This German student mastered isiXhosa in a year and encourages others to do the same: 'It's a respect thing'

Hemps

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Could speak/understand basic xhosa when growing up in the former Transkei but sadly lost it.
Tried 3x to learn it again even taking a couple classes but if don't speak it often enough just fades away.

My father is fluent and most of the farmers I know, I'm pretty jealous when they speak it and the instant attention and appreciation it brings.

I think you viewed as more "African" if you can speak one of the indigenous languages.
 

porchrat

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Coming from someone that took Afrikaans as a 2nd language all through school and can still barely speak it, to learn some Xhosa to the point where you can do basic communication in 1 year is pretty impressive.

Never been great with languages. Would love to learn another. Can be darn useful.
 

TheMightyQuinn

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I know you're doing this protect your ego, but I'll make it easy for you:



You made a statement, part of which does not provide any evidence.



You then asked me to Google exactly what an anecdote is, so I did, and this is what comes up:



Your account of his account is definitely partially unreliable or hearsay, the exact definition of an anecdote. I would say you don't need to provide evidence that Forcefate's statement is "anecdotal overload" (it's pretty clear that one could say it is stuffed with anecdotes to some degree because he mentions two anecdotes), but where your statement delves into anecdotal territory is that he often relies on anecdotes to the point where "it gets better and better every time you need one" (this is where your statement falls apart because you would need to provide more evidence as to this).
Oh god...must've seen this coming a mile away. I need to now spend hours and hours scouring all his posts to show you how heavily he relies on "anecdotal evidence".

Also what's with the whiteknighting...why TF must I explain my comments towards him...to YOU?

Shoo fly...shoo.
 

TheMightyQuinn

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There's a town called Perth in the UK. How's that obfuscation?
That has fukall to do with @surface favorite racist BS chirps about whites in Perth, Australia.

Which was what I was referring to, before you decided to whiteknight and rush in where angel's fear to tread.

Pert in Scotland has zero to do with it.
 

ForceFate

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That has fukall to do with @surface favorite racist BS chirps about whites in Perth, Australia.

Which was what I was referring to, before you decided to whiteknight and rush in where angel's fear to tread.

Pert in Scotland has zero to do with it.
Let me help you...
When in Europe, I always found original Europeans smarter than the lazy locals. Now, we know why.
Perth isn't Europe.
So,
1) Whose fault is it that you brought frictions from other threads to this one?
2) You're factually incorrect about Perth, unless you specify which Perth you were referring to. To paraphrase @Neptuner , "it's not whiteknighting if it's true"...

I love this forum:ROFL:
 

TheMightyQuinn

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Let me help you...


So,
1) Whose fault is it that you brought frictions from other threads to this one?
2) You're factually incorrect about Perth, unless you specify which Perth you were referring to. To paraphrase @Neptuner , "it's not whiteknighting if it's true"...

I love this forum:ROFL:
Ok surface...you twist and turn all you want. Pretzeling the schit out of Perth now, just to try and score some kind of victory...on behalf of someone else for that matter.

You've upgraded from whiteknight to simp now.

PS. Not frictions from other threads...a comment on his continuous frothing about whites in Perth. A close 2nd only to his whining about Hi IQ and superior races. I'm not responsible for his inferiority complex or the fact that Australia turned down his emigration applications so many times.

Anything else you would like to try and run interference on? No?

Shoo fly...shoo.
 

Neptuner

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Let me help you...


So,
1) Whose fault is it that you brought frictions from other threads to this one?
2) You're factually incorrect about Perth, unless you specify which Perth you were referring to. To paraphrase @Neptuner , "it's not whiteknighting if it's true"...

I love this forum:ROFL:
Why you dragging my name into this argument? Arguing with me isn’t going to solve your low libido problems. Ta
 
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