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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
Jamaican Patois Is a Language; End of Story - Jamaicans.com
Use of Patois in Jamaica’s parliament reignites debate about colonial legacy of English - The World from PRX
DJ Khaled Shares Message in Patois Following Drake's 'Iceman' Diss: 'I Am of Royalty' - Complex
PATOIS Human Rights Film Fest screens docs about AI, mass incarceration, foodways and more - NOLA.com
Retired Jamaican actress Pauline Stone Myrie defends patois: ‘It’s not something to be ashamed of’ - Caribbean National Weekly
'No patois in the House!' Speaker shuts down Burchell's attempt to present in Jamaican dialect - Jamaica Observer
Charal - Les Patois - VML
How I Learned to Embrace Jamaican Patois, the Language of My Youth - Electric Literature
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 - Home | RJR News
Jamaica’s New Patois AI Tutor Promises ‘Best Teacher’ for Every Child. - The St Kitts Nevis Observer
Bible story in Jamaican patois - Morning Star | The People’s Daily
'Doing reggae dancehall not about speaking patois' — Rocky Dawuni - Modern Ghana
Time fi mek Jamaican Patois official language wid English - Caribbean National Weekly
Should Jamaican Patois have a place in Parliament? - Jamaica Observer
Sean Paul Says Drake’s Jamaican Accent ‘Ain’t That Great’ - Complex
Recognition for patois requires policy, not performance - Jamaica Observer
A Patois Revival: Jamaica Weighs Language Change as Ties to Britain Fray (Published 2023) - The New York Times
‘We will not accept fake Patois’: Jamaican linguist on dialogue in Bob Marley biopic - The Guardian
How The Language Of Jamaica Became Mainstream - The Fader
Will Patois become Jamaica's official language? - The Week
Jamaican patois paper - Improbable Research
Lightning and Thunder. Blood and Fire: Patois in Jamaican Music - Caribbean Today
Barclays appoints Jean-Baptiste Patois as Head of Equity Derivatives ex-Strategic Derivatives, Asia Pacific - Home.Barclays
Patois Counselors - "Marge Attack" | Post-Trash Premiere - post-trash.com
Prof. Marlon James on "Night Women," patois, cruelty, and one way the Twin Cities beat Jamaica and NYC - The Mac Weekly
Place, Patois, and a Pinch of Politics: A Conversation with Celeste Mohammed - The Rumpus
Patwa is not ‘broken English’: the African ties that bind US and Caribbean languages - The Guardian
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 releases audio version of its general election manifesto in Patois - IRIE FM
France’s regional languages, patois, dialects: what was that again? - Global Voices
Kingsley Ben-Adir Says He Recruited Jamaicans To Help Him Learn Patois For Bob Marley Biopic - DancehallMag
Xiomara Torres: La Voz del Mar (Patois) - JazzTimes
Pidgin, patois, slang, dialect, creole — English has more forms than you might expect - The World from PRX
Jerk chicken chow mein? Jamaican-Chinese chef shares his fusion triumphs - South China Morning Post
Kingsley Ben-Adir on why he's choosing to not use Patois language after filming Bob Marley - CBS News
Au revoir, Patois - Brooklyn Paper
'It's This Whole Idea Of Theft': Chet Hanks Drops His Patois Accent To Address Cultural Appropriation Claims - Okayplayer
How Chef Craig Wong Uses Michelin-Level Techniques at His Jamaican-Chinese Restaurant - Eater
Ghana's love affair with reggae and Jamaican Patois - BBC
Chet Hanks Responds to 'Patois' Controversy at Golden Globes - New York's Power 105.1 FM
Rihanna’s patois and your misinformed memes - Dazed
New York Times Writer Calls Out Jamaica’s Hesitance to Make Patois An Official Language - Jamaicans.com
Tom Hanks’ Son, Chet, Was Speaking Jamaican Patois for Some Reason at the Golden Globes - Men's Health
Chet Hanks Speaks Jamaican Patois at Golden Globes, Internet Baffled - Business Insider
'One Love,' Bob Marley biopic, was a chance to get Jamaican language and culture right in media - WBUR
Patois Dinner Service Rocked by Terrifying Armed Robbery Last Night - Eater New Orleans
Uptown restaurant Patois, customers robbed at gunpoint during dinner - NOLA.com
Why Jamaican Patois Will Never Die: 8 Key Reasons - Jamaicans.com
Spanglish rebranding as Caribbean-inspired restaurant Patois - Charleston City Paper
Patois: Beirut’s first taste of Jamaican flavor - Arab News
Jamaican Patois Words have now become Canadian and British Slang - Jamaicans.com
Why Was Tom Hanks' Son Chet Speaking Patois at the Golden Globe Awards? - Okayplayer
JunePlum by Patois: Everything you need to know about Jamaican patties - CP24
Interview with Prof. Hubert Devonish, Advocate for Jamaican Patois - Jamaicans.com
Fader Magazine Explains How Jamaican Patois Went Mainstream in Music - Jamaicans.com
Pot patois: A comprehensive etymology of marijuana - The Pitt News
PNP election manifesto available in patois - Jamaica Observer
Jamaican patois Bible met with delight, dismay - The Spokesman-Review
Jamaicans Respond on How Was Kingsley Ben-Adir's Jamaican Patois in the Bob Marley Movie? - Jamaicans.com
Sacre bleu! Patois, Smith Street pioneer, goes to Gaphattan! - Brooklyn Paper
The power and the patois - The Church Times
ChatGPT Can Now Speak In Jamaican Patois And Nigerian Pidgin — Well, Kind Of - peopleofcolorintech.com
The fertile world of Nigerian patois - The Economist
Drake’s Patois Gets Ridiculed on Twitter - XXL Mag
JTA must take stand in Patois debate - Fondas Kréyol
Chef Aaron Burgau of Patois named King of Louisiana Seafood as NOWFE draws to close - NOLA.com
Stephen Malkmus: 'There's this reggae song where I sing in patois – it should not be heard' - The Guardian
UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights to Be Translated into Jamaican Patois - Jamaicans.com
Ever Restless, Charlotte’s Bo White Finds His Groove With Patois Counselors’ Post-Punk - Post and Courier
Jamaican Patois Enthusiast Chet Haze Would Like Adele to Give Him a Call - Vanity Fair
Sean Paul Describes Koffee’s Music As Amazing, But Patois Language Barrier Still Remains - DancehallMag
See Drake Give A Fake-Patois Lesson And Fight Some Comedians - Stereogum
On Multicultural London English and the Power of Code Switching - The Harvard Crimson
Jamaica turns back on Patois and plans to make Spanish an official language - Face2Face Africa
Jamaica promotes patois scriptures for Lent - caribbeanlife.com
Jamaica gets first patois Bible - caribbeanlife.com
After long disdain, Jamaica gets 1st patois Bible - The Wenatchee World
Tom Hanks’ son Chet is filmed speaking patois at the Golden Globes – and the internet is baffled - CNN
Stonebwoy Says Jamaican Patois Similar to Twi Language - Jamaicans.com
After long disdain, Jamaica gets 1st patois Bible - Norwalk Hour
Learn the Jamaican Patois Word – yute - Jamaicans.com
Is It Racist When a White Guy Mimics Jamaican Patois? - The World from PRX
How Rihanna’s “Work” Reinvigorated Dancehall - Grammy
Jamaica’s nation language | D+C - Development + Cooperation - dandc.eu
Google Translate adds Jamaican Patois as supported language - Caribbean National Weekly
Chet Hanks: Why is Tom Hanks' son suddenly speaking patois? - Capital XTRA
Chet Hanks Has Dropped A New Song After Golden Globes Patois Fiasco - BET
Children perform Patois poem - BBC
Talk of Spanish as an Official ‘Second Language’ Has Jamaicans Asking, What About Patois? - Global Voices
Chef Craig Wong’s Patois celebrates 10 years in Toronto - Toronto Guardian
How Jamaican Patois (Patwa) Got Me A College Language Exemption - Jamaicans.com
What's on the menu at Ayla, a new Hong Kong–inspired kitchen and cocktail bar above Patois - Toronto Life
Algerian patois delights and disturbs - Al Jazeera
Patois? Figet it! - Jamaica Observer
Foreign Language Equivalents
Foreign Language Equivalents of 'patois'
Language Equivalent   Language Equivalent
French    Spanish
Misspellings - Typos
patoid,   patoiis,   patios,   patoi,   paois,   patous,   patos,   atois,   ptaois,   patoois,   patpis,   patoia,   patis,   [atois,   patosi,   payois,   aptois,   parois,   paatois,   patoos,   ppatois,   patiis,   patoiss,   paotis,   pattois,   oatois,   ptois,   pstois
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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