Talk:Rastafarian vocabulary
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-- Informative, but i'd love to see some source or citation if possible. Of course, given the nature of subject mature - I appreciate this may be few a far between.
--Thanks to the user that corrected my entry saying the use of "Rome" was due to the 1935 Italian invasion of Ethiopia to saying it was "partly" due to the invasion. Of course, Rome is also referring to the oppression (downpression) of Rome in the Bible as well. (p.s. if the way I'm using this page is against general community standards, please let me know. Long-time page reader, but never contributed before. p.p.s. how does one become a user with an id?? and is there a link to general wikipedia etiquette?)... Rojo--
- That's easy - just click in the upper right corner where it says "Create an account", you might have to follow a couple more links that say "create an account", but if you try, try and try, you'll succeed at last! ፈቃደ (ውይይት) 02:47, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
- Ah, the dumbness of the question I just asked I guess forces me to forgive the "try, try and try" snark. (and yes I caught the Desmond Dekker reference.)Rojo gotz mojo 03:03, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
So, what does "itinually" mean? I remember hearing it on a Marley recording, but I can't piece the meaning together from this article. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 21:46, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
Continually, SqueakBox 21:48, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] "I and I" redirected here
The following is the text from the "I&I" page which I've redirected to this page. The definition here seems complete already, but I don't feel it's my call to make. Ewlyahoocom 23:02, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
--- From a post on a rastafari web forum, the definition of I&I is as follows
"When I&I say, One love, we mean that there is only one love. The love between man & Ja, between man & man, between man & Iman, between man & woman, between man and all creatures of Ja, is but one and the same love. One cannot love part of Ja any more than he can love only some men and not others. Ja is all men and all men are Ja. Shalom Aleichem my brethren. Peace be with you."
The simple statement I&I is a statement that all people are one, hence, "One Love". ---
- IMO, this kind of info is perfect for this talk page. And I agree, the article definition is already complete enough. Codex Sinaiticus 23:13, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Newest additions
I don't recognise "I-pod" or "I-tunes" as current examples of Iyaric... could you please give some source for this new vocabulary? Or are you making them up yourself? Thanks ፈቃደ (ውይይት) 03:32, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Clearly a spoof from a new contributor, I think. In such cases always best to delete and ask for a source for its future inclusion, 04:14, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
- They are in usage...as in "Hey mon, let's listen to some of them Itunes while gettin' red on some Ipod to feel them I and I vibrations."
- That being said, what is your source for Itesquake ? I've never come across that one. GBDimple 15:07, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
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- Lincoln Thompson Spaceship, SqueakBox 18:42, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
I'd personally "question" the legitimacy of "Bredren" on that list, since it's more just the "Jamaican" pronunciation of Brethren. Sherurcij (talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject) 18:27, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
- Agreed, SqueakBox 18:42, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Amagideon
Perhaps also alm-a-gideon? -- Rabbitnuisance 08:50, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
Sounds Spanish to me (alma is soul), SqueakBox 18:43, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Iyah
Is this the same as I and I? -- User:SevenEightTwo
[edit] Facts
Is this not a fact? and not just something adherents of rastafari teachings believe in? That should be refrased. [re-phrased ]
The adherents of Rastafari teachings believe that their original African languages were stolen from them when they were taken into captivity as part of the slave trade, and that English is an imposed colonial language.
-- kuini86 17:33, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vegetarian
Do Rastas eat meat? I know many of them and none of them do. They are all vegetarians.
- Some certainly eat fish and you cant eat fish and be vegetarian. We need to just say they follow an ital diet, SqueakBox 20:15, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Red
An anon editor has challenged the definition of 'Red' which was defined as: Red means under the influence of cannabis due to reddening of the eyes being a side effect of being under the influence. His statement: Wrong. Red stands for the church and the blood i and i shed for jah.
The latter has the ring of truth. My only knowledge of the term is in the Black Uhuru album title. Any comments? Wwwhatsup (talk) 08:10, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
If I'm not wrong, "red" can be used in Jamaica to mean stoned, in reference to the eyes, but it's not a specifically Rasta term, so it isn't really needed here. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 12:45, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
