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*Jojo*
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On 2007-12-22 08:27:13, GUCCI.011 wrote:
@ Jojo
HELL ON EARTH!!? Maybe?  a good friend of mine is going to India on the 2nd of January lol he doesn't no what expect, his Indian but doesn't understand any of the Indian languages.
@gucci -  Well I am just like your friend mate . . . I am HERE, but don't KNOW any SA language  
I remember during the early 80's . . that China was the MOST populous country on planet Earth . . . but now it's - India what happened For all I know, Chinese are the MOST hard-working people around (I have 50% Chinese-blood) . . .
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amawanqa
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On 2007-12-22 13:40:52, *Jojo* wrote:
I am HERE, but don't KNOW any SA language
Maaaagandang Gabi, Jojo!  You do know the universal SA language mate...English. 
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*Jojo*
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@pop - So, English is the MOST spoken language in SA then you have some kind of - dialects
Good Afternoon, Professor !
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amawanqa
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@ Jojo,
English enjoys its place as a 'universal' language in SA, but it is not the most spoken. That accolade, if memory serves me correctly, goes to Zulu, one of the African languages ( I think it's around 12 million). This is followed by Xhosa (Nelson Mandela's native tongue) and Afrikaans.
Afrikaans is a language which stemmed from the non-English segment of the European people that settled in SA some centuries ago. It first evolved out of Dutch. There were also French and German settlers that came to SA as well.
Out of the 11 official languages, 2 are form European origin, ie. English and Afrikaans, which as already mentioned evolved from Dutch.
Even though English, numerically, is not in the top 3, it is still a widely used 'bridging' language between different cultural and different language groups, although not everyone can or does speak English.
I'm an English-speaking South African, with Afrikaans as my second language. I can speak a bit of Xhosa as well. The mrs has Afrikaans as her first language, and English as her second.
Thus most people on this thread will be able to speak more than 1 SA language.
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brix25
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Any of you guys found that Incredible Connection is ridiculously expensive? Currently I'm in Kimberley, drove 900-odd kilometres to visit some family for the week...I forget though that I didn't have a charger for the Nano...this afternoon popped into the local IC only to find out that they sold the bit you plug into your car lighter but the USB connection to the iPod was excluded...WTF? All this for R219...if I wanted a box filled with iPod goodies including the object of my desire I'd have to fork out R800...Please people, does this make any sense?
BTW, hope everyone enjoys the festive season and the little festive shopping thanks in part to Tito Mboweni.
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amawanqa
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The W960i is now being sold at Mobilefun. Starting price is 414.95 (approx R5800)... Ouch.
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/product/15486.htm
You just know this price is gonna drop quickly after Christmas though...
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amawanqa
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@ Hobbster,
Maybe this is perhaps why the parcel from Wanqa Claus didn't reach you...? :
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Tsepz_GP
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@ Wanqa
VERY TRUE!
@ Jojo
Are you in South Africa? WHERE???
@ everyone
IM UPGRADING TOMORROW!!!!!  does any1 know if Vodacom have the Nokia N81-8GB yet? Funny thing im at my Dads place and when he askd what i want for Xmas i said a new phone, then Voda sms me to say i can upgrade and my Voda contract is with my Mom so now i may get two phones LOL! anyway does Voda have N81-8GB in stock?
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JC08
Joined: Jan 07, 2007
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@ Gucci the n81-8gb is here, I held the dummy at a 4U store in umhlanga, really nice phone....
Yad. Hey. Vav. Hey.
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Kryptik
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Brix, how are you coping with the temperatures? Flipping hot in that part of the world!
LOL Wanqa, methinks the Hobbster should pop over to his local Post Office and have a quiet word with the powers that be 
Gucci, you lucky fish! Go for it 
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brix25
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@kryptik: It's hot my china...Besides that, this dyed-in-the-wool Capetonian has to deal with bloodthirsty mosquito's and the eccentricities you find in primary towns...For me its like a big version of Bellville.
Back on the cellphone front, I wish that Cell C would stop this nonsense of free calls on weekends cause it invariably means that I can't call peeps on 084 due to network congestion.
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Kryptik
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Those damn mosquitoes are as big as sparrows in that neck of the woods, my bru, best thing to do is to keep a small bottle of methylated spirits on hand to treat the wounds they leave with those syringes with which they're equipped. I once spent some time in Danielskuil, some 150km from Kimberley. The local bookies couldn't decide which would kill me first, the heat or those bloodsuckers
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Tsepz_GP
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@ JC08
Thanx boet! Now im confiedent
@ Kryptik
I definetly am! I just hope Vodashop Northgate have it and that they don't give me trouble like they did last year when i was upgrading to the W800.
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*Jojo*
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@pop - Very well said . . . thanks for the INFO ! I guess the most widely spoken language worldwide is: Chinese (Mandarin) or maybe the Indian-language have already overtaken it - (again . . .)
I remember watchin' a James Bond movie some years past . . . the star, Pierce Brosnan, once said that THIS is the most widely KNOWN universal language . . .
Ohhhhhhh . . . sorry about the SIZE mates !
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*Jojo*
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. . . . speaking of $$$$ . . . take a LOOK here :
http://www.zedge.net/videos/21336/money-magic-video/
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