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patois

[pat-wah, pah-twah, pa-twa] / ˈpæt wɑ, ˈpɑ twɑ, paˈtwa /
NOUN
jargon
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For Green, one of the biggest challenges of a film like “One Love” was getting the patois language right and making it feel real without watering it down.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2024

The original term for devil mas is "Jab Molassie," which is French patois for "Molasses Devil".

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024

“I’m country,” she says, slipping into her people’s sing-song patois.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2023

Smith’s vocabulary, which mixes North London vernacular and Jamaican patois, may be one problem.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

In that moment, he even sounded the same, his patois the same as it always was.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon




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