Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish ~ Louise Bennett".
Tags: age, beauty, British, culture, custom, dialect, English, era, eyes, feeling, feelings, heritage, history, honor, humor, Irish, Jamaica, Jamaican, labrish, language, laughter, lifestyle, man, Mathematics, Miss Lou, music, originality, others, patois, period, pride, respect, scotch, smiles, spring, time, understanding, vernacular, woman, words
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Louise Bennett (Miss Lou) 1919-2006
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“Bans O’ Killing” , 1944
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So yuh a de man, me hear bout!
Ah yuh dem sey dah-teck
Whole heap o’ English oat sey dat
Yuh gwine kill dialect!
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Meck me get it straight Mass Charlie
For me noh quite undastan,
Yuh gwine kill all English dialect
Or jus Jamaica one?
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Ef yuh dah-equal up wid English
Language, den wha meck
Yuh gwine go feel inferior, wen
It come to dialect?
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Ef yuh kean sing “Linstead Market”
An “Wata come a me y’eye”,
Yuh wi haffi tap sing “Auld lang syne”
An “Comin thru de rye”.
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Dah language weh yuh proad o’,
Weh yuh honour and respeck,
Po’ Mass Charlie! Yuh noh know sey
Dat it spring from dialect!
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Dat dem start fe try tun language,
From de fourteen century,
Five hundred years gawn an dem got
More dialect dan we!
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Yuh wi haffe kill de Lancashire
De Yorkshire, de Cockney
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: account, achievements, age, aim, asset, awards, bank, behavior, birth, birthday, bliss, cemetery, character, check, children, education, emotion, encouragement, era, experience, faith, friends, funds, funeral, ghost, goal, God, happiness, heart, history, hope, inspiration, integrity, investment, joy, knowledge, life, lifestyle, lifetime, love, man, mind, money, morals, obituary, others, peace, period, power, prayer, resource, respect, reward, smiles, soul, spirit, time, value, values, wealth, woman, word, words
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Our Birth is our Opening Balance!
Our Death is our Closing Balance!
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities.
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets.
Heart is our Current Asset.
Soul is our Fixed Asset.
Brain is our Fixed Deposit.
Thinking is our Current Account.
Achievements are our Capital.
Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade.
Friends are our General Reserves.
Values & Behaviour are our Goodwill.
Love is our Dividend..
Children are our Bonus Issues..
Education is Brands / Patents.
Knowledge is our Investment.
Experience is our Premium Account.
The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately.
The Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award.
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Some very Good and Very bad things
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The most destructive habit……………………………..Worry
The greatest Joy……………………………………………..Giving
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Jul 06 2010
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "When You're Down to Nothing God's UP to Something", Inspirationals.
Tags: advice, age, bishop, Christ, day, elderly, eyes, flowers, God, grown ups, guidance, inspiration, Jesus, life, lifestyle, lifetime, Lord, man, minister, moment, mountain, pastor, path, perception, pope, preacher, priest, respect, reverend, rose, roses, secret, seniors, sermon, tips, trust, vision, wisdom, youth
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God’s Rosebud
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A new minister
was walking with an older,
more seasoned minister
in the garden one day.
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Feeling a bit insecure
about what God
had for him to do,
he was asking the older preacher
for some advice.
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The older preacher
walked up to a rosebush
and handed the young preacher
a rosebud and told him
to open it
without tearing off any petals.
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The young preacher
looked in disbelief
at the older preacher
and was trying to figure out
what a rosebud
could possibly have to do
with his wanting to know
the will of God
for his life and ministry.
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But because of his great respect
for the older preacher,
he proceeded to try to unfold the rose,
while keeping every petal intact.
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It wasn’t long
before he realized
how impossible
this was to do.
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Noticing the younger preacher’s
inability to unfold the rosebud
without tearing it,
the older preacher began
to recite the following poem…
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May 21 2010
Posted: under "LOVE is LOVELY", Inspirationals.
Tags: achievement, belief, blessings, care, character, child, choices, classroom, confidence, difference, education, encouragement, focus, freedom, goal, happiness, heart, history, honor, humor, image, imagination, influence, job, joy, kindness, knowledge, laughter, learning, life, link, love, message, motivation, movie, music, pride, respect, responsibility, school, smiles, soul, spirit, strength, student, teacher, teaching, value, video, vision, winner, work, world
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This week is Teacher Appreciation Week - a time to honor teachers who have made a difference in the world.
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Here’s a special message we would like to share with you from Simple Truths founder, Mac Anderson:
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I grew up in Trenton, Tennessee, a small town of 5,000 people. I have wonderful memories of those first 18 years and the teachers who helped shape the person I am today.
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Fred Culp was my history teacher in high school. To this day, he is still the funniest person I’ve ever met. In addition to loving his history class, he taught me that a sense of humor, especially laughing at yourself, can be one of life’s greatest blessings.
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If you’re a teacher, or if, like me, your life was greatly influenced by a teacher, you’re going to love this movie! The beautiful poem,
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May 02 2010
Posted: under "LOVE is LOVELY", Inspirationals.
Tags: care, comfort, difference, feelings, friends, happiness, hug, inspiration, joy, life, love, memories, moment, needs, respect, smiles, thought
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> What
>
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> would you do if for every moment you were truly
> happy there would
> be 10 moments of sadness?
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> What
> would you do if your best friend died tomorrow
> and you never got to tell them how you felt?
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> So, I just wanted to say,
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Apr 28 2010
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life".
Tags: community, elderly, experience, family, friends, fun, Games, God, goodies, happiness, joy, laughter, life, link, love, memories, neighbor, neighborhood, oldies, parents, pleasure, respect, school, seniors, smiles, treats, video
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Enjoy…..below!
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Click on
TheGoodTimes
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Apr 07 2010