KINGSTON, Jamaica — Walk into any government office, courtroom or classroom in Jamaica, and you’ll be expected to speak the official language, English. But venture into the street, tune into a radio ...

Jamaicans have proverbs, expressions, and commentary on just about everything. Marital woes? Workplace drama? The frenzied pace of life? You name it–they’ve probably got an opinion. Some of these ...

Jamaica seduces visitors with its breathtaking nature and captivates with its culture, its people's charm and the island's unique cuisine. Jamaicans have charisma and rhythm in bunches and use it to ...

Analisa Novak is a content producer for CBS News and the Emmy Award-winning "CBS Mornings." She specializes in covering live events and exclusive interviews for the show. Analisa is a United States ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — When English teacher Faith Linton first proposed translating the Bible into Jamaica's patois tongue in the late 1950s, most people who heard the idea shook their heads. Some ...

What's worse than a bad movie? If you ask linguist Joseph Farquharson, he might say a movie that makes a caricature of the distinct patois of Jamaican accents. When asked to be an advisor on the new ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Was reggae icon Bob Marley singing entirely in English when he recorded his classic "Trench Town Rock"? Linguists say no -- the Jamaican singer was using patois, a mixture of ...

Controversy over Bibles in Jamaica, the Philippines, and Germany reveal the divide between the sacred and the relatable. When Karen Roach first heard the Bible in Jamaican Patois, an English-based ...

“I see friends here, ... and I see newly made friends here,” said Colin Channer, a 2011 transplant to the local Providence community, as he surveyed his audience in the McCormack Family Theatre to ...

“I came from the world of fine dining, French cuisine, working in three-Michelin-starred restaurants, and I learned a ton of techniques,” says Patois chef Craig Wong. “I think it’s hilarious that they ...