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Iyaric's lexical departure from the pronominal system of Jamaican Creole is one of the dialect's defining features. [5] [6] Linguistics researcher Benjamin Slade comments that Jamaican Creole and Standard English pronoun forms are all acceptable in Iyaric, but speakers almost always use the I-form of first-person pronouns, while I-form usage for second-person pronouns is less frequent. [5]
Welton Irie (born Welton Dobson, 1961 in Jamaica), sometimes credited simply as Welton, is a Jamaican reggae deejay, best known for his work in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Biography [ edit ]
From 1670 to 1700, Jamaica became the preferred destination for Irish and English servants departing the Atlantic ports at Kinsale, Cork, Galway and Bristol. By the late 17th century, some 10 percent of Jamaica's landowners were of Irish extraction and several, such as Teague Mackmarroe (Tadhg MacMorrough), who owned Irish indentured servants ...
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Ringo worked in a Kingston record shop, where he met Welton Irie, the two enjoying a long association since.He worked as an operator on the Soul Express and Rippa-Tone sound systems, before being given the chance to record in the late 1970s, and releasing his first single with "Trouble Never Set Like Rain". [1]
Irie is a feminine given name, the diminutive or pet form of Iris. Irie (surname) D-Irie, German rapper (b. 1981) Elysée Irié Bi Séhi, Ivorian soccer player (b. 1989) Irie Love, American reggae singer (b. 1985) Irie may also refer to: Irie, a word in Jamaican Patois and Rastafarian English (see Iyaric) Irie Maffia, Hungarian band formed in 2005
Robert Ffrench grew up in central Kingston and attended Kingston College. [1] He recorded his first singles in 1979, at the age of 17. [1] [2] He achieved success in 1984 with his performances at the Festival Song Contest and the Reggae Sunsplash festival. [3]
"Sleng Teng" is the name given to one of the first fully computerized riddims, influential in Jamaican music and beyond. The riddim, which was the result of work by Noel Davey, Ian "Wayne" Smith, and Lloyd "King Jammy" James, was first released with Wayne's vocals under the title "Under Mi Sleng Teng" in early 1985.