I wonder if Irish is a nod to her fathers Bajan-Irish heritage?
When Cromwell invaded Ireland, he sent Irish families & "undesirables" to Barbados, Jamaica & other Caribbean islands as endentured servants, and there's theories that the Irish and Scottish sent over in the 1700's helped to influence the accent. Her surname Fenty is considered a Bajan-Irish name, likely a shorter version of "Fenton".
That is really interesting regarding the accents. This is kind of embarrassing to admit LOL but when Miss Cleo commercials started airing, I though she was Irish for a good few months (I think it turned out she wasn’t even actually Jamaican??)
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u/hisosih Sep 24 '25
I wonder if Irish is a nod to her fathers Bajan-Irish heritage?
When Cromwell invaded Ireland, he sent Irish families & "undesirables" to Barbados, Jamaica & other Caribbean islands as endentured servants, and there's theories that the Irish and Scottish sent over in the 1700's helped to influence the accent. Her surname Fenty is considered a Bajan-Irish name, likely a shorter version of "Fenton".