Jump to content

Afrikaans vs English Ratio on TheHubSA  

519 members have voted

  1. 1. Your home languange

    • Afrikaans
      280
    • English
      229
    • Xhosa
      1
    • Sotho
      1
    • Zulu
      2
    • Other
      6


Recommended Posts

  • Replies 227
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Top Posters In This Topic

Posted

Honest Question....

 

Do the Afrikaans folks on the hub, find the Term "Dutchman" offensive?

ALL MY AFRIKAANS FRIENDS ARE MY DUTCHIES, STAFF AS WELL, MY MECHANIC WONT COME TO THE FRONT IF I CALL HIM FRANS ON THE INTERCOM, I THINK ITS GOT MORE TO DO WITH THE WAY ITS SAID!!!

Posted

ALL MY AFRIKAANS FRIENDS ARE MY DUTCHIES, STAFF AS WELL, MY MECHANIC WONT COME TO THE FRONT IF I CALL HIM FRANS ON THE INTERCOM, I THINK ITS GOT MORE TO DO WITH THE WAY ITS SAID!!!

 

True that

Posted

Honest Question....

 

Do the Afrikaans folks on the hub, find the Term "Dutchman" offensive?

 

yes it is offensive, I am not a dutchman.

 

I am South African

Posted

I have Afrikaans folks, but when I am mad I switch to English, I also pray in English and went to an English church, almost failed Afrikaans and passed English with a B.

 

Grandmother was Jewish, English married a Dutch bastard that refused English in his house. So grandmother was a mix of English (the proper kind) and Afrikaans. Father says he is not English, but his English is much better than most people I have met and much better than my mom's.

Posted (edited)

Cant speak for anybody else but no. Not me. Would have to go along way to offend me. Do not get offended easily (or at all for that matter).

+1...if anything its a term used by my tjommies....also I have a jakobus in my full birth names and my afrikaans friends called me koos...I prefered that to my english noem naam to be honest.

 

Just like I call my english tjommies khakis...they dont seem to mind

Edited by rouxtjie
Posted

yes it is offensive, I am not a dutchman.

 

I am South African

AGREED BUT IF WE HAVING A FEW BEERS/COFFEE AND I SAY LIGHT HEARTEDLY HEY DUTCHIE PASS ME THE BEER PLEASE WOULD YOU STILL TAKE OFFENCE??/

Posted

Many years ago, i managed a wiesenhof coffee shop.

 

We had a particular couple of regulars, older folks that would only speak afrikaans and would leave if you spoke english to them.

 

They were very nice, as long as you observed the afrikaans only rule.

 

One night, the tannie orders a slice of Carrot cake. The cake was a bit dry on the one side from being open, so she complained to the waitress. We replaced it with a fresh slice and as is custom, I, as the manager went up to the table to enquire if everything was ok.

 

I approach the table, and in my VERY broken Afrikaans i ask "Jammer Mevrou, Is jou koek nat?"

 

Immediately as the words escape my mouth, i turn a horrible shade of RED.

 

The oom bursts out laughing , the tannie also.

 

From that day on, i was the only one allowed to speak English to them.

 

True story.

Posted (edited)

AGREED BUT IF WE HAVING A FEW BEERS/COFFEE AND I SAY LIGHT HEARTEDLY HEY DUTCHIE PASS ME THE BEER PLEASE WOULD YOU STILL TAKE OFFENCE??/

 

no not at all, in fact most of the English peeps I know I refer to as Soutie, so its basically the same thing.

 

I must also add that i can't be called dutchman cause I am a mixture of French/Belgium/English/German so it would be more appropriate to call be "baster"

 

hence I say I am a full (Mix) breed South African :thumbup:

Edited by fanievb

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
Settings My Forum Content My Followed Content Forum Settings Ad Messages My Ads My Favourites My Saved Alerts My Pay Deals Help Logout