: We Can’t Stop Watching Nicki Minaj’s Sweet Jamaican Patois - The Fader
How Jamaican Patois (Patwa) Got Me A College Language Exemption - Jamaicans.com
New York Times Writer Calls Out Jamaica’s Hesitance to Make Patois An Official Language - Jamaicans.com
Children perform Patois poem - BBC
At their core, some Virginia cidermakers are wild - VPM
Pidgin, patois, slang, dialect, creole — English has more forms than you might expect - The World from PRX
Chef Aaron Burgau of Patois named King of Louisiana Seafood as NOWFE draws to close - NOLA.com
After long disdain, Jamaica gets 1st patois Bible - Norwalk Hour
The fertile world of Nigerian patois - The Economist
Pot patois: A comprehensive etymology of marijuana - The Pitt News
Hey mon: ‘Go the F— to Sleep’ gets a Jamaican patois translation - The Washington Post
Tom Hanks’ son Chet is filmed speaking patois at the Golden Globes – and the internet is baffled - CNN
Jamaican patois Bible met with delight, dismay - The Spokesman-Review
After long disdain, Jamaica gets 1st patois Bible - The Wenatchee World
Algerian patois delights and disturbs - Al Jazeera
Fader Magazine Explains How Jamaican Patois Went Mainstream in Music - Jamaicans.com
Interview with Prof. Hubert Devonish, Advocate for Jamaican Patois - Jamaicans.com
Learn the Jamaican Patois Word – walla walla - Jamaicans.com
Jamaica gets first patois Bible - caribbeanlife.com
Learn the Jamaican Patois Word – irie - Jamaicans.com
The power and the patois - The Church Times
Tom Hanks' son brushes off cultural appropriation claims after speaking Jamaican patois at the Golden Globes - Fox News
Talk of Spanish as an Official ‘Second Language’ Has Jamaicans Asking, What About Patois? - Global Voices
Drake’s Patois Gets Ridiculed on Twitter - XXL Mag
Why Was Tom Hanks' Son Chet Speaking Patois at the Golden Globe Awards? - Okayplayer
Jamaican patois gained ground against English in the Caribbean thanks to this woman who challenged the system - Face2Face Africa
Why Bob Marley: One Love Didn’t Have Subtitles for Patois - Yahoo
Musicians, attorney spar over Cajun patois - The Daily Advertiser | Lafayette, Louisiana
Learn the Jamaican Patois Word – wata - Jamaicans.com
UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights to Be Translated into Jamaican Patois - Jamaicans.com
Learn the Jamaican Patois Word – yute - Jamaicans.com
Learn the Jamaican Patois Word – obeah - Jamaicans.com
Pitmaster Rob Bechtold & Patois’ Aaron Burgau Will Open Central City BBQ in 2016 - Eater New Orleans
Chet Hanks Has Dropped A New Song After Golden Globes Patois Fiasco - bet.com
Foreign Language Equivalents
Foreign Language Equivalents of 'patois'
Language Equivalent   Language Equivalent
French    Spanish
Misspellings - Typos
patoi,   payois,   patis,   patous,   paatois,   paotis,   pattois,   oatois,   aptois,   patoois,   ptois,   patios,   patpis,   atois,   patosi,   patiis,   patoiss,   ptaois,   patoid,   pstois,   patos,   patoiis,   ppatois,   [atois,   paois,   parois,   patoos,   patoia
Words Starting with Letter - 'A'
a a battery a billion
a bit a bit much a capella singing
a cappella singing a couple of a few
a fortiori a good deal a great deal
a horizon a hundred a hundred and one
a hundred thousand a hundred times a kempis
a la carte a la mode a level
a little a lot a million
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