Comments by "R K." (@DarkAngel2512) on "Xiaomanyc 小马在纽约" channel.

  1. Would you say aside from the accent is the pronunciation of words there?
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  2.  @gullinkambe6726  yep. He picks up accents much better/quicker than I could.
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  3.  @themichaeljoel  that's what's frustrating sometimes is people dont bat an eyelid when people like Frankie chat patwa even though he isnt Jamaican but when white people do it we can get looked at side-ways despite you have white yaardies. If anything I've learnt through learning languages I've learnt how unfair it is to be treated in that contradictory way. It's all well and good if someone wants to learn Japanese in a year but if a white man chats patwa people lose their shit. Not everyone as we can see but some of the comments saying Xiaoma could come off mocking or get beat up for it. We didnt see those comments on his other videos.
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  4. So you filtered this in a racist way. That's quite sad that you walk through life like that. And what is wrong with showing off your skills. I want to get off this planet...
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  5. At first I thought they were making fun of Xiaoma in the back whispering and laughing. They were really daring each other to go up and join in. I guess I should have a more wholesome view in future.😂
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  6.  @xbunnies769  that's what I've observed aswell. I actually love how real Jamaicans come to the defence of foreigners who wear braids or chat patwa. I and truthfully it's only because of woke culture that this became a thing. I grew up with Jamaicans since the 90s and canerowed my hair and theirs and chat patwa and while I was wary to chat too much and self-censor it was never this bad like now with even one African woman who spoke her Jamaican husbands language getting ganged up on Tik Tok. Real Jamaicans love to see the appreciation of their culture.
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  7.  @Ketamine-For-Dinner  Ari is Xiaoma's real name. 😂😂 Perhaps we should call him Irie from now on.😂😂
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  8.  @brunovance8101  I and I is specific to rastas. Rastas have their own language which not all Jamaicans use. I and I, Irie, Ital (vital for vital food meaning vegan food), I man, Idren (bredren) etc is all rasta talk and a means to be more connected to The Most High.
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  9. Afrobeats is a good reason to learn African languages.
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  10. Use the words without the accent. I grew up in South-East with Jamaicans and we all use some patwa in South. It's funny though even British Jamaicans dont pronounce tings right. Like "lowe" as in "lowe it"(leave it) should be pronounced "low" with a rounded "oh" like in "old" sound but they pronounce it like "ow" from the sound in "now". And they use "shotter" or "shotting" for dealing drugs but a shotter is literally someone with a gun who is usually in a gang and sells drugs but the word got conflated a bit.
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  11.  @ria8883  because for some reason you thought his race was relevant.
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  12. Xiaoma, you're so pure. Love this. Had me in tears along with you. Wish you and your family all the best.
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  13.  @ria8883  and the fact you type made this about your race and wrote black with a capital 'b' and assume because you're a black American that must know more about racism than me. You're proving my point. Also many people who learn other languages and only learn starter phrases arent doing it to look woke because they were doing that before woke culture existed. Many do it because they like the langauge but are too lazy to learn it or they just like to bond with others with just a few phrases. You dont have to learn a whole language. I'm a language leaner and speak basic Korean and a few phrases in other languages. And I've had nothing but positive reactions. The last women I said hello to in her langauge last week ended up exchanging numbers with me. Not everybody sits in this bitter mindset that you do. Some people are simply interested in other cultures and enjoy meeting new people. Also why are you calling yourself a black African woman living in America? Are you from Africa? Because you sound American through and through.
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  14.  @Patrizio99  people who have ischaemic strokes like Moses did dont live long. If you look at the stats they're quite worrying. He had two previous strokes.
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  15.  @xavier1752  I know it means drug dealer in UK. I literally put that in my comment. I've personally been using the word for nearly 25 years for that meaning. But I assumed we used it wrong in England as I was on some patwa page recently and it said "gunman" or something. Which made sense as some dealers are gunmen. Same with bate. The patwa page gave a diff translation to how UK heads use it. I guess it's best to ask an actual yaard man to know. People can write anything online. Even my British, half Jamaican friend didnt know the word was punani and used to call it punarmi and she would argue with me about it and she just wouldnt accept she was saying it wrong.
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  16. Except for the one about Laushu :( R.I.P
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  17.  @sirkid8553  yep. Another contradiction. I get if people might feel they're being mocked but that's their own insecurity which they shouldnt assume as fact nor channel outwards. They should be les paranoid and assume first that maybe someone just likes how patwa sounds and likes the culture.
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  18.  @poetsrear  If you read all my comments I said one African woman was harassed online for chatting her Jamaican husbands language. Anyone who people can clearly see arent Jamaican. Not just white people. With the African woman people could tell because of her African accent. With Frankie it's harder to tell he doesnt have Jamaican heritage. But thanks for showing us your shoulder chip.
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  19.  @CedarEcho3058  His sister and best friends have explicitly stated he wasnt murdered and that Mark is unwell.
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  20. South in general. Its actually called Multicultural London English.
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  21. I've grown around Jamaicans 30 years and I still self-censor when chatting patwa because of some of the racist experiences I've had.
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  22. He needs to learn Multicultural London English.
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  23.  @lumideo1  he used Jamaican phrases and words. "Bare" "nyam" "yah mon" "mi ago" etc he also used the correct tense. ""Mi neva yet bin a yaard". etc we dont use our tense that way. So he used the correct tense, grammar and syntax. He wasnt just speaking English in a Jamaican accent atall. I study Jamaican plus been speaking it for 30 years and its pretty clear to anyone that hes speaking patois.
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  24. I'm gutted. I'm South-East. T.T I wish I could have met him. He needs to do a fan meet next time he is over.
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  25. He was clearly using Jamaican words and grammar and syntax. "Mi a go" "nyam" "fi mi". These are not English.
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  26. Xiaoma, I demand an album. Chinese songs only.
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  27.  @Makaveli-020  he died from complications from heart failure. His death certificate is avail online. I believe Marcus or Fuji(if I got his name right) shared it on a video where they had to debunk some of Mark's lies. His sister Susan also said Mark lies. Its money-motivated. He was using Moses and is trying to get Moses money even now and Susan said he has done similar before.
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  28. Not totally Russian related but I follow one Russian girl called "Swaggy Pon Di Island". She lives in Jamiaca and is married to Jamaican footballer, Errol Stevens. She is so cute with her Russian/Jamaican accent and her cute kids. She has videos where she went to Russia to see family and mentions some Russian cultural stuff and I keep telling her to speak more Russian in her videos although her videos arent specifically language-related it's still interesting the bits she does mention. Her half Jamaican kids also speak some Russian. All I remember from her videos so far is "ochen vkusno" (really tasty).😂
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  29.  @colemerchant8926  it's not gibberish. They're actual words and it has proper grammar and syntax. I'm from UK and ben speaking patwa for 30 years as I grew up with Jamaicans. It's even seeped into UK to the point we have a dialect called Multicultural London English which is predomaintly Jamaican words plus other languages which we've picked up of British Jamaicans. Some Jamaican words are taken from other languages such as from Portuguese "pickney" for child. If you speak with Jamaicans who use broad patwa its much less English words. I actually study Jamaican a bit as after 30 years I thought I should learn the grammar and syntax. All languages are gibberish if you dont understand them but it's an actual creole.
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  30.  @lexdraws1729  exactly. Too many people conflate race and culture. It's really not that hard.
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  31.  @HumbleFamilyTravels  exactly. I always respond to these people with the motto. My ex was Nigerian but use patwa. It's just in UK for some reason some people can be a likkle racist. I would say things were doing ok but social media set us backwards to a time I never exprienced. We're more racist now than since I was born. I grew up beginning of the 80s and never remember this level of racism we've seen the last 5 years.
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  32. Not as good as White Yaardy. Although him a real Jamaican.
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  33. @Nooticus, he did a video on his channel where he took some friends to a Jewish restaurant to try out Jewish food.
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  34. 😂😂 They're in Peckham. They all speak English. Many people who dont speak English tend to learn Engliah as they need to with it being a global language.
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  35. Wanty wanty nah getty, getty getty nah wanty. They have some videos on YouTube of the idioms.
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  36. Nothing wrong with cultural.appropriation. Im white and grew up with Jamaicans and we all speak patwa in England and canerow our hair etc. Its only since woke culture started 5 years back that it's being claimed as wrong when that's false. It's literally how all our friends talk and we dont know how to talk any other way. Some words I wouldnt automatically say in English that's how ingrained it is. Look up some videos of English people speaking patwa or Multicultural London English.
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  37. @Daniel Dexter, look up Korean Billy speaking "Roadman Dialect". Its hilarious.
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  38.  @brunovance8101  this link explains more. And you can find external links that have a long list of rasta words. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iyaric
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  39.  Jessenia Colon  noone said that all Jamaicans are rastas. Infact my comment specifies the opposite so who is your comment aimed at?.
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  40.  Jessenia Colon  .people dont stereotype you. That's in your head. And so what if they assumed all Jamaicans are rastas. Not everyone is around enough JA culture to know. Why is it even a bad thing to assume. Are you saying there is something wrong with rastas. It's really not even an issue. I wouldnt be offended by non-negative English stereotypes. Are you even actually Jamaican from JA because you sound very western. As for seeing the majority over the minority how do you know what individuals see. Most people know about JA through Marley. Beyond that they might not know anything else. Like, why are you even offended. It's so silly. I dont know any Jamaicans offended by this and I've grown up with them for 30 years. And atleast two of my exes were rastas. It's just not something worth getting upset over as it's so minor. Theres literally nothing offensive about it and you assume you too much about what people think about Jamaicans. Noone on this thread claimed all Jamaicans are rasta. All the guy said was shouldnt it be "I and I". That's not implying all Jamaicans are rasta. He didnt even know that was rasta talk. He assumed it was general Jamaican patwa.
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  41. As someone who hangs around with diff ethnic groups from South-Eadt Asia I can tell Koreans, Thai, Filipino,Japanese and Chinese apart for the most part. Same with black Americans and british blacks. I knew that dude in the trackie was a Londoner (didnt realise Xiaoma was filming in London). Their features are diff to black Americans aswell as how they style themselves.
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  42.  @drmatt357  haha. I dont put perfume down there. That's leads to an unhealthy situation. Ph imbalance is not the one.
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  43.  @goodheavens1  thanks for the tip.
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  44.  @goodheavens1  thanks. Will try it.
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  45. Jamaicans are fine with it. In England we all speak some patwa in the urban community. But if you only used a yaard accent they might get annoyed and think you're weird. But using a yaard accent from time to time is normal in England.
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  46. Just speak it without the accent. That's what we do in Southern England. We all speak some patwa. Look up Multicultural London English on YouTube.
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  47.  @turmat01  I'm not saying you shouldnt speak with the accent. I hang out with Jamaicans/have Jamaican exes. We all grew up speaking patwa and I use the accent . But I'm saying for those insecure about sounding like mocking they can just use the words without the accent if it's more comfortable. We use the words without the accent and even black people here do. For example British-Jamaicans say "lowe it" in an English accent instead of a yaard accent. So they actually pronounce it wrong themselves. I think if you have the accent down then use it. If you feel like you dont have it accurate then just keep practising at home until you're comfortable. But by all means continue to use the words as people dont look at you sideways for using the words. We use the same words Xiaoma did like "bare" and "nyaam'. Bare is a very common word here in England.
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  48.  @retroguy9494  that's not true. Try going to your local McDonalds. Lots of foreign students who cant string much English together. Basically if ou move to a country as a citizen you do need to speak English as a requirement. They have the same in other countries. It's just to show you're trying to be cohesive with the country you're moving to..but you dont have to speak "proper English". Just normal,u understandable English whereby you can do your job. But plenty jobs you dont need to speak much English if you dont communicate with the public. You just have to effectively be able to do your job like anywhere. Loads of people speak broken English in workplaces here.
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  49. Reached for his hand or something else? His hand went there like four times.
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  50. And Korea Town New Malden but not sure if he kept up with practicing it.
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