St. Mary
Annotto Bay · Banana fields · market calls
Patois heard in St. Mary
- Weh di market deh?Where is the market?
- Soon comeit is going to come — don’t stress about exactly when
- Mi nuh inna nuh rush.I’m in no rush.
- Mi wi wait wid yuh.I’ll wait with you.
- Wah dis parish know fah?What is this parish known for?
- Gi mi di heavy one.Give me the heavy one.
- Yuh a carry nuff load.You’re carrying a heavy load.
Photograph: The Port Maria seafront, St. Mary · CaptJayRuffins, CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped, resized and re-encoded, with in-app light and weather layers · this adaptation shared under the same license