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i've been wondering about the evolution of the Jamaican accent. i know that Jamaica was a British colony before declaring independence. which of the regional English accents contributed most to the sound of the Jamaican? or, to get at probably the same bit of information another way...which existing British accent is most similar to the Jamaican?
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Re: FOR ANY WHO CAN ANSWER
Fri, January 14, 2005 - 7:49 PMI've read that the Irish made a major early contribution.
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Re: FOR ANY WHO CAN ANSWER
Sat, January 15, 2005 - 5:29 AMif you listen to it, south asian varieties have mixed with african sounds ... at least to my ears ... the brits gave the vocabulary mostly
I posed the question to a colleague from Jamaica at work and while he understood the question, his response was south asian sounds predominate over those from the UK -
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Re: FOR ANY WHO CAN ANSWER
Sun, January 23, 2005 - 7:03 AMSo the accent didn't come from speaking the Jamaican language? I know where the Jamaican Creole came from, but not a Jamaican accent.
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