A Brief History of Seven Killings

[Mark Kohut]

No, but i saw the movie.

You tryin' to throw me in the Briar Patch?


On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anyone read Uncle Remus? That is an experience...
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Feb 3, 2016, at 8:30 AM, Becky Lindroos <bekker2 at icloud.com> wrote:
> >
> > I read it but I also listened to the Audible version because the patois
> was so hard for me to grasp.  I was so involved with getting the words
> pronounced right I lost the flow.  The Audible version brought it to life -
> gave it the speed and rhythm it needed and it sounded great to my
> California ears -
> >
> > Becky
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Feb 2, 2016, at 11:30 PM, Jemmy Bloocher <jbloocher at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm also just at the beginning of this, just shy of your 50 and I
> agree. At least when my Jamaican friend speaks to other Jamaicans I don't
> understand anything (or very little) and I don't have trouble with this. A
> necessity I think. When my friend speaks to me she speaks entirely in
> English. Now I write this it all seems rather contrived modifying in novel
> form.
> >>
> >> On 3 Feb 2016 04:32, "Keith Davis" <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Probably sounds stupid and arrogant. He's the Jamaican, not me, and it
> t does flow. Anybody else read it yet?
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >>> On Feb 2, 2016, at 11:19 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> With the gift card my son gave me for Christmas, I bought this book,
> and have delayed gratification as long as possible. I'm about 50 pages in,
> and I dig it, but I have one comment, which I reserve the right to back off
> of or see corrected. He's sometimes writing in patois, which is hip, and
> which those who speak it seem to be able to adjust according to how much
> they want you to get it, if my own experience is to be relied upon. Even
> so, it seem like mon white up de patois to mak im mo ez...I can dig it, it
> can be unintelligible. Just my observation at an early point. It just seems
> a little uneven or unauthentic. Maybe his characters actually sound like
> that...
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPad
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