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title: "3 Patois Quotes"
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# Patois

 **3** quotes in **11** categories

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Patois is speech or language that is considered nonstandard, although the term is not formally defined in linguistics. As such, patois can refer to pidgins, creoles, dialects or vernaculars, but not commonly to jargon or slang, which are vocabulary-based forms of cant.

##  Quotes by Patois

> [“As usual I was working the graveyard shift—an irony I reveled in—at an emergency call center. What other shift would a vampire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patois/as-usual-i-was-working-the-graveyard-shift-an-irony-i-reveled-in-at/)

[Patois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patois/)

[Call center](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/call-center/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/patois-88655_call-center_as-usual-i-was-working-the-graveyard-shi_1774409.jpg)

> [“That night, in the dark, dressed to kill, I lost my life—and became twenty forever.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patois/that-night-in-the-dark-dressed-to-kill-i-lost-my-life-and-became/)

[Patois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patois/)

[Dark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef2/patois-88655_dark_that-night-in-the-dark-dressed-to-kill-i_2749010.jpg)

> [“So many things are lost in the dark. A slight misstep and we lose our footing. A quick hand in a pocket…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patois/so-many-things-are-lost-in-the-dark-a-slight-misstep-and-we-lose-our/)

[Patois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patois/)

[Dark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc0/patois-88655_dark_so-many-things-are-lost-in-the-dark-a-sl_2751790.jpg)

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