Chet Hanks is defending his use of speaking in a Jamaican patois in a chaotic Clubhouse appearance. Tom Hanks' son has made controversial headlines recently for speaking with a Jamaican accent despite ...

The battle lines have softened somewhat, but there is still substantial opposition to patois in the pulpit. Critics say it will dilute Scripture and undermine the already weak hold many poor Jamaicans ...

Tom Hanks’ son Chet is brushing off criticism after releasing a video of himself speaking Jamaican patois on the red carpet of the Golden Globe Awards. Chet, an actor and musician who goes by the ...

As Jamaica continues to loosen its ties with the British monarchy, momentum is building to make Patois the country's official language alongside English. The proposal was recently floated by the ...

Most words in Jamaican patois, like other English Caribbean patois, are English words filtered through a distinct phonetic system with fewer vowels and different consonant sounds. Patois is written ...

If I were a lawyer and patois was a client I would say on behalf of my client, “Mi deh ya fi tan, mi nah go no weh so all who deh try get rid a mi, wake up.” I am yet to understand why so many ...

CENTURIES ago when the world powers of the day roamed the high seas, not only were they in a race to colonise new territories, they were also engaged in a battle for the minds of its inhabitants—a ...