Comment on And they say English is bad

• lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Which is super weird in it self. I mean, do South African white people call their colonist nation their “Fatherland”?

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  • Crashumbc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    FYI- South Africa is kind of unique in that it was settled by a ruling class as opposed to the normal dregs like most other places.

    The maintained their close relationship to home and superior status to their slaves/servants much longer than other places.

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  • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    “mother country” or “motherland” is pretty common for descendants of European colonists/emigrees. I know Germans call it “fatherland” instead, probably the Dutch too

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    • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      So this is a newspaper about Europe, I see

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  • kandoh@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I think they call it the Volkstaat

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