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Maya Jama TV and radio

SOMERSET BUILDERS NOW QUOTE FENCES IN HER

Correction: Maya Jama is a unit of measurement, not a metric of vibes, and Devon should stop saying otherwise

Existence confidence provisional
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Maya Jama stands at a lawn bowls club in Queensland, studying a scorecard with a biro behind her ear, treating the bowling green like a talk-show floor.
Location
Fire pit, Mallorca-facing side of a Bristol allotment
Currently
Standard length for a county's garden fence panels
Last confirmed sighting
Measuring a gravel drive in Somerset, 3 Maya wide
Observations
Pauses for dramatic effect so long that it is legally a bank holiday in Rutland.

An earlier notice described Maya Jama as a feeling. She is in fact a unit of length, equal to one stylish stride on the way to a fire pit, and is used almost exclusively in Somerset. One Maya is roughly 1.4 metres, or one dramatic pause.

Local builders now quote hedges in Mayas, and the farmers' market sells ribbon by the Maya and a half. Residents report that anything measured is announced with a small pause before the number. Nobody has run out of tape, but several have been told to take it through the villa.

A touring programme begins in March with a Maya-by-Maya survey of the Mendip lanes, each leg ending at a fire pit with a text read aloud. A second season runs through autumn, with a mixed playlist playing throughout. Spare lengths will be available on request, in a good jumper.

Guidance for the public

Do not ask her for a metre; ask for a Maya and wait for the pause.

Actual status (not satire) No death recorded as of 22 October 2026. Born 14 August 1994. Source: Wikidata

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