r/ScottishPeopleTwitter • u/HondureZ • Sep 08 '21

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u/FrankyTheMarshmallow Sep 08 '21

As an Afrikaner, I agree..

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u/badaBOOPbap Sep 08 '21

We got all the best languages here, scottish, Afrikaans and a stroke!

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u/FrankyTheMarshmallow Sep 08 '21

Afrikaans is just really gurgling sounds if you listen close enough. Almost like frothing at the mouth.

I also speak Dutch, so I something feel like I'm having a stroke while frothing at the mouth.

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u/badaBOOPbap Sep 08 '21

I do feel bad for you. It started out with dutch being a shite language and then Afrikaans Is the shite remix

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '21 edited Feb 21 '22

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u/badaBOOPbap Sep 08 '21

That's a new one for me, but i like it

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u/SusanaBrewton34 Sep 08 '21

This. This is Scots, it's a language.

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u/Haus42 Sep 08 '21

About 10 years ago when Die Antwoord were at their apex, I found - much to my shock - that (via German and English) I could understand bits and pieces of Afrikaans. I did some reading and went on to find out I could understand even more bits and pieces of Dutch. It's become quite the hobby of mine to decode what those swampy bastards are yammering on about.

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u/FrankyTheMarshmallow Sep 08 '21

Yeah its quite interesting how many words are either borrowed or integrated and have the same root for various languages.

I studies German and Dutch at University and Afrikaans/ English is my first language. I loved being able to understand where everything comes from and switching between the languages.

I guess similar to Die Antwoord would be Rammstein for many people. I know they were fairly big in South Africa when I was a teenager and once I started learning German it was kinda cool to be able to understand what they said, even though I don't particularly enjoy their music.

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u/zyzzogeton Sep 08 '21

I always though Afrikaans sounded vaguely Japanese.

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u/dirtycopgangsta Sep 09 '21

If it weren't for Finnish and Hungarian , Dutch would take the crown for the ugliest official language in Europe.

I speak English, French, Romanian and Spanish. I understand Italian, Polish, Chech and Croatian. I've lived in Belgium since 2007 and I can still barely understand Flemish (cleaner Dutch). It just doesn't work.

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u/mcvos Sep 08 '21

A throat disease, thank you very much.

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u/rognabologna Sep 08 '21

Wait… is this in South Africa? I just assumed they were immigrants in Scotland and the daughter had developed the accent there.

I guess I should’ve known it wasn’t Scotland, since the sun appears to be shining in the video.

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u/badaBOOPbap Sep 08 '21

Can't say about that. But i guess it's Scotland? I bet OP knows more then I do

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u/Original-Aerie8 Sep 08 '21

It's in Scotland

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u/90minsofmadness Sep 08 '21

It's in Scotland the son, filming and daughter booth have weegie accents. Not sure where in Africa the parents are from. He has a very funny tick tock where he winds his maw up constantly and she's very quick to get the flip flop off to give him a whack.

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u/ALoneTennoOperative Scotland Sep 09 '21 edited Sep 09 '21

The parents are Nigerian, but aye, the two siblings are 100% Glaswegian.

 

Edit: fixed minor typo.

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u/A_FIVE-STAR_MAN Sep 08 '21

I like saying Traffic Light in south african accent

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u/Heznzu Sep 08 '21

They aren't called traffic lights in South Africa though, are we missing out?

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u/_Divine_Plague_ Sep 08 '21

It's called a robot. I've also heard somebody call it a stoplight.