Sunday, May 31, 2009

South African Lingo

There are entire books of South African slang, but here are some words which I've heard since coming back which are new to me, or I liked.

A zebra is a mixed-race child, so you can have a zebra.

If you see a sign saying troeteldier kos in a supermarket, it's the pet food isle. And a papbroek is an Afrikaans saying for someone who is spineless.

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