A “Yard man” is a Jamaican. Another term frequently used to describe Jamaicans is “Yardie”, but that has recently been appropriated, and most people think of a Yardie as a gang member so I will use the former to refer to the man with whom I stood today in conversation with for around half hour.
He started the conversation with me as he saw the camera I was holding in my hands while waiting to pay for some goods in my local corner shop. ...