Comments on: No Woman No Cry http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183 Forum for the gray areas of the English language Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:26:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: azad http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183&cpage=3#comment-11520 azad Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:50:28 +0000 http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183#comment-11520 Oh my God people, In native english, such as jamaican english, we use 'nuh' for don't. It is that simple. The reason for this stems from the days of slavery where the slaves had a language of there own, but were forced to communicate in english with their masters. What then happened was a mixture of various african dialects and english which gave birth to patois. A broken down form of an already broken english.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-11520">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Oh my God people, In native english, such as jamaican english, we use ‘nuh’ for don’t.
It is that simple. The reason for this stems from the days of slavery where the slaves had a language of there own, but were forced to communicate in english with their masters. What then happened was a mixture of various african dialects and english which gave birth to patois. A broken down form of an already broken english.

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]]> By: Lauren http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183&cpage=3#comment-11048 Lauren Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:40:20 +0000 http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183#comment-11048 Originally no, woman, nuh cry. And "nuh" in Jamaican English means "don't". No, woman, don't cry. Everything will be all right. I'll be back, things will get better, don't cry. I love you. I think this is what he meant. It's beautiful and like all his songs, it comes out of his experience, carrying his energy and if we listen, we cannot help but be moved by it.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-11048">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Originally no, woman, nuh cry. And “nuh” in Jamaican English means “don’t”.

No, woman, don’t cry. Everything will be all right. I’ll be back, things will get better, don’t cry. I love you.

I think this is what he meant. It’s beautiful and like all his songs, it comes out of his experience, carrying his energy and if we listen, we cannot help but be moved by it.

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]]> By: Nick http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183&cpage=3#comment-11005 Nick Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:07:48 +0000 http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183#comment-11005 Simple as this... the dialect he originally used was "No woman, Nuh Cry." In Jamaican dialect, the "nuh" means "don't". He's telling a woman not to cry, not to shed a tear, and that everything is going to be alright.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-11005">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Simple as this… the dialect he originally used was “No woman, Nuh Cry.” In Jamaican dialect, the “nuh” means “don’t”. He’s telling a woman not to cry, not to shed a tear, and that everything is going to be alright.

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]]> By: rueben silver http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183&cpage=3#comment-10956 rueben silver Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:09:55 +0000 http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183#comment-10956 we rastas are common sense people.everyone always want the truth to be on their side ,but God fearing people knows that the only real truth is Gods truth.Bob is simply giving people hope (especially woman whom he viewed as the mother of creation).he is also telling us that his not gonna be with us much longer,and that our energy should not be wasted on tears but rather to help create a worldwide situation where everyone can live in ONE harmony. JAH LIVE children<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-10956">1</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> we rastas are common sense people.everyone always want the truth to be on their side ,but God fearing people knows that the only real truth is Gods truth.Bob is simply giving people hope (especially woman whom he viewed as the mother of creation).he is also telling us that his not gonna be with us much longer,and that our energy should not be wasted on tears but rather to help create a worldwide situation where everyone can live in ONE harmony.

JAH LIVE children

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]]> By: yoej http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183&cpage=3#comment-10903 yoej Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:01:50 +0000 http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183#comment-10903 reading your post was kinda funny..ü "no woman, nuh cry" nuh=don't. but its not about just women, the song is about government also, during that time they where slaves and remember who colonized them?:) yes that country has a queen:) thats the woman:)<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-10903">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> reading your post was kinda funny..ü “no woman, nuh cry” nuh=don’t.
but its not about just women, the song is about government also, during that time they where slaves and remember who colonized them?:) yes that country has a queen:) thats the woman:)

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]]> By: him http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183&cpage=3#comment-10762 him Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:15:38 +0000 http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183#comment-10762 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Woman,_No_Cry<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-10762">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Woman,_No_Cry

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]]> By: Anonymous http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183&cpage=3#comment-10753 Anonymous Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:14:49 +0000 http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183#comment-10753 I think it means that after having a hysterectomy, you may be happier, as you no longer have any fear of getting pregnant. That's "No womb and no cry". Still think there's no such thing as an incorrect interpretation, Mike?<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-10753">1</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I think it means that after having a hysterectomy, you may be happier, as you no longer have any fear of getting pregnant. That’s “No womb and no cry”. Still think there’s no such thing as an incorrect interpretation, Mike?

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]]> By: Seemanto Hoque http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183&cpage=3#comment-10752 Seemanto Hoque Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:36:23 +0000 http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183#comment-10752 "No Woman No Cry"---- simply it means about, "f you don’t have a woman you will not cry" or "don’t cry woman" , "if you have a woman or don’t have, there is nothing to cry for" or many other meanings of such effect. But to me , if we think the depth inside it, why not we think---- "If there was no woman, there wouldn't be and baby arriving the world and the very announcement of an infant is nothing but a cry" Thx to all.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-10752">2</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> “No Woman No Cry”—- simply it means about, “f you don’t have a woman you will not cry” or “don’t cry woman” , “if you have a woman or don’t have, there is nothing to cry for” or many other meanings of such effect.
But to me , if we think the depth inside it, why not we think—-
“If there was no woman, there wouldn’t be and baby arriving the world and the very announcement of an infant is nothing but a cry”
Thx to all.

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]]> By: Mike http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183&cpage=3#comment-10730 Mike Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:41:27 +0000 http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183#comment-10730 Hank, James Warrior is not "wrong", there is no such thing as an incorrect interpretation. I may disagree with his interpretation, but that does not make it wrong ; )<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-10730">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Hank, James Warrior is not “wrong”, there is no such thing as an incorrect interpretation. I may disagree with his interpretation, but that does not make it wrong ; )

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]]> By: billymayer http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183&cpage=3#comment-10685 billymayer Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:45:47 +0000 http://painintheenglish.com/?p=183#comment-10685 Sign: uwfgv Hello!!! khctf and 407xhbyfwwuus and 2547 My Comments: Great!<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-10685">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Sign: uwfgv Hello!!! khctf and 407xhbyfwwuus and 2547 My Comments: Great!

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