Youth Subcultures

Social Class and Jamaican Patois

The following Daily Mail article laments the adoption of Jamaican patois styles of language in ‘middle class England’

Discover More Why middle class children speaking Jamaican patois

Students could use this article and this Independent feature:

Discover More From the mouths of teens

to produce their own ‘Guide to Teen Speak‘.



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