In South Africa English might be the language of business and the locals speak English usually very well, but you will be taken by surprise when you hear some of thetypical South African slang words which are sprinkled in every communication of South Africans.Here are the most frequently encoun...
Mixed with over a dozen African languages for two centuries, spiced by imports from European colonies, South African English has its own rich, varied and weird flavour.
Read more about the 11 official languages in South Africa and learn some fun South African slang words here or click on the image below. Nowadays most of the people in South Africa live in or near the big cities: Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town. The rural areas are still ver...
How to Speak in South African SlangDuncan Kelly
How South African Are You? South African expressions can leave some English speakers - lost. While it does vary a little from region to region - some regions use proper British English without fail every day, while others speak 100% Afrikans 100% of the time. Most everyone, though, speaks...
2. Slang Into a worse or inferior condition, as of decreased value: a stock that went south shortly after he bought it."If a life could be redeemed in a moment, it could go south just as fast" (Roy Parvin). [Middle English, from Old English sūth; see sāwel- in Indo-European ro...
English tsotsitaals? an analysis of two written texts in Surfspeak and South African Indian English slangThis paper examines the use of "tsotsitaals" that use English as a base language, viz. Surfspeak used mainly by White surfing subcultures in Cape Town, and the unnamed variety ...
Authors should ensure that writing is free from bias, stereotypes, slang, reference to dominant culture and/or cultural assumptions. We advise to seek gender neutrality by using plural nouns ("clinicians, patients/clients") as default/wherever possible to avoid using "he, she," or "he/she."...
go west(v.) 19c. British idiom for "die, be killed" (popularized during World War I), "probably from thieves' slang, whereinto go westmeant to go to Tyburn, hence to be hanged, though the phrase has indubitably been influenced by the setting of the sun in the west" [Partridge]. ...
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