what means "one one coco full a basket"?
Kete
Thanks for the info,
Kete
MJKuelker
It's one of a number of JA'can proverbs which caution prudence.
--mjk
Gregory Stephens
It's about patience and perserverance.
Those that try to do it all at once, live big today,
tomorrow are buried in a casket.
M.C. Gregory Stephens
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Monday, May 14, 2001 - 01:10 pm issa...nuff respescx...the ark band returns
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patience==wisdom...
man and woman live for the moment, for today, that is,
enjoy the day and give thanks for this day and the life today...
cool...
one, peace,roots-ee
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Whales7732232
contrubution that matters,its the consistancy of the contribution that
counts...taken from a jamacian proverb book..and it is one one coco NAH full a
basket!
Christopher Albin Edmonds
actually you're wrong, it is "one one cocoa full basket"
second, it means that by having patience you will realise your goals,
in other words "one one cocoa" which means you take one cocoa at a time
(as in the cocoa pod, fruit of the cocoa tree), and that will "full
basket" or "fill the basket"
it is very similar to another common Jamaican proverb "every mikkle
make a mukkle, every mukkle make a mikkle"
i would make the following suggestion "dash wey yuh book"
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SilkAgency
>actually you're wrong, it is "one one cocoa full basket"
>
>second, it means that by having patience you will realise your goals,
>in other words "one one cocoa" which means you take one cocoa at a time
>(as in the cocoa pod, fruit of the cocoa tree), and that will "full
>basket" or "fill the basket"
>
>it is very similar to another common Jamaican proverb "every mikkle
>make a mukkle, every mukkle make a mikkle"
>
>i would make the following suggestion "dash wey yuh book"
DWL. I agree.
Question tho, cocoa as in cocoa pod or
coco as in the ground root? I always thought it was the latter.
Peace,
Auntie Sim
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Christopher Albin Edmonds
> C Edmonds writes:
>>actually you're wrong, it is "one one cocoa full basket"
>>
>>second, it means that by having patience you will realise your goals,
>>in other words "one one cocoa" which means you take one cocoa at a time
>>(as in the cocoa pod, fruit of the cocoa tree), and that will "full
>>basket" or "fill the basket"
>>
>>it is very similar to another common Jamaican proverb "every mikkle
>>make a mukkle, every mukkle make a mikkle"
>>
>>i would make the following suggestion "dash wey yuh book"
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> DWL. I agree.
> Question tho, cocoa as in cocoa pod or
> coco as in the ground root? I always thought it was the latter.
> Peace,
> Auntie Sim
that's a good question, i have been spending too much time in the EC
lately, so i guess i have cocoa on the brain and not coco, but jamaica
has both, so hmmmmmm.
Norman Stolzoff
Yes, I always thought it was coco, not cocoa, too.
Thanks for the clarification.
Norman Stolzoff
www.wakethetown.com
FiyahfeBabylon
If one coco fills your basket why do you need two?
In other words take only what you need.
Respect.
ashanti
now you are just instigating shit.
why is it that all these people start following
up with way off answers, when the correct
answer was given a long time ago.
look ... when christopher, who is from JA, gives an
answer in relation to his culture that
is the final answer.
everyone is always claiming to be JA experts.
this man has lived in JA since Noah, but yall
still cant except what he says.
sometimes i get the feeling i am among idiots.
ashanti
and if i was referring to you?
follow the thread and that will answer your question.
In article <3sv5gtch7f1gaec2m...@4ax.com>, Filthy Rich wrote:
>On Wed, 16 May 2001 07:04:56 GMT, ash...@ftp.fiyabun.com (ashanti)
>wrote:
>I sincerely hope you aren't referring to me............
>
>
>Filthy Rich
>Music House
Janne Helander
> This is taken from the Jamaican Handbook of Proverbs compiled by
> Vivien Morris Brown and published by Island Heart Publishers ISBN
> 976809141x
>
> 'Wan Wan coco full baskit
>
> The basket can be filled by adding one coco at a time. You may not be
> able to put in all at the same time. (Coco is an edible tuber which
> helps to give body to a good pot of soup).
>
> Do not expect to achieve success overnight'
Another, much shorter definition, from THE GRIP: PATOIS - THE LANGUAGE
AS SPOKEN BY JAMAICANS by Madge Hyatt:
"ONE-ONE COCA, FULL BAWSKIT:
Every little makes a lot"
--
Janne Helander
FiyahfeBabylon
This is the third time you've responded to one of my posts in a negative
manner.
I wasn't suggesting anyone else was wrong.
I was musing on how far off I was.
Regardless; why are you policing the input of others?
Ronald Smith
have to watch there approaches. People get very offended well they feel like
you want to tell them about their own culture. Especially us "Jamaicans."
You can't know about a man's house better than he knows.
Anyway, You are cool peoples so, let's move on.