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Jack Mandora, mi nuh choose none
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Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Jack Mandora from Jack-a-Nory, an English nursery rhyme ("I'll tell you a story/About Jack-a-Nory/And now my story's begun;/I'll tell you another/Of Jack and his brother,/And now my story is done.")
Pronunciation
jam /d͡ʒak man.duɔɹa mɪ nʌ t͡ʃuːz non/
Phrase
jam phrase
Traditionally used to end an Anansi story or folktale, to let it be known that the story's moral lesson wasn't directed at any listener in particular.239310
References
jam sentences