Monday, November 16, 2015

mon. 16 nov., 2015: funky fanakalo afrikaanisms, vi.: give us This Day our Daily Curse


FANAKALO AFRIKAANS:   Soutpiel… / Soutie…    ‡‡

      ‡)  Salty dick…  /  Salty dick…  i.e., & e.g. = Pejorative descriptor for any limey or pommie interloper fr. The Empire.  Lit., somebody w/ a foot in the UK, & another foot in S. Africa, w/ their dick flopping in & out of the Atlantic  [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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