Kafir Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 It was usually 'his mate Chalky White' he referred to in those tales. I liked the one about Chalkie being towed on his bicycle behind an E-Type that got into a race with another car. You may disagree (I'd be interested in your take on this), but I never found there to be any malice or unpleasantness in the way Davidson used race in his jokes. He couldn’t do the pigeon joke today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kafir Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I cannot even imagine what is a white boy with Jamaican accent. It probably sounds weird. a white Jamaican. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpcxj1kzL9Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulgarian Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I'm fairly sure there are white people in Jamaica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmrraww Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 One of my favourite Jamaicans. I think i prefer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptoad Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I have a very dear friend who is Jamaican, when he is talking to any members of his family or Jamaican friends his accent is very strong , which I think is brilliant, but when he is chatting to me or any of my family its a lot softer. I asked him about this and he didnt even realise he was doing it. I've heard that happen with my Scottish and West Country friends. When they get chatting to the folks back home the och ayes and ooh ars really come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrique Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Why any white kid would wish to have a jamaican accent is totally beyond me. Do they think it will help them get extra social security or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Blade Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Is this the most stupid thing ever? I do accept that there are times when a certain accent is popular with the youth, in the early 1990s the youth were trying to speak with Manchester accents, which is fair enough HOwever, am I getting old, or do white kids with jamiacan accents just sound stupid? They just sound stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesey Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 To be honest, they haven't even got 'Jamaican accents', nor have their Black British counterparts who they mimic, my mother laughs her socks off at their bastardisation of her native dialect! Ps: Yes they all sound stupid. There are only two West Indian Accents, those of Lenny Henry impersonating his parents and the wonderful Michael Holding commentating on cricket, nowt else counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Spyda Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 In all fairness though. I don't think they are speaking like that in order to try and impress people who post on the Sheffield Forum, so it makes no difference whether we think they shound stupid or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Blade Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 How do you expect white kids raised in Trenchtown to speak.Over a third of Kingstons population is white so its no surprise.In Sheffield the Asian population adopt the vernacular,and if you went to France you might even acquire une accente Francaise I've been in Germany since 1984 and speak fluent German, in my years in Bayern I picked up a Bavarian accent, but when speaking English I still, thankfully, have my Sheffield accent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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