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thaindian.com » Thaindian News - Oct 12, 2008
London, Oct 12 (ANI): As part of an attempt to widen the readership of the Bible, academics are working on making the books of the Old and New Testaments available in patois -a spoken language developed by West Indian …
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telegraph.co.uk » Telegraph News - Oct 11, 2008
Originally written in Hebrew and Aramaic centuries ago the Bible has since been translated into hundreds of languages.
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telegraph.co.uk » Telegraph UK News - Jul 19, 2008
A school has banned its pupils from using "street slang" as part of a strict behaviour policy which is transforming its exam results.
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nymag.com » Grub Street - Jul 9, 2008
And to think, it all began at Patois.Photo: Jonathan Bourland The Times today profiled Jim Mamary and Alan Harding, the duo who brought Brooklyn such middlebrow standards as Patois, Pacifico, Pomme De Terre, Gowanus …
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nytimes.com » NYT > NYTimes.com Home - Jul 8, 2008
Jim Mamary and Alan Harding, who have been credited with seeding the culinary flowering of Brooklyn, are facing opposition from neighborhood residents for the first time.
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telegraph.co.uk » Telegraph World News - Jul 3, 2008
Plans to translate the Bible into patois - Jamaica's unofficial language - have ignited a fiery debate between those who say it empowers Jamaicans and traditionalists who say it dilutes the value of the Scripture.
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papermag.com » PAPERMAG: WORD UP! - May 8, 2008
A new French bistro is rarely cause for celebration, especially one that looks like a poor man's Pastis with its wine bottles-as-decor accents. But what makes Pomme de Terre stand out is not only its food pedigree -- …
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nymag.com » Grub Street - Feb 5, 2008
Ditmas Park: Patois and Sweetwater owner Jim Mamary is opening a French bistro at the corner of Newkirk Avenue and Argyle Road, and his progress hasn’t been hampered by a recent shooting nearby: "You can’t open up a …
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