A Brief History of Seven Killings

[Keith Davis]

Seriously, reading it is interesting.

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 7:44 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> ah b'leefs u's awreddy n dere
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> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 6:29 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> No, but i saw the movie.
>>
>> 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...
>>>
>>> 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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