#goedjies

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2025 is a terrible year to be a jazz singer. the word scat is basically unusable and you can't even say skibidi

[south-africa-official]

sometimes it boggles my mind that wolf 359 isn't this huge show with an enormous budget and millions of fans. it should be a cultural staple like the office. they should still be playing reruns on the radio. doug eiffel's birthday should eclipse christmas day and people should get kind of annoyed about it. the actors should be set on royalties for the rest of their lives.

[south-africa-official]

i think the thing that would really fix modern sewing machines is a ctrl+z button

[south-africa-official]

choose a favourite xhosa word i've learned in my course so far

shap (hello/good/thanks/you're welcome/etc) [transliterated from "sharp"]

isitshixo (key) [probably onomatopoeic]

walala wasala (you snooze you lose)

uqongqothwane (toktokkie) [beetle named for its clicking sound]

ikatana (kitten)

isithuthuthu (motorbike) [also onomatopoeic]

Voting ended onApr 15

[south-africa-official]

train fucker? 🥹🥹🥹

i have used my real human mouth and voice box to regale this post upon many unwilling victims

[south-africa-official]

afrikaans word of the day is kwaadwillige sagteware. it translates to malware, literally "evil-willed software"

[south-africa-official]

people talk a lot of shit about african taxis but you have to respect their dedication to the grind. road rules. safety. laws of physics. none of these things will stop them

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xhosa people don't talk about a full moon, they say "inyanga isisonka" which means "the moon is bread" and i think that's beautiful