Moz A.W.O.L.

Haha…the taal isn’t always safe. My daughters have picked up a few choice words. ‘Bedonered’ is a favorite.

I'm sure there are other places in the world where a mixture of languages has created a unique culture. But South Africa is special in that regard.

Take the following sentence as an example...

"Wena, your stukkie is mos gonna moer you."

For all our problems, I do find a sort of comfort and joy in how uniquely us Saffas communicate with each other. Difficult to describe, but it feels to me as though there is always this undertone of humour which is impossible to understand unless you grew up grew up here.

And not to make this longer than it needs to be, but growing up and learning these things naturally, we do tend to take them for granted. And I've wondered, once expats have lived here for a good long while and they start to pick up on it, how they assimilate the realisation. I've never really asked anyone, but I would like to know how long it takes for them to realise that there is this deeper layer of communication happening beneath the obvious.

Just some ramblings.