South Africans should learn to speak each other's languages, says KZN artist

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wizardofid said:
I was a lazy bastid in school got around 65% for afrikaans as a first language, some how got higher marks for english as a second language, not that it was any easier at the time (days when model C was a thing). ugh Shakespeare, did that in standard 4 already I think, and again in standard 6 and 8, we perhaps did a little less essays and such. Weird afrikaans people in general did better with english compared to english first language speakers with afrikaans. It isn't like our household was bilingual either. The only thing that annoys me about english is being dis-conjunctive.Afrikaans and their double negatives. I love that high english is rarely spoken, but you are seen by afrikaans people to be common if you don't speak "hoogs afrikaans".
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We don't got time for High English :p. If I need Afrikaans translated I have my wife to do that, she grew up in small towns so she can speak it and English perfectly.
Even had a contractor voice message me some verbal insults in afrikaans cause I gave him a bad rating, I understood the swearing but the rest cause he spoke so fast was like wtf...
For languages even English I only got like 65% in High School, I scrapped by school, wasn't my thing.
 
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Jet-Fighter7700 said:
Is Hindi an international language?

seems a bit of a weird choice almost like Arabic, Hebrew.
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Most call centers route there, and their English isn't really good :). But in terms of international languages, English, Spanish and Mandarin, French won't really make the list though it is spoken by about 400 million people.
 
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Vorastra said:
No. You can all learn English. An actual useful language.
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Exactly.. one language to rule them all, one language to fine them (speak at home), one language to bring them all (together), and in the darkness (Africa) bind them

Apologies to the tolk, but the solution exist already ANC must just learn to embrace their internationality.
 
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grok said:
Exactly.. one language to rule them all, one language to fine them (speak at home), one language to bring them all (together), and in the darkness (Africa) bind them

Apologies to the tolk, but the solution exist already ANC must just learn to embrace their internationality.
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Not all Africa speaks English. Most of south America speaks no English. I can go on...
 
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ForceFate said:
Get out of the major towns and metros and suddenly the picture changes.
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Oh for sure; my Zulu has been a huge benefit almost everywhere in Southern Africa from just chatting, asking directions to talking my way out of trouble. But, as I say, I sense more people speaking English, not just to me, even in conversation.
 
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For those who don't want to speak English. There's a second acceptable language.

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ForceFate said:
Not here. Out there in the open. Exhibit same attitude out in public and record results. Report here.
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I used to run a shop for 10 years in the early 2000s that had 100% black customers. If they didn't speak English they didn't get served lmao
 
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Vorastra said:
I used to run a shop for 10 years in the early 2000s that had 100% black customers. If they didn't speak English they didn't get served lmao
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Of course you can abuse people who have no options. Try that with people who have options. Taxi drivers have same approach to business. :unsure:
 
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ForceFate said:
Of course you can abuse people who have no options. Try that with people who have options. Taxi drivers have same approach to business. :unsure:
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Abuse is when *checks notes* you don't serve people you can't fcking understand.

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Lupus said:
We don't got time for High English :p. If I need Afrikaans translated I have my wife to do that, she grew up in small towns so she can speak it and English perfectly.
Even had a contractor voice message me some verbal insults in afrikaans cause I gave him a bad rating, I understood the swearing but the rest cause he spoke so fast was like wtf...
For languages even English I only got like 65% in High School, I scrapped by school, wasn't my thing.
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Yeah we tend to speak really fast when we get angry lol. That said Afrikaans is the only language I know of that where swearing can be so expressive. I mean it just doesn't have the same ring, when you say this in english, Jou ma se fk dom vrot p*s in n jam blik. A verbal assault from an angry afrikaans guy feels like a physical assault.
 
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