What does Rass mean in Jamaican?
What does Rass mean in Jamaican?
Interjection. An expression of shock, surprise, frustration, or annoyance.
What does UNNU mean in Jamaican?
22. Pronoun. Second person plural pronoun; You plural.
What does Raasclaat mean in Jamaican?
Interjection. raasclaat. (Jamaican, vulgar) Used to express anger, annoyance or surprise.
What’s Rasclart mean?
Rasclat (or raasclaat) is a deeply offensive and derogatory term, used in Jamaican English (and since the 1950s in the UK). Literally ‘arse cloth’, i.e. a sanitary towel, it is synonymous with the equally negative blood-claat (blood cloth). In both cases the terms can be used as an insult or an exclamation.
What is Rass cloth?
Together, then, bumboclaat is literally the cloth for the nether regions—either a menstrual cloth (rather than disposable pads) or a cloth for wiping your butt (in the days before widespread toilet paper). Bloodclaat (“blood cloth”) and ras clot (“butt cloth”) are variants.
What are some Jamaican phrases?
Some sayings that Jamaican use to greet and to say goodbye. “What a gwan” (what is going on) “Wey yu a say” (what are you saying) “Hail” or “Greetings” (hello) “Walk good” (Goodbye) “likkle more” (later)
What language did Jamaicans speak?
The official language of the Jamaican people is English (derived from British influence) with a local dialect called Patois (pronounced “patwa”) that is spoken by a majority of its people. This dialect is a combination of the languages from the different inhabitants in its history.
What is the primary language of Jamaica?
Jamaica is regarded as a bilingual country where Jamaican English and Jamaican Patois are the most widely spoken languages. The languages in Jamaica reflect its history, from British colonization to the slave trade to African influence and a rise in nationalism.
How to speak Jamaican?
Method 1
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