You know they’re Jamaican if they …
Express disgust by ‘sucking’ or ‘kissing’ their teeth
Point with their mouth
‘Cut yeye’ when upset with someone
Wear a ‘frock’, not a dress
Refer to fancy shoes as ‘boot’
Stir the ice in their drinks to make it colder
Take the ice in their mouth and spit it back into the glass while drinking
Eat the ice loudly when the ‘drinks’ is finished
Refer to vegetables, yams, green bananas, etc as ‘hard food’ or just ‘food’
Strip sugar cane with their teeth
Refer to any traveling distance as ‘jus’ roun’ di car-nah!’
Have a lamp with a ‘home sweet home’ lampshade somewhere in the house
Never throw away any leftover food, no matter how small the portion
Pronounce the name ‘Smith’ as ‘Simit’
Derive words of wisdom from ‘Miss Lou’
Use words twice for emphasis (e.g. fool-fool, pyah-pyah, fenke-fenke,so-so, big-big)
Refer to ‘horse-dead-cow-fat’ with regard to a story
Can’t enjoy Sunday dinner without rice & peas
Differentiate between ‘spinners’ and ‘cartwheel’ dumplings
Call all cute female children ‘pretty lickle girl chile!’
Call all rude female children ‘facety lickle gal pickney!’
Refer to anything of a sexual nature as ‘slackness’
Go to the bathroom to ‘Tidy’
Refer to their sweetheart as ‘puss’ or ‘boopsey’
Suitcase smells like a combination of roast breadfruit, ackee, fish and white rum
Are male, and their first name ends in ‘roy’ (e.g. Glenroy, Leroy,Fitzroy,Ezroy, Delroy, Troy, Gilroy) or ‘ton’ (e.g. Linton, Clinton, Ralston, Welton, Everton, Barrington)
Are female, and their ‘pet name’ is Petal, Sis, Cutie, Rose or Lily
Nickname is Bunny, Reds, Junior, Frenchie or Doc
Have the name Oliver, Clement or Oswald but everyone calls him Tony
Meet half brothers/sisters for the first time in their teens
Have Dettol, Milo, or Bay Rum in their cupboard
Use Overproof Rum as rubbing alcohol
Refer to all Asian persons as ‘Missa or Miss Chin’