CARIBBEAN TODAY


BOOKS


Colorful guide to the Caribbean

 for Cricket World Cup 2007


V visitors to Cricket traverse the nine host ven-
 World Cup 2007 w ill u s, following the
 have a colorful guid ICC Cricket
to some of the most attract World Cup.
tive spots in the
Caribbean. SHOWCASE
 Want to know the Produced
best restaurants, places by Jamaica-
to party and what's hap- based compa-
pening while they're in nies Great House
town for the event Publishing and
during this month and MAPCO Printers,
next? Try getting it showcases many
"The ICC CWC elements regarding
2007 Official the countries staging
Visitor's Guide", a CWC matches,
fan companion, including: Overview of
especially for first-time the territories; ICC
guests from outside the region. Cricket World Cup 2007
 The full-color pocket refer- match schedule and related
ence of the Caribbean features information; things to see and
140 pages of information which do; restaurants and bars; beach-
visitors will find useful as they es in the region; carnival attrac-


tions; historic sites, museums,
etc.; entertainment and
nightlife; environmental/wildlife
attractions; and essential tele-
phone directories (taxis, emer-
gency, etc.).
 The guide, being sold in
bookstores and other retailers
throughout the Caribbhni will
also be available through con-
cessionaires, as well as itiner-
ant vendors at CWC matches.
 The guide to the West
Indies is being distributed in
Jamaica by Novelty Trading
and MAPCO Printers and in
the Eastern Caribbean by
Trinidadian style magazine,
MACO, and its distribution
company, Moving Magazines
Caribbean Limited.
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 A neat little pocket piece

when setting out for 'Yard'


* TITLE: JABARI
AUTHENTIC JAMAICAN
DICTIONARY

* AUTHOR: RAS DENNIS
JABARI REYNOLDS

* REVIEWED BY:
GORDON WILLIAMS

There is a never-ending quest to
capture the flavor of Jamaica's
popular patois or creole lan-
guage in writing.
 Reading publi-
cations which
attempt that task I3 A
will make most A T~u'M
Jamaicans chuckle, m
because they do not I 3
believe anyone can
fully capture that fla- ,
vor in writing. Not
down pat anyway.
 But it is worth a
try, especially since
the language has been -;,
spread globally, mostly 3
through reggae music.
People outside Jamaica are
always interested in the words,
how they are pronounced and
exactly what they mean.
 "Jabari Authentic Jamaican
Dictionary of the Jamic
Language" offers another
attempt to tame the slippery
patois. The book makes its own
bold claim to snare "Jamaican
Patwa and Rasta Iyaric
Pronunciations and Definitions"
in "The First Jamic Dictionary"
right there on the black, green
and gold cover complete with
the Jamaican flag. In 142 pages
and more than 3,000 entries, it
goes quite a distance to try and
back up the claims. In some
ways, it succeeds admirably. In
others, like spelling there is no
'correct' spelling of patois
words it is not as convincing.

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 The thumbnail pronuncia-
tion guide on every other page


is useful. First, it offers the
reader a quick glance while
going through the various
words and phrases on each
page. There is no need to go
back and forth from the page
in question to another section
of the book just to figure out
how to pronounce a word.
 Also, the bold print of each
 word or phrase, followed by the
 non-bold meaning, makes the
 dictionary's contents easy to fol-
 low. And the "Guide
 To The Dictionary",
 near the front of the
 RE j book, which offers,
 AMrAICAN | for example, expla-
AtY nations and pronun-
.IUAE ciation tips, is help-
Kim.: ful as well.
S'"pth But after that,
 the tame, academic
 stuff ends and the
 rollicking ride
 through Jamaica's
 delicious home-
 spun language
 begins. From taunt of
 "a-bey" to the insulting "zut-
 tupek", "Jabari" dives into pat-
 ois head first.
 Most of what's delivered
 in the book is not unique, but
 it is definitely informative and
 interesting. It could prove quite
 useful this month and next when
 thousands of tourists are expect-
 ed to flock to Jamaica for
 Cricket World Cup as several
 matches will be played
 in the Caribbean island. Maybe
 they should take the "Jabari
 Authentic Jamaican Dictionary"
 along with them. More than
 likely they will need it.

 PUBLISHER: Around the
 Way Books, Waterbury,
 Connecticut.

 Gordon Williams is Caribbean
 Today's managing editor.
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Resource guide available

for parents in Miami-Dade


The Miami-Dade County
 Public Schools and The
 Education Fund have
co-published a free Parent
Resource Guide 2006-2007 for
the public.
 The 88-page guide, spon-
sored by global financial serv-
ices provider ING, gives par-
ents information they need to
know about their child's
school, curriculum and stu-
dent requirements.
 The guide is printed in
three languages -English,
Spanish and Haitian creole.
Each school in the system will


receive additional copies for
use in parent-teacher meet-
ings.
 The guide may also be
viewed online at www.educa-
tionfund.org (under "Our
Publications") and www.dade-
schools.net (under RI' u rs L ").
 The 2006-2007 guide pro-
vides a wealth of information
including revised curriculum
requirements, test schedules,
immunization requirements,
student services, legal rights
and parental involvement.
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