(Apologies to Ray for stealing his idea)
So seeing as English is the one and only official language of this blog, I have decided that I need to make sure that my readers are linguistically competent by writing up a little vocab test of some common English phrases heard frequently here in South Africa (my mentor Dr. Perold is still trying to convince me that "English" and "American" are two separate languages). I promise that all of the following words and phrases are in fact English and not Afrikaans, so do your best to figure them out and the actual meanings will be along in a few days. Good luck!
1) dassie
2) joll
3) hooter
4) bakkie
5) kangaroo care
6) big five
7) wimpy
8) crazy store
9) matric
10) dop
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ReplyDelete1) a sissy boy
ReplyDelete2) happy
3) an owl... or a boob
4) the kid always picked last for sports
5) when the mom carries the baby around in a front pouch
6) the big five soccer teams in the world?
7) ...wimpy
8) wal-mart
9) a matrix but smaller
10) a stupid person
keep up the posts sir. you the man.