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More Klunt

I realised that people including most Sefricans might not know the source of the Klunt reference in my earlier post, so I figured I may as well share it:

A: 'Thus nufe fillum's got Stief Makween innit. Jew larkkim?'

B: 'Yers. Klunt Eastwards eggshi mah fafe-rit, bit Stief's orso kwart narse.'

... from the old but excellent "Ah Big Yaws. A Guard to Sow Theffricun Innglissh" by Rawbone Malong (aka Robin Malan). And if you or your parental units happen to own an older copy of this tome on how our fogies spoke, then hang on to it. Dealers are flogging them for 129 dollars at Amazon.com. Crazy!

{2004.11.21 01:19}

Comments:

1. Ronwen (2004.11.21 - 10:57) #

Well, now you had better explain "fogies".

2. Colin (2004.11.21 - 14:28) #

Fogies aka folks aka bullets ie. parents or old people or anyone in generations before one's own.

I really need to start a dictionary.

3. Ray (2004.11.23 - 14:43) #

Hi Colin,

Still in SA?

Your page made me think of the other extremes of the rainbow nation :-)

http://www.rayd.co.uk/blogs/rayblog.nsf/plinks/SADialects

4. Tom (2004.11.24 - 18:17) #

Fogies- that's common in the US too.

F-oh-gees

When I was a kid a buddy and I had a saying- "there goes a fogie in a Falcon." It seemed that quite a few "fogies" drove old 60's era Ford Falcons.

I would say that a "fogie" is more than just an old person, though. It's a crotchety old person- the kind that would yell at you to "get awf my lawn, boy!"