Letterlik!

I've deliberately not looked at American politics in the last 24 hours, so I'm not sure what you are talking about. This psychiatrist has some insights that might shed some light: youtu.be/8f-t3DbarWc?...

Imagine if that book gets banned and people won't understand this quote in 40 years' time!

In Afrikaans we use horlosie for both clock and watch. A watch kan be a polshorlosie (wristwatch) or sakhorlosie (pocket watch).

Same in Afrikaans, but horlosie is more common for a clock.

I've seen the video, and I'm baffled because I don't find "cellar door" particularly beautiful.

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It's the Central African Republic of fast food outlets!

Even an association with gays would make them uncomfortable with it, so I think you are right.

I don't think so. They don't care. They just want more money for the Trump, his cronies and the broligarchs.

BTW, that sentence is indistinguishable from isiXhosa.

Oh wow! I didn't know that. I've been based in Midrand for the last 16+ years, but I grew up in Port Elizabeth. I have a soft spot for the Western Cape because I studied in Stellenbosch.

Yes, it is Zulu. I am South African and learnt some Xhosa at school, but where I live nowadays, Zulu is a lingua franca, so I'm learning it to understand my colleagues better. It is just similar enough to Xhosa to confuse me!

As an Afrikaans speaker, I'm wondering if kak doesn't cone from the Greek kakos. Also, it has the same meaning in many other languages.

Does Finnish also need more n's?

Our dogs also love having their chins scratched. Our Erica looks just like Ladybird, but is younger. Which makes me wonder, why do you write Happiness, but Ladybird? Here in South Africa we have 2 towns, Ladysmith and Ladismith. I almost wrote Ladibird, hence this what triggered this diatribe.

Yay! I'm waiting with bated breath.