Sunday, September 09, 2007

Jamaican Patois


On Saturday Ruth brought supper over to a rental that Andrew and I are renovating and Ruth decided to leave before I did. So she came down the stairs to say goodbye and said with a twinkle in her eye, "Me a go me yard b'fore night catch me a road!" I had her repeat it three times before I could get the drift of what she said. Translation: "I'm going home before it gets too dark."
On Sept. 2 we were invited to Jenn and John's home to a meal after which we had the traditional ice-cream cake because it was Ruth's birthday. Rob and Sue Wallace as well as Andrew can be seen in the mirror.

4 comments:

Madame Angela Baggett said...

Funny, I have "cultural" differences with Brian and our "cultures" are much more similar! Great picture. It looks like there are two cakes. Could have sent me one ;) I guess I got the one in the reflexion!

Sarahmac said...

What are you guys renovating this place?
Say 'hi' to Aunt Ruth for me.

Trail Rider said...

can I ask a "maybe" odd question?

Is Ruth a proverbs 31 woman?

Nin said...

In your rental property, did you guys need to paint the kitchen cabinets? I so want to paint our cupboards, I just hear that it's a lot of work.....and with all the other projects we have going, we feel overwhelmed. But I was just wondering if you painted them how long it took and so on.
Happy Birthday Ruth!!!!