Wi reach di las stop, mi fren — St. Catherine, weh ole Jamaica an new Jamaica buck up (where old and new Jamaica meet). Spanish Town a di ole capital (capital from 1534 to 1872), Portmore a di young Sunshine City, an di Rio Cobre run between dem wid i own ole-time story. Ya so di LAS PARISH — but one more stop lef pon di map: Farin, weh di journey land a yu own door.
Lessons in this parish
42. Proverbs mastery — Pull di right proverb at di right time — set i up, land i as di moral, an mek i do yu arguing fi yu.
43. Sliding the continuum — Seh di same message tree way — deep Patois fi grani, miggle talk fi bredrin, Standard English fi di boss — an know when fi slide.
44. Texting & modern patois — Read an write yaad-style text: wagwan, dwl, kmt, zeen — di shorthand weh run WhatsApp an social media.
45. The big capstone: phone call a yaad — One sustained five-minute phone call wid Grani — greetings, family news, seh-reports, plans, one proverb, an walk good — no English at all.