A Brief History of Seven Killings

[Keith Davis]

ah b'leefs u's awreddy n dere

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 6:29 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> No, but i saw the movie.
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> You tryin' to throw me in the Briar Patch?
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> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Has anyone read Uncle Remus? That is an experience...
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>> Sent from my iPad
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>> > 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 -
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>> > Becky
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>> >> On Feb 2, 2016, at 11:30 PM, Jemmy Bloocher <jbloocher at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> >> 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
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>> >>> 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...
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>> >>> Sent from my iPad
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