Friday, November 13, 2015

fri., 13 nov., 2015: funky fanakalo afrikaanisms, v.: give us This Day our Daily Curse


FANAKALO AFRIKAANS:  Laduma!   

   ‡ )  It thunders!”  /  He scores!”  =  Ubiquitous cheer heard @ S. African football matches.   [NOTE: 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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