Hayibo.com closing down

[Fazda]

isn't it abelungu ?

Nope "mLungu"

 

[JungleBoy]

The word I was thinking about is Umlungu.



From racial slurs database.

I speak Zulu and I'm telling you no one calls "white froth/scum" "umlungu".

If it is a racial slur then it's news to me. I am sure many other first language Zulu speakers would attest to that.

 

[JungleBoy]

Nope "mLungu"

abelungu is a plural form of the same word
eg mlungu = white person
abelungu = white people

 

[zulgin]

http://isizulu.net/, it just means white person according to this site.

 

[dlk001]

I speak Zulu and I'm telling you no one calls "white froth/scum" "umlungu".

and I know in Xhosa no one calls "white froth/scum" umlungu.

 

[grayston]

No just advertisers who were worried about people who are too stupid to understand satire.

This is true:

another problem was that many South Africans don’t understand satire. “Only a small niche of sophisticated readers gets it. ‘The Onion’ is frequently misunderstood or misquoted as real news particularly by mainstream newspapers outside the West. A famous example of this was when The Onion ran a very funny story about Harry Potter being the tool of the devil. It was completely over the top, yet a South African right-wing religious spokeswoman found this story and kicked up such a fuss about it. When it was pointed out that ‘The Onion’ is a satirical site and this was humour it didn’t lessen the fury of this woman, it just changed the direction of her anger. Satire is a hell of a difficult field to make a living from.”

http://www.thedailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-09-02-goodbye-hayibo-sa-will-miss-you

 

[McSack]

and I know in Xhosa no one calls "white froth/scum" umlungu.

Stick n stones etc .... *yawn*

 

[TonyHawk]

What was/is hayibo?

Hardly funny

south africa's version of www.theonion.com

Almost thought it was British humour ... boring