Why are Jamaicans called Yardies?

i never understood why...anyone here knows the real reason?

lee think,,,loogie in Bobice

from a Bob Marley song?

In a Government yard, in Trenchtown .....  No Woman No Cry

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 .

What does yardie mean?

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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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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Oh....

It is NOT exclusive to Jamaica : it was used in Guyana circa 60s and 70s.

Then went outta style  ::LOL::

Never heard it used in GY .. I mean, calling home "yard"