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what is a boombacloth?
Brenda I taught at a high school in Ft. Lauderdale for 25 years. The Jamaican kids used r'asscloth, bumbaclot all the time. Ann Marie, your comment is spot o…moreI taught at a high school in Ft. Lauderdale for 25 years. The Jamaican kids used r'asscloth, bumbaclot all the time. Ann Marie, your comment is spot one! And I enjoyed the accents of my students. It never bothered me that they were cursing. Again...see Ann Marie's point.
"This proves my point, a dirty word is only dirty in the cultural context. I am Jamaican born and I find our "dirty words" are dirty and American "dirty words" are funny. go figure"(less)
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A Brief History of Seven Killings
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