SalB: I read Haitians official documents everyday at work. Birth certificates are in French, but passports are in French and haitian creole. They do that because they want to make a point. I think it's rather recent, they wouldn't do that a few years back. They want to boast the independance and uniqueness of their culture, blah blah blah.

About patois : I didn't know it was an english word, too. The english definition wouldn't be accurate with the french one, though.

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