Patois, Not English

When you see patois in Cassidy style, pronounce every letter you see.

Don’t apply English rules. It’s not English. There is no ‘e’ at the end of words making vowels long. Two like vowels beside each other, means you pronounce the short sound longer (like i and ii in wii). The long ‘i’ in English is pronounced ‘ai’ in Patois.

Jamaican transport

‘Wan stap draiva’, is ow wi dwiit
Caw dem bus no av no ‘biip’.
Muor taim di ringa naa rerk,
a shout yu afi shout fi di bus draw ‘erks!’
A rerk yu a go? Tek taxi cab
But mek shuor caal dem fram yu yaad
Caw dem we de pan di ruod
Wi’ pak an rinkl yu laik tuod