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Dr. Joseph Farquharson, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Language, Linguistics & Philosophy at UWI Mona, joined us to discuss the growing trend of Jamaican children speaking with American or British accents. As some children struggle to speak Patois or sound unfamiliar when attempting to, we asked the language expert: Are we losing our Jamaican voice?

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