Comments on: Hear me roar™ http://angryafrican.net/2008/05/06/hear-me-roar/ I have opinions. I am from Africa. I live here now. I blog. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:54:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: » I am going to “throw my toys” “just now” 54BEATS - ONLINE MAGAZINE: The Heart, Mind and Voice of Africa http://angryafrican.net/2008/05/06/hear-me-roar/#comment-1977 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:56:59 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-1977 [...] to move on then I guess). I think I gave my accent secrets away in I just loooove you accent! and Hear me roar. They can now understand my accent, but it doesn’t seem to help them much. They are still having [...]

]]> By: angryafrican http://angryafrican.net/2008/05/06/hear-me-roar/#comment-921 Sat, 10 May 2008 16:39:18 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-921 @Keven – See! I can’t even get these bloody data points right…

@Laura – Oh man, you should see what they write on my Starbucks cup!

@Saffer – I think I’ll use the kak one more often. And I can think of a few more…

]]> By: Saffer http://angryafrican.net/2008/05/06/hear-me-roar/#comment-891 Thu, 08 May 2008 17:30:29 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-891 “I can only have the purest “accent” (or non-accent) if I actually qualified as an English South African”

WAHOO YAY ME!!! :P

The accent sure is enjoyed here where I work. But we have a game at work where we take the American word and have to use the SA version from now on when I am around. eg: braai instead of bbq, robot instead of traffic light, petrol not gas, kak not bad (yes I know I am teaching afrikaans slang, isnt it great!)

]]> By: Laura http://angryafrican.net/2008/05/06/hear-me-roar/#comment-880 Thu, 08 May 2008 10:18:14 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-880 I got so frustrated telling people I wanted tomato on my sandwiches…

But its so true that people somehow think you are a bit mysterious and worldly somehow. Just from an accent. Don’t get a degree, get an accent ;)

]]> By: Keven Bennett http://angryafrican.net/2008/05/06/hear-me-roar/#comment-862 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:31:08 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-862 AA:

One of my GIS teachers drilled into me ths little nugget:

THESE data. NOT ‘the’ data. Data am plural for ‘datum’.

Hang your head in shame, you bottom hemispherean! We learned indervigerals in this here top hemisphere know everything and you don’t! Thats why we’s North and you is South!

HA!

]]> By: angryafrican http://angryafrican.net/2008/05/06/hear-me-roar/#comment-853 Wed, 07 May 2008 11:51:25 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-853 @kelli – Haha! Excellent!

@Mandy de Waal – Nooit hey! Itsa lekka hu?

@DelBoy – You all larny now hey? They don’t get Noddy badge either. But a braai… Once they taste that they will never forget. And a few of our special words…

]]> By: DelBoy http://angryafrican.net/2008/05/06/hear-me-roar/#comment-845 Wed, 07 May 2008 00:30:23 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-845 I’ve given up saying ‘robots’ and ‘traffic circles’ over here, but ALL my friends know what a ‘braai’ is now!

At least I have a “non-accent” way of speaking…
;-)

]]> By: Mandy de Waal http://angryafrican.net/2008/05/06/hear-me-roar/#comment-841 Tue, 06 May 2008 16:40:25 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-841 Sjoe maatjie. You aar laaik telling the whole woreldt about ower sekret ekksents. Ek se! Aaai kan laaik to be Souf Efrikaans.

]]> By: kelli http://angryafrican.net/2008/05/06/hear-me-roar/#comment-835 Tue, 06 May 2008 13:13:20 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-835 “I pronounce it da-ta – the “a” pronounced like in the “a” in “la” ( as in “do re me fa so la te do”). Not day-ta.”

I will let you in on a secret, shhhh……………..THEY ARE ALL WRONG! LOL

How long til they get it right? Well, maaaaaaaate how long is a piece of string?

:)

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