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“Eish, the accent slips at the worst time”: Afrikaner woman speaking Xhosa messes up the accent
An Afrikaner woman teaching Xhosa captured a relatable moment when she accidentally pronounced her own name with an English ...
'Yoh! You're in the OED' – South Africa makes its linguistic mark
No, these are not grammatical errors - this is a sentence comprising South African words included in the Oxford English ...
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Yoh! Gatvol? Zol?’ These South African Slang Words Are Now Officially in the Oxford Dictionary
Gatvol? Sharp-sharp? The Oxford Dictionary just made South African slang official, and it’s about time.
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Yoh, gatvol, sharp-sharp: These South African words just made it into the Oxford English Dictionary
Yoh' effortlessly conveys different emotions and was among a number of local terms recently added to the Oxford English ...
'Yoh' officially joins the Oxford English Dictionary
The iconic South African expression 'yoh' has officially landed in the Oxford English Dictionary, bringing with it a host of ...
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South African Words Like ‘Gatvol’ And ‘Zol’ Included In Oxford English Dictionary
Tjoekie: Another colloquial term, traced back to 1977, which refers to jail or prison. The word was first introduced into ...
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'Yoh! You're in the OED' – South Africa makes its linguistic mark
The makarapa was originally a helmet for construction workers but has now been embraced by South African sports fans Yoh! I'm so gatvol of this tjoekie and need a zol to handle these moggy people.