Comments on: Me fadda dead (Part I) http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/ First they came for the verbs and I said nothing, for verbing weirds language. Then they arrival for the nouns and I speech nothing, for I no verbs. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:07:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Stet » Blog Archive » Mi fadda dead (Part II) http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-11860 Stet » Blog Archive » Mi fadda dead (Part II) Mon, 18 Sep 2006 04:11:41 +0000 http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-11860 [...] She kill ‘im fe get free is what. Read Mi fadda dead (Part I) For what it’s worth, both pieces are based on other texts: Part I borrows from the opening lines of L’Étranger by Albert Camus, while Part II gives a big nod to Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. [...] […] She kill ‘im fe get free is what. Read Mi fadda dead (Part I) For what it’s worth, both pieces are based on other texts: Part I borrows from the opening lines of L’Étranger by Albert Camus, while Part II gives a big nod to Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. […]

]]> By: WISugar http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-3835 WISugar Sat, 03 Jun 2006 02:25:56 +0000 http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-3835 Is Ja Patois your native tongue? It is so accurate. This churching business is a serious thing here. Cremation? Forget about it, this seems to be something only people who can afford an expensive funeral will do. The poorer you are, the more money you want to spend on a showy 'send off'> Any one see the last Sunday Gleaner with the house and car mausoleums? Is Ja Patois your native tongue? It is so accurate.
This churching business is a serious thing here.
Cremation? Forget about it, this seems to be something only people who can afford an expensive funeral will do. The poorer you are, the more money you want to spend on a showy ’send off’> Any one see the last Sunday Gleaner with the house and car mausoleums?

]]> By: iang http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-3451 iang Sat, 20 May 2006 20:57:35 +0000 http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-3451 you have a good ear for patois. you could write for the star which seems to be the only paper that publishes patois. anyways it is interesting to read your journal, i spent two years in kingston as a Peace Corps Volunteer. My wife worked in Grants Pen which was featured in your youtube video of your commute home. you have a good ear for patois. you could write for the star which seems to be the only paper that publishes patois. anyways it is interesting to read your journal, i spent two years in kingston as a Peace Corps Volunteer. My wife worked in Grants Pen which was featured in your youtube video of your commute home.

]]> By: Ria http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-946 Ria Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:47:12 +0000 http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-946 But no one spotted the literary borrowing at the beginning ... But no one spotted the literary borrowing at the beginning …

]]> By: Waterhot http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-875 Waterhot Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:04:07 +0000 http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-875 That's a wonderful rendition, Ria. Reading it through out aloud I can't help but imitate the accent and lower my voice by several tones the way I feel compelled to do when I read Benjamin Zephaniah or Linton Kwesi Johnson lyrics. And strangely, the story is even more moving read that way. That’s a wonderful rendition, Ria. Reading it through out aloud I can’t help but imitate the accent and lower my voice by several tones the way I feel compelled to do when I read Benjamin Zephaniah or Linton Kwesi Johnson lyrics. And strangely, the story is even more moving read that way.

]]> By: Mathieu http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-873 Mathieu Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:07:07 +0000 http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-873 ah, j'aime mieux ca! ah, j’aime mieux ca!

]]> By: charles http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-870 charles Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:22:16 +0000 http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-870 The high cost of funerals..... just a fact of life in Jamaica :( The high cost of funerals….. just a fact of life in Jamaica :(

]]> By: Mad Bull http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-867 Mad Bull Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:47:04 +0000 http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-867 Actually, after reading it for a bit, I guessed that it wasn't YOUR father... Life is rough, I guess. :( I hope the lady who is really going through this does gets through this hard time and that she will somehow be able to bury her father. Perhaps you should suggest the option of cremation. Thats the option my family took when my father died in 2003. No need to fatten the pockets of the mortuary owner, plenty other people will see to that. She probably needs her money more for her living relatives, her husband and herself anyway. Actually, after reading it for a bit, I guessed that it wasn’t YOUR father… Life is rough, I guess. :(

I hope the lady who is really going through this does gets through this hard time and that she will somehow be able to bury her father.

Perhaps you should suggest the option of cremation. Thats the option my family took when my father died in 2003. No need to fatten the pockets of the mortuary owner, plenty other people will see to that.

She probably needs her money more for her living relatives, her husband and herself anyway.

]]> By: Ria http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-866 Ria Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:56:44 +0000 http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-866 Thanks, Mathieu, but it's a fictionalized version of a friend's experience. Thanks, Mathieu, but it’s a fictionalized version of a friend’s experience.

]]> By: Mathieu http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-865 Mathieu Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:31:27 +0000 http://riabacon.com/2006/04/16/me-fadda-dead/#comment-865 Toutes mes sinceres condoleances :-( Toutes mes sinceres condoleances :-(

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