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Why are Jamaicans called Yardies?

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30 Oct 2014 15:14 #221128 by Googley
i never understood why...anyone here knows the real reason?

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30 Oct 2014 15:23 #221131 by The Captain
lee think,,,loogie in Bobice

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30 Oct 2014 15:55 #221134 by Meseret
from a Bob Marley song?

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30 Oct 2014 15:57 #221136 by Meseret
In a Government yard, in Trenchtown .....  No Woman No Cry

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30 Oct 2014 16:47 #221143 by ketchim
Nutten to do witn that song , Mes

Everyone has a Yard , right ?

In GT back in the mid 70s we used toe tell each other Lets meet by by so and so Yard  ;)

Jamaicans just wanna Own it .

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30 Oct 2014 17:15 #221154 by pattycake
What does yardie mean?

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30 Oct 2014 17:51 #221166 by SeanM
Because in our Patois, "Yard" is synanimous with home "home" and since Jamaicans like to say "yow when ya go a yard" when refering to Jamaica... Jamaicans are called Yardie, it just means home, or Jamaica, as such a Yardie is a jamaican...

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30 Oct 2014 17:59 #221170 by pattycake

Oh....

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30 Oct 2014 18:18 #221180 by ketchim
It is NOT exclusive to Jamaica : it was used in Guyana circa 60s and 70s.

Then went outta style  ::LOL::

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31 Oct 2014 11:15 #221334 by Meseret
Never heard it used in GY .. I mean, calling home "yard"

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