Nuh clock nah run dis bus
No clock runs this bus
- Kind
- expression
- Heard in
- Hanover, Lucea
Route buses commonly leave when full rather than to a timetable — people run the schedule, not a clock.
Patois is a language in its own right, with grammar that is not English grammar. The meaning above is how a speaker would use this phrase, not a word-for-word translation.
Heard in the same place
- Mi soon come.I’ll be back soon.
- wi soon leave!we’re leaving soon!
- Soon leave mean when?“Soon leave” means when?
- See? Full. Wi gone.See? Full. We’re off.
- A wah dem a sell inna di bag dem?What are they selling in those bags?
- mi a go remember yuhI’ll remember you
- Lucea yama yam variety distinctly associated with Hanover