young bud nuh know storm
Jamaican Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, "A young bird has never experienced a storm."
Pronunciation
[edit]Proverb
[edit]- experience is the best teacher
- [Ntozake Adwoa Onuora (2015) Anansesem: Telling Stories and Storytelling African Maternal Pedagogies[1] (in English), →ISBN: ““Ave some respek fiyuh eldas, 3 my stepmother, or some aunt would say or, "Young bud nuh know storm," 4,5 words reminding me to unquestioningly submit to their eldership. This was the part of being a child that I abhorred. […] ”]”
- Dem seh young bud nuh know storm: Di elda dem a tek di vaccine an' di yute dem a run weh fram i'.
- It is said that experience is the best teacher: seniors are taking the vaccine while youngsters are shunning it.