AMERICAN VS. JAMAICAN

AMERICAN: Porch
    JAMAICAN: Varanda

            AMERICAN: Bathe, shower
                  JAMAICAN: Bade, hol' a fresh

                           AMERICAN: Collard Greens, Spinach
  JAMAICAN: Callaloo

              AMERICAN: Stick shift (car)
JAMAICAN: Standard

 AMERICAN: Charge it
 JAMAICAN: Trus' it

AMERICAN: Can you give me a lift to the corner
JAMAICAN: Beg yu a ride go dung di street noh sah

 AMERICAN: Oh my God!
JAMAICAN: Lawd a mercy

 AMERICAN: Excuse me
JAMAICAN: Beg yu pardon

 AMERICAN: Toothpaste
JAMAICAN: Salt

 AMERICAN: Stayfree, always, kotex etc.
JAMAICAN: Just plain Pad, or everything is referred to as "Stayfree"

 AMERICAN: Menses
 JAMAICAN: "Duty gal"

AMERICAN: "You wanna fight?", or "You want  a piece of me"
JAMAICAN: "Touch a button!" "Touch a button"

 American: Give me
 Jamaican: gi mi

American: Excuse me
Jamaican: Gi mi pass

American: Sorry
Jamaican: Hush

 American: The shoes is a little tight
Jamaican: Lawd di boot a bun mi

American: Oh stop it you're killing me
 Jamaican:
Lawd ma top eh man yuh a go kill me

 American: Film
Jamaican: Flim

American: I do not practice oral sex
 Jamaican: Mi nuh Bow!!!

 American: Look there!
Jamaican: Koo deh

American: "Whatever"
Jamaican: "Man, yuh backside yaah man"

American: Your mother is so ugly...
 Jamaican: Yuh Mumma ugly lakka mi nuh know wha...

 AMERICAN: Perm hair
 JAMAICAN: Cream head

 AMERICAN: 10:PM, 10:30, 15 of 10
JAMAICAN: 10 a'clack, half pass 10, quarta to 10

 AMERICAN: Attention Deficit
JAMAICAN: Hard ears!

 AMERICAN: Dyslectic
JAMAICAN: Dunce bat!

AMERICAN: 4x 4 Truck
 JAMAICAN: Van

AMERICAN: Open the hood
: JAMAICAN: Fly di bonnet

 AMERICAN: Fly guy
JAMAICAN: Cha-Cha bwaay

AMERICAN: Can I have a loose paper
 JAMAICAN: Beg yuh a folder leaf

 AMERICAN: Pants leg
 JAMAICAN: Trousers foot

AMERICAN: Slap on the hand
 JAMAICAN: Dutchie pot ina yuh head

AMERICAN: Freeze ice
 JAMAICAN: Kisko-Pop

 AMERICAN: Dynatap, Theraflu, Robitussin, Midol, Tylenol
JAMAICAN: Mint tea

AMERICAN: Close the Cupboard
JAMAICAN: Shet di Cabinet

AMERICAN: Shooping Cart
JAMAICAN: Trolley

AMERICAN: FLICK
JAMAICAN: KIN PUPPA LICK

 AMERICAN: I AM GOING TO THE MOVIES
JAMAICAN: MI A GOH A SHOW

: AMERICAN: I REALLY DO LIKE YOU
 JAMAICAN: YOW BABY! A LONG TIME MI AH CHECK FI YUH. 

AMERICAN: YOU MEAN THAT REAL SEXY GIRL FROM OUT OF TOWN?
JAMAICAN: YUH MEAN DAH STRANG BADY GAL DEH FROM COUNTRY?

AMERICAN: HOMOSEXUAL/LESBIAN
 JAMAICAN: BATTY BWOY/BATTY GAL

AMERICAN: BIRTH CERTIFICATE
 JAMAICAN: BERT CER-FI-TICKET

AMERICAN: HE IS CHEATING ON HIM
JAMAICAN: DAH BLASTED GAL A GIVE HAR HUSBAN BUN

AMERICAN: THAT HAPPENED BY CHANCE
 JAMAICAN: A BUCK UP DAT, A BUCK UP!

 AMERICAN: VIAGRA
JAMAICAN: ONE GUINESS, ONE STICK A WEED, ONE PEANUT PUNCH, OR SIMPLY A PEICE OF "STONE"

AMERICAN: HE IS IMPOTENT
JAMAICAN: A OLE WUTLISS BAWY, HIM NO HAB NO USE