There is no chance that it will die but there is hope of containing patois within the limited space allotted to it. I fear that those who are trying to breach the walls of this space have ulterior motives. I have to agree that people like Dr. Carolyn Gomes are rank hypocrites for using standard English in their intellectual circles whilst demanding that patois be made some kind of official language of the land.

When I speak of patois degrading some people's ability to speak English properly, the best example I recall is that of the mayor of one our cities who visited Houston some two years ago. He was guest speaker at a major function attened by Jamaicans and many non-Jamaicans in this community. After that speech, the talk of the town was how embarrassing it was for us to sit there and listen to him mangle the English language for 45 minutes. BTW, he is an MD by profession.

My position is very simple. Keep patois for informal communication but for heaven's sake, intensify the teaching of English at all levels of the education system. And whilst doing that, do not glorify patois as though it is some great national treasure that can give us a competitive advantage with the rest of the world because it cannot.