The Aftermath of the very destructive hurricane Melissa demonstrated the resilience of the Jamaican people. We witnessed persons who lost all rallying to unselfishly providing support in resources to other persons who were more severely impacted. We saw young students from Kingston College travelling down to the ground zero parish of St. Elizabeth to assist students at STETHS, a popular cricketer-producing high school.

The vast Jamaican diaspora has been mobilized and are actively shipping large number of plane loads of food supplies and other well-needed resources to their home country Jamaica, from US, UK, Canada and from several other countries.

Let me also hasten to thank our fellow Caribbean countries for sending assistance to Jamaica, we are very appreciative and really heartwarming to see even smaller islands send their donations. Despite efforts to divide us, we are still one people and one love to you all.

@Slipfeeler

Resiliency is not a word

The Jamaican people ARE extremely resilient.

@imusic

@imusic

Resilience" and "resiliency" are interchangeable synonyms meaning the ability to recover from adversity, though "resilience" is the more common and traditional form. "Resiliency" is a variant that has become more popular in recent decades, particularly in fields like psychology and social sciences, and some sources suggest it can be used to refer to the property of a system, while "resilience" is more focused on the individual or a single event. 

@Slipfeeler & @bravs

If we have West Indians now saying ‘pre-pone’, all bets are now off

Why do Indians say prepone?

'Prepone' dates back to the early 1500s and originally meant “to place in front of, to set before.” Now, it is primarily used in Indian English to mean the opposite of 'postpone. ' Deplaning needs to go. Nobody planes, they board

Hmmm interesting...😳

I see that you guys have been digressing without any comments on the actual premise of the topic.

You all failed Use of English.

@Slipfeeler

I passed Use of English and found it such a great part of the UWI curriculum- Christine’s good pardner was the tutor.