thurs., 22 oct., 2015: funky fanakalo afrikaanisms, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

FANAKALO AFRIKAANS:  Skeef   ‡‡

   ‡ )  “Dodgy”  / “Gay”  / “Queery”  / “Faggoty”    [NOTES: 1) May or may not be pejorative, depending on circumstances; 2) Funakalo is a pidgin Afrikaans dialect comprised of Afrikaans, Eng., & many Native S. African langs., incl. isiZulu.;  Funakalo / Fanakalo  also isiZulu ref. for when non-isiZulu speakers fuck up & mangle their lang.  Etym.,  fanakalo, Zulu, fana  = same ;  k  =  as ;  lo  =  this.]

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