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Top 10 English Blackisms

Written by zaa from the blog Darkie Taal on 11 Sep 2007
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No offence to my brothas & sistas outhere but this it's a "must share." When I read this,  I cudn't help thinking how often i use this words without even noticing it.

Here are the Top 10 English words only black people know the proper meaning of:

10. Groovy
Real meaning: Very pleasing
Black meaning: 340ml soft drink can

9. Cold drink (pronounced coldrink)
Real meaning: Opposite of hot drink
Black meaning: Any soft drink especially coke

8. Scuff tin
Real meaning: Scuff - mark resulting from scraping, Tin - can
Black meaning: Lunch box

7. Ball pen (pronounced Bolpen)
Real meaning: Ball point pen
Black meaning: Any pen

6. I'm sure (pronounced Amsho)
Real meaning: I'm certain
Black meaning: Maybe

5. Gym Dress (Pronounced Jimdress)
Real meaning: Gym - Gymnasium, Dress - women's clothing
Black meaning: Girls School dress/uniform

4. Double Up (pronounced Dablap)
Real meaning: Twice as much in size
Black meaning: Short cut

3. Straight back
Real meaning: Extending continously in a backwards direction without curving
Black meaning: Corn rows

2. Relax
Real meaning: Calm down
Black meaning: Chemical hair straightening

AND THE PRIZE GOES TO:

1. PUSHBACK
Real meaning: Cause to move back by force or influence
Black meaning: Very popular hair style where hair is combed away from face.

Life Time Award Winners:

Growth:
Real meaning: Process of growing
Black meaning: the natural hair whn your hair hasn't been relaxed in a long time.

Blind:
Real meaning: Lacking sight
Black meaning: very much

Do you have any that you can add to the list? let's share.....

holla!





source: by email

255 Comments

Xhosa Chick
10 Sep 2007 08:53

Oh, LOL so much! Love it!!!!!!
scufftin, straightback, realx, growth etc...very funny Zaa!

Direre
10 Sep 2007 09:01

LOL @ Zaa...

Under G which means In general

Toxic
10 Sep 2007 09:06

last of last week.............

Xhosa Chick
10 Sep 2007 09:07

Have u noticed how us blacks use the name of one popular product brand to call all similar products by that name?
eg. Hoover. We call ALL vacuum cleaners "Hoovers"
Colgate. We never say "toothpaste". All are referred to as Colgate!
We call all multi purpose cleaners: Handy Andy 
All bleach is Jik

Other random "blackisms" I can think of:  we dont say "curling irons", we say TONG!
We dont say hair straightner, we say RELAXER
We dont say "capri pants", we say "i-three quarter!" (pronounced : i- thri kota)

Zhico
10 Sep 2007 09:08

Do u notice how we use 

Colgate for every toothpaste
Sunlight for ever bar soap
Omo for every Dertegent

is it only us blacks...kanti sitheni thina

Zhico
10 Sep 2007 09:10

Hay man XC...and that EC for you

Toxic
10 Sep 2007 09:12

ama Kellogs for Corn Flakes
iCutex for nail polish

monchooza
10 Sep 2007 09:13

for those very words i love Being black

pinksoul
10 Sep 2007 09:17

Sharp (pronounced: “Shup”)
Dictionary meaning: having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing:
Darkie meaning: various meanings such as “thank you”, “good-bye”, “I’m ok”, “that’s nice”

pinksoul
10 Sep 2007 09:19

1. Danger (pronounced: “Day-nja)
Dictionary meaning: liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril
Darkie meaning: a large electricity circuit box usually situated at a street corner.

2. Stop nonsense (pronounced: “Stop non-sons”)
Dictionary meaning: to cease or halt from behaving in an unruly nature or to cease or halt any absurdity
Darkie meaning: a prefabricated wall.

3. Shine (pronounced: “sh-eye-in”)
Dictionary meaning: to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
Darkie meaning: a congratulatory exclamation (e.g. if it was announced that Lesego got his driver’s license my mother or a darkie audience would respond, “shine!”)

4. Bonding (pronounced: “Bore-n-ding”)
Dictionary meaning: to form a close personal relationship or to secure two surfaces together
Darkie meaning: a hair product that women use to secure fake hair to their real hair.

5. Checkers (pronounced: “Chack-us”)
Dictionary meaning: a popular chain store in SA or a popular board game also known as draughts
Darkie meaning: a plastic bag, any plastic bag

6. Quarter (pronounced: “kho-ta”)
Dictionary meaning: a fourth of anything
Darkie meaning: also known as a “bunnychow” by non-darkies. A quarter of a loaf of bread filled with anything and everything you choose.

7. Gas (pronounced: “Gesi”)
Dictionary meaning: any such combustible fluid used as fuel; a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid
Darkie meaning: Electricity

8. Short left (pronounced: “Sho-t left”)
Dictionary meaning: no meaning
Darkie meaning: The next street on your left

9. 7 o’clock
Dictionary meaning: 7 o’clock
Darkie meaning: 8 o’clock

Cande
10 Sep 2007 09:20

hi hi hi this is hillarious.

Zhico
10 Sep 2007 09:25

I must say I never used no 10...never even heard some1 using that

Dimago
10 Sep 2007 09:25

LOL @ PinkSoul!

good one!

sponono
10 Sep 2007 09:28

my favourite..shame...
dictionery meaning shame n. A painful emotion caused by a strong sense of guilt, embarrassment, unworthiness, or disgrace

aboDarkie- espech girls- for anything any emotion happy suprise mazement  whatever just say shem/shame---" wu shame anginandaba" 
"ayi shem uyayenza lento " muhle yena shame"  " cha yimbi i-ou yakhe shame"

LOL

Jordan
10 Sep 2007 09:30

ROFLMAO tl tl tl

Toxic
10 Sep 2007 09:37

"ayi shem uyayenza lento " muhle yena shame" " cha yimbi i-ou yakhe shame" 

so so true Spopo!! hehe he

Zhico
10 Sep 2007 09:37

shame sponono....unxibe kakuhle shame

ngwana
10 Sep 2007 09:38

Stop nonsense (pronounced: “Stop non-sons”) 

That is my favourite, i find that i have used it a few times.

Did you know that bolt cutters are called "makhamisa" just learnt this the other day when i needed to have a lock cut, and the security guy said he is getting his makhamisa. 

Or when somepeople call all coodrinks " Coke"

andi01
10 Sep 2007 09:39

You guys noticed how this tsotsi taal also brings some new meanings

Discipline: to wash and get ready to go somewhere/ to clean ( ineed to disaplina my room).
Ek se- (i say/ i mean)used to call someone u dont know their name. Ek se baba please come here.
Werstaan- (understand), used to tell some one to liste, (ek se baba khawu werstanne).

Groovy- its the classic it sent me back to grade 2,

belz
10 Sep 2007 09:39

LMAO @ Shem, kwakwakwa, yho Zaa!!!!

Jordan
10 Sep 2007 09:39

I like back opposite but I don't know how to break it down like you guys!!!

sponono
10 Sep 2007 09:48

what about next of next week, last of last year -(those who use these expressions what do they say if its more than three years ago.....last of last of last of last year...LOL   blacks 

eg.ngingathini nje wena -ou last of last year ngangise tertiary- ngenza i khem-enj

( dont ask why we say tertiary instead of college or univesirty))

Jordan
10 Sep 2007 09:51

LOL @ tertiary!!!

Toxic
10 Sep 2007 09:55

"of which it's wrong"---still gets my back up. Can we start a campaign to end this phrase or get it written into some bill that anyone that uses it should receive a serias kaffir klap....

mayo
10 Sep 2007 09:56

u guys are so funny.... he he he !!!

andi01
10 Sep 2007 09:57

"a friend of mine from England was astounded by the great use of "cousin sister/ cousin brother" in SA bcoz the place where the launguage originated doesnt exist

TEBZA_R
10 Sep 2007 10:03

Ke sono ka rona boDarkie bathong.......  I don't wanna be black anymore......

zaa
10 Sep 2007 10:05

"I must say I never used no 10...never even heard some1 using that"...very popular amongst the Sothos, Pedis & Tswanas, jst like the word 'gore'

lorrelai
10 Sep 2007 10:14

ok u guys are the best. The "shame" yona takes the trophy. Also I have been trying so hard to teach myself to say nail polish remover instead of cutex remover, it's just so difficult.
And i-Rama bantu. At boarding school, u'd send someone to buy you Rama from the supermarket and they'd say,  "which one?", and I'd say iRama-Rama. And we didn't find anything strange about that. 
It's not like we didn't know it's called margarine, kukuqhela qha.

Good one Zaa.

sponono
10 Sep 2007 10:14

at least uyitholile shem, at least uyamthanda lomfana shem...LOL at least

by the way funny how black girls espesh KZN girls use " and" pronounced "endi"when piklaring....they'll be talking and one says "cha bekumnandi lapho", the other one just simply goes "endi endi shem bekumnandi"    hi hi hi

belz
10 Sep 2007 10:16

Fish Oil

ngwana
10 Sep 2007 10:19

of which it's wrong>> LMAO 

its just like "One thing for sure" 

Xhosa Chick
10 Sep 2007 10:21

I remember how my uneducated grandmother from the Eastern Cape would always flinch, and shout at my sister  and I for using the word "opposite". (She, ofcourse, wouldnt pronounce it in the English way.)

 She'd say :  "Bantwana ndini, liyathuka eligama elingu op-zit! "
:)
Anyway, guys, its great to be black, yazi. Am so proud...

ngwana
10 Sep 2007 10:23

lip ice - for every lip balm.

Where the hell did they get fish oil from?

Xhosa Chick
10 Sep 2007 10:30

This is what I wrote on Facebook in my group: " I can like being wear a jean pant"

(read in a "black" accent):

"I'm being go to the suphamaket. If it been rain, I will stay in bus, by and by. Whereas if it hot be,  I will henceforth be run there quick-quick."

lorrelai
10 Sep 2007 10:32

Vaseline.. we pronounce it Vaslina.

Our boss,who's a doctor, a very good one I must say always says "but kodwa ke....."

I guess this is what separates us from the rest and we love it, being black rocks!

Segololo
10 Sep 2007 10:47

Zaa - I loved this when I got it on email months ago... Thank you for saying "When I read this" but please do say it explicitly when something is not an original article because someone else's work being used as your own is plagiarism. I am really sorry I had to do this.

Askies!

maddie
10 Sep 2007 11:29

"I'm being go to the suphamaket. If it been rain, I will stay in bus, by and by. Whereas if it hot be, I will henceforth be run there quick-quick."

LMAO - XC u never cease to make me laugh, shem.

askies yona what does it mean.

I used to laugh at my mom when she said blumase (sorry 4 spelling) only to find that ka nnete panty ke blumase.

Zhico
10 Sep 2007 11:38

"Ek se uyayi verstaana la way...shame iyaphapha joe"
back ema Xhoseni...some ppl hate this term...

Onkez
10 Sep 2007 13:36

LOL @ XC!You are so right!But some terms are exclusive to certain languages. *colgate,jik,cutex* he,he,he.Thank Gawd I'm not at work!

zaa
11 Sep 2007 01:25

@ Segologolo - no probs ntwana, that's y i wrote "source: by email" at the bottom of the article.

Dimago
11 Sep 2007 01:48

<<"of which it's wrong"->> kwa kwa kwa tl tl tl....

ngwana
11 Sep 2007 02:03

help, im trying to post an email i just got.

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 02:10

Zhico: I hate the term "emaXhoseni" , joe. (The word "joe" must've originated from P.E, I swear!)

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 02:12

Ngwana: Copy, and Paste it

Zhico
11 Sep 2007 02:17

Why Bcoz Ngwana?? lol

My late Grandma used to say olo plane instead of all Pay
She had all these weird English words and we always laughed at them bt that never stopped her from uku Khumsha

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 02:18

Guys, I am still laughing about this from yesterday.  The shame one Sponono is a classic.  I sometimes can't believe how often we use these generalising terms like cutex, rama, sunlight, cooldrink, etc.  I just love being black so much.  People have u ever notice how we also tend to use an english term and give it a black meaning by changing the ending for instance: "harrasiwe - harrassed", "finishile - finished" & "compromizile - compromised"??????

Zhico
11 Sep 2007 02:26

XC I also used to hate it untill I moved to ekas'lam here eCpt...and every1 uses it...sometimes cant help it

zaa
11 Sep 2007 02:27

when i grew up, 2 me evry burger was a hamburger. For instance, il go like "o ntlele hamburger ya cheese"....

Every potato Chips brand = Simba chips (pronounced Zimba)

Mmakwena
11 Sep 2007 02:27

Truely speaking can't we try our indigenous languages to repeal those names according to our standards? The Q : Is - are we loosing our roots,norms and forgetting who we are?  the original Lip stick= red lips (in black culture)
Can we atleast try not to say I-cutex or i-jiki. But plave the wording in an indigenous manner e.g.  maotwana - a.k.a chicken feet or dikilana - a.k.a gizzards. Can't we try to jiggle some words (jik,colgate,cutex) a bit.

Direre
11 Sep 2007 02:29

Do you remember those hard wooden shoe we called Busted!!!

MADENZA
11 Sep 2007 02:34

how about every body lotion called "dawn"
Every fabric softner called "sta soft" pronounced "stay soft"

Mmakwena
11 Sep 2007 02:34

typing error - replaced c with a v - for the """"But plave the wording in an indigenous manner """"""'

Foxy gal
11 Sep 2007 02:38

Ohhh guys ngifinishekile shem!!!! My neighbour use to say 'ngicela ningiphathele iglecyrine(sp) kwaManyathela' yoh @ first i didn't know where the hell was that & her kids said she means Manhattans cosmetic store!!!!!!

And here is another 1:  eva since ma child started working she is wearing clothes from Maladisi (Milady's)!!!!!!!

monchooza
11 Sep 2007 02:43

which one of you girls/woman use to PRESSA their JIM DANGARA???

MADENZA
11 Sep 2007 02:48

LOL @mochooza.

Blaber
11 Sep 2007 02:52

Hi guys I just joined today n I must say  "I'm loving it". U know how when u too hungry u'll say "angi salambanga" which means u not hungry anymore but in "black-tall" u actually mean u too hungry!! Eish u can't help but b proud!!

zuluprincess
11 Sep 2007 02:54

Jim dresse!!!

Andie
11 Sep 2007 02:54

in some area i wont mention, in a hot summer day u find people in a corner spaza queing: "Ndicela i Coke ye Fanta" another one say "Mna ndicela i Coke ye Sprite"
Damn i love my blackness.

Foxy gal
11 Sep 2007 02:56

Welcome home Blaber!!! *hug*

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 02:58

Zhico wrote:
"My late Grandma used to say olo plane instead of all Pay"
Xc writes:
Well, Zhico, MY Grandma says "olo-plane" for the word "AEROPLANE!"

sponono
11 Sep 2007 02:59

When I worked in a public library we used to say
 -issuewisha-or ishuwisha..which means in english -please issue that book to the next member......
one day i said to one library memebr who was leaving the library with a book that wasnt issued to him..."sorry mfethu leyoncwadi ayi-ishuwishwanga...and he was like WTF...i had to explain that I mean the book is not issued to him...LOL  blacks

Foxy gal
11 Sep 2007 03:00

I get this all the time @ work: I wud say "Please fax us a certified copy "& the person wud say "ok it is satisfied" YOH Hhay

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 03:03

Welcome Blaber *waving frantically" and oh, in my blackism, ngithi SHINE.

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 03:04

Zaa wrote:
..."when i grew up, 2 me every burger was a hamburger. " 
XC writes: And ofcourse the word hamburger isnt  pronounced  "hem-burr-guh" 
Its pronounced: HAM-BEH-GAH!

MADENZA
11 Sep 2007 03:06

Welcome to TVSA Blaber Shame.

Blaber
11 Sep 2007 03:06

Welcome home Blaber!!! *hug thanks Foxy

Welcome Blaber *waving frantically" and oh, in my blackism, ngithi SHINE. Ngafa wukuhleka!!!

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 03:07

Ooooh, shaaaaaayn! (shine) 
LOL

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 03:07

LOL @ Foxy gal - I still can't help laughing when a person says satisfy instead of certify. 

zaa
11 Sep 2007 03:07

"I get this all the time @ work: I wud say "Please fax us a certified copy "& the person wud say "ok it is satisfied".......he he he that's a funny one, iv heard so many times....jst like tramps instead of cramps

eg. ndine tramp enyaweni....

smatsatsa
11 Sep 2007 03:09

hahahaha @ Pressa JIM Dangara / Jim Dress.)

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 03:10

BLABER: You are being welcomed! Take off your coat, by which you must  fill at home.

ngwana
11 Sep 2007 03:11

Once i was trying to explain something to our very slow driver who lurves to Khumsha, when he asked, "Are you being sarcasm with me" 

Blaber
11 Sep 2007 03:11

Ngiyabonga Madenza shame. what is it with abo-darkie n this word vele!! isnt shame suppose to be when its a sad situation?

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 03:11

There u go again Blaber, u just said :"ngafa ukuhleka" which is another darkie classic, wu shem sengiphelile insini!!!

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 03:13

Zaa, arrest yourself. Zibambe! LOL

ngwana
11 Sep 2007 03:14

SHINE. LOL

not forgetting the direct translations:

- I'm holding him with my heart.

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 03:14

No blaber, shame preferablly shem to us darkies is for any emotion, go back to Sponono's reply it has perfect explainations for the use of that word.

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 03:15

Annonymous, you finish me. Uyandigqiba! 
:)

smatsatsa
11 Sep 2007 03:17

ntle le loaf white e tshweu.
ke ya mo big house(ing) e kgolo...
she's a gal......
yha ne........

zaa
11 Sep 2007 03:18

I so lurve it when the pedis, not all but majority  (m a proud pedi BTW) especially in the ga - places eg. gaMphahlele, gaMasemola pronounces this words/ names:

Sydney - ski-ni
Mandoza - Mantosa
Dogmore - Tokmo
Toilet - twailet

MADENZA
11 Sep 2007 03:19

what is it about go :"photo steta" or  maybe those are the exact words.

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 03:19

Guys, I just thought of one that gets me every time. 
" Can I please have a love back?" or "Can I please have a L.B?"
Ha ha ha ha
What the heck is "a love back"???????

Blaber
11 Sep 2007 03:20

Feeling the thando guys!! When some1 asks "ubuyaphi?" n u say say "ngale" meaning next door (WTF??). n the person will get axactly what u mean!! these kind of words wud make a completely new taal yase Mzansi! of kanjani? (another famous saying)

Foxy gal
11 Sep 2007 03:21

Hha ngwana don't start with direct translations: U'll drink to know me shem(uzophuza ukungazi shem)!!!!!

sponono
11 Sep 2007 03:23

yo haayike shem lena ye-tramp onyaweni... LOL

and tell me how did the word firgure get to be used to refer speshially to the waist area because the figure is the whole body and has nothin to do with the size/shape of one's waist...

eg akuve ene-figure enhle shem.....ngifuna into ezongibamba ifigure...
.-my mother used to say "ngangine-figa yomnyovu......ngiseyintombi"...lol

sponono
11 Sep 2007 03:31

LOVE BACK Yoooooooh Xhosa Chick i havet laughed like that in ages    I rememebr that long ago..."uthe nje ufuna i-love back yakhe shem akayingeni njeso une--ay-phi-phi (appointment)naye ntambama"

smatsatsa
11 Sep 2007 03:32

and this song ya ko manyalong ( turn around my baby i wanna see your figure)
ne ke le ko lenyalong da ko limpopo( hehehe* ka utlwa ba re turn around my baby i wanna see your finger) """figure"""""

KeleFabulous
11 Sep 2007 03:36

ke kopa le tlogeleng assomblief!

Foxy gal
11 Sep 2007 03:39

Hey Kele!!!!!!*wave* Where have u been? I've missed u gal!

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 03:39

Sponono where I come from, we didn't say "appointment', or "ay-phi-phi", as u put it. We used to say " i-apo!"
(pronounced: i-ah-po)

monchooza
11 Sep 2007 03:40

@XC ama LB hi hi hi hi

zaa
11 Sep 2007 03:40

another 1 that kills me:

A:  Iphi iboss yakho?(where's ur boss?)
B: Use meetingini (He's in a meeting)

Zhico
11 Sep 2007 03:40

in Zulu ukugeza is to wash bt in Xhosa is to be stout
now ukuphuza in Zulu ukusela...now mna being Xhosa I'm telling my Zulu friends ba ndiphuze this other guy...they all luaghed at me and I was like WTF..
How do u drink some1...how stupid

Mmakwena
11 Sep 2007 03:40

Blaber ! its lyk asking someone where they are going? and the person's reply is = somewhere - i am lyk = DAHHHH i know you are going somewhere but my Q is Where the f are you going?

myname
11 Sep 2007 03:42

I dont know whether im im out of topic bt when we were young i think we were doing Std 5/6 (not grade whatever) we used 2 say xa sikhumsha " Ndimadolo nzima (im heavy knees) or ndakubonisa amaqhekeza engqele (i will show u the pieces of cold) and we thought it was a gud English & mna i stil luv using those words even now. Kumnandi ukuba ngumntu omnyama

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 03:43

Big ups to the Eastern Cape,man for words like:
la-way, (meaning: big time or that girl),
qondastenda (understand),
joe
uyafumana (do you get it?)

Example of a sentence: "Eish, ndiyay'thanda la way, joe. Uyafumana?"

Blaber
11 Sep 2007 03:46

and the person's reply is = somewhere - i am lyk = DAHHHH i know you are going somewhere but my Q is Where the f are you going? LOL!!!

monchooza
11 Sep 2007 03:47

when last did you guys go e petrizini (practice)

zaa
11 Sep 2007 03:49

"Example of a sentence: "Eish, ndiyay'thanda la way, joe. Uyafumana?"  XC,uyandikhilisha - ROFL

The overall winner goes to: Bra pronounced iBody

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 03:50

XC, sengiphelile uwena - I'm finished becoz of u.  There is this aunt of mine who likes saying:"there & there" and she says it like therrrrrr & therrrrrr, I'm sure she actually means there & then.  I still feel irritated when I hear that.  Then there is this saying when someone ignores u: "Wangizibela indaba ye Final Examination" as in u - ignored me like u were in ur final exam.

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 03:52

Myname: LMAO so much, hey!!!! U crack me up. Uyandikrazula!

And also, u were "black" wthout even knowing it. U said : " ...we were doing Std 5/6 "
How can you DO a grade? People say that all the time, "He is DOING standard whatever..."
Very funny!

Blaber
11 Sep 2007 03:53

la-way, (meaning: big time or that girl), XC when i 1st arrived in CT i use to hate that word (i thought the person was being rude) but I find myself using it sometimes!!

sponono
11 Sep 2007 03:53

Xhosa Chick you're right actually thats how it was said   XC my badd...kuyasho ukuthi angijolanga kakhulu ngisayi-teenager

KeleFabulous
11 Sep 2007 03:54

i'm here Foxy...just overworked...

Unik
11 Sep 2007 03:54

My late friend's mom wuld gxolisa us when we came back from a party and she would say "Yho hay sana wofika nihamba niyiconvess(convoy) nalamakhwenkwe".

My brother had an arguement with my uncle and bro finally said "awuna-manners wena ta-ace " yho!!!!! he slap him and say "Zintoni imenandz wena ...uyandithuka ndakugqiba ukuzala"
Every extended family of your age....yicousin yakho.
Every polony - yieskort 
ePrimary - Khandiboleke ired pen ebomvu(plz borrow me a red red pen)

ngwana
11 Sep 2007 03:56

Just remembered one my grandmother liked saying about the gardner: (mind spelling) ikhwapha lakhe le betha ngaphaya kwe spray. 
as a child it took me forever to work that one out. 

NTWANA
11 Sep 2007 03:57

Talking about direct translations uzohamb'usinda u'll go heavy. By the ngikhohlwe ukubulisa hallows hi hi hi.

Mmakwena
11 Sep 2007 03:58

i know i'm out of range - but have you eva had a sleep out (share the matress) and the next morning you are the first to get up - and only to find that person sucking his/her thumb? would you tell about it?????????? how would you react????????

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 03:59

Guys, when I was in high school, I used to play Netball(duh, Im black!)
Now, our Coach was Xhosa, and the only black teacher in the school she'd say things like: 
" You lift up the ball, and pour."
and ...
"We will show them the things of the eyes. Sizobabonisa izinto zamehlo!"

sponono
11 Sep 2007 04:01

<,Moonchoza -The overall winner goes to: Bra pronounced iBody >.

my aunt used to say ubhati -meaning i-bra

sbu001
11 Sep 2007 04:03

think about guys who call a beer as i Wash.Ndicela i washi eziyi2.

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 04:04

Unik: Heeee heee heeee LMAO LMAO LMAO @ i-Escort!
Yhu!!!!!!Yhu!!!!Yhu!!!!!        Shaaaayn!
Some people would, instead of saying "sliced polony" , they'd say: i - sly-polony!

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 04:04

LMAO @ XC & her netball story ngeke bafe2, ngiphelile nya finish manje.

Blaber
11 Sep 2007 04:05

and only to find that person sucking his/her thumb? would you tell about it?????????? how would you react???????? YES i would tell coz its not a serous thing (like peeing in bed)!!

You lift up the ball, and pour."So are u pouring when u score? LOL!!!

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 04:08

Sponono:  What the heck is ibhati? I know i-bhodi, and i-blumasi. Which province do you come from?

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 04:11

Im definately printing ya'lls replies. This thing is excellent, guys. Big ups to me for coming up with this topic!

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 04:14

ibhati is new to my ears too, lisha leligama shem!!!!!!!

Molilo
11 Sep 2007 04:16

The one i normally use is smallernyana
Can i ask u 4 a smallernyana favour?

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 04:16

"Big ups to me for coming up with this topic!"  Only XC could say this, kodwa ke iqiniso elimsulwa lelo.

Zhico
11 Sep 2007 04:18

Some people would, instead of saying "sliced polony" , they'd say: i - sly-polony!

@XC I was also one of them...and eKapa they luagh at us for saying Polony instead of French

Foxy gal
11 Sep 2007 04:19

And what's up with these people, instead of saying "Lace curtain" they will say "Race curtain" & "Jelly" will be u "Jerry" !!!!!Yoh yoh yoh I lurve being black

sponono
11 Sep 2007 04:21

XC as i said my aunt said angiwugqokile ubhati

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 04:21

Ha ha ha ha. iFrench! Hayi, that word! LOL!

Hi Molilo. Love your name, bru. Mo faya to ya! Im gonna call my second-born after you.

Unik
11 Sep 2007 04:22

Where were you when Xhosas call ischool bag uBhaka
instead of saying 2 slices sizothi i 2 sly
Dustpan - idespan
HAY its good to be Black Ngqumakho

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 04:24

Thanks, Annonymous a.k.a Penny. 
Oh, credits to Zaa for this blog :) Thanks, Chick!
Guys, voting lines close today to the Blogger Awards. And ya'll KNOW the prize is a fine brother, right?

Zhico
11 Sep 2007 04:31

HAY its good to be Black Ngqumakho...>>>> ha ha ha 

I used to hate that word...Ngqumakho bhebhez'kanyoko...
sorry for taht

Molilo
11 Sep 2007 04:34

Thanx 4 the compliment XC.

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 04:37

"Ngqu'makho"! Unik, you're taking me back to Bisho Primary School with that word now! When we used to wear girdles (i-gedil) with our gym-dresses! (i-jim dres)

School assembly was held outside (emigceni), rain or shine. And we'd sing The Lord's Prayer (Bawo Wethu Osemazulwini) everday.

In class, when answering a question, ud lift up your hand high in the air and say, "Yes Miss, yes Miss". 

The caretaker, (u-Bhut' khethi) would sell sweets like:
umwangalala ( 1c sweets that looked like Jelly Tots),
 ooMamtshawe (round orange sweets),
 ii-aygla (kind of like Lycorice All Sorts) , and ootshoki (chocolate)

mayo
11 Sep 2007 04:37

ngqumakho,bhetakho,sunyoko!!! eish nina maxhosa as if that will make somebody believe ur story!!!

Zhico
11 Sep 2007 04:42

Hi Mayo..Ngqumakho ikhona ngoku!!!

mabhebheza
11 Sep 2007 04:49

This  Blog iyenza i atchaar...Struss'God..!

Unik
11 Sep 2007 04:51


@XC - taking me back to Bisho Primary School with that word now! When we used to wear girdles (i-gedil) with our gym-dresses! (i-jim dres) - HA HA HA HA 
I called ishort break - ULeven omncinci then iLunch time - uleven omkhulu:)

Remind me guys why do we call boyfriends - Ama-Ou.
ifake niknaks  - Amanqakunqa/amalophisi...

sjura
11 Sep 2007 04:54

ooh u guyz i thnk u ol shd join the world of comedians..............therez so much talent here.Neway im a proud XHOSA nam and i thnk  these words are wht separate n make us REAL XHOSAS amongst other tribes.

But nikhe niwave amaZulu ukuba they cnt say THE they olwayz say DE.

Im off to class il b back nge lunch.ENJOY bloggaz

SHEZ
11 Sep 2007 04:55

zaa
11 Sep 2007 04:56

<<<Big ups to me for coming up with this topic!>>> hayi XC sana uyandivasa, ndiyagcwala ngawe (U wash me, im full of u) hi hi hi

owethu260
11 Sep 2007 04:57

nice one zaa... when my aunt is frustrated uthi "ndine fratsi yazi" i still dont get it ukuba ifratsi yintoni & the word stress is one of most overused word ngabo darkie even if someone is tired uzothi ndinestress...

i still dont know the meaning of stress- s'true...

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 04:59

Sjura: Ur right about Zulus and "de". Listen to Sbuda Dhlomo on Generations. He always says "de" instead of "the". And he isnt the only only child of Shaka who says that...

myname
11 Sep 2007 05:01

Stru mabhebeza. Wawuphi (ugaph shunqu - stomach out). (nca sthutsu - u-tight (spel) or leggins). (Amathabhuri - School long socks) (usigcuntsa -party) ithothola/umculo- radio. I just luv being Xhosa. I miss those days Gees

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 05:02

Owethu260 ha ha ha. True about i-"frats". And we dont only use the word for "stress", hey. If my hair looks a mess, we say "iinwele zam zi-frats."

Lady D
11 Sep 2007 05:07

I am soo laughing alone,people think i a mad.Guys what about people who say PROSPONE(pronouced prospoun)instead of postponed!!!!!

myname
11 Sep 2007 05:08

Iyo ugogo wayesithi & i stil dont know whether its Bill or Bin Laden bt athi yena uBhila Badane

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 05:09

Unyimfi-nyimfi (chocolate in a plastic bag)
amaqhashu ( Popcorn)
Uduva ( a ball game usually played nge "long-break" )
Ugqaphu (skipping rope game usually played nge "short-break")
Ifeya (one who takes the first turn in a game)
i-segi (second player)
i-thedi (third)
i-fohdi ( fourth) etc etc etc

myname
11 Sep 2007 05:16

oonodoli- (gils school shoes) Amanyantsalala/Amalopisi - (those cheese, barbeque, tomato Snacks) Isixaka mlomo/ Umngxa/ Umxangxatho - (That big black hard sweet -Wilson)

zaa
11 Sep 2007 05:16

library pronouned lie-bry

rugby pronouned ra-by
 
with us the Pedis: if i want  2 say, call me...it goes like "omphounele" he he he

NTWANA
11 Sep 2007 05:18

I did my matric in CT eFairlands High Sch & the guys 4rm Gugs used 2 call short pants iskatula.

Unik
11 Sep 2007 05:18

@XC -- Yhu !!! yhu!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL - ifeya (one who takes the first turn in a game) ..

and we used to fight about that position ....ha ha ha ha ha ha ...hay XC undibulele one!

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 05:22

Myname: Oh, how I miss izixakamlomo!
Do u know ubhompi? (cooldrink frozen in a plastic bag and sold @ 50c)
amaZulu call it isiqeda, apparantly.

I miss buying Toffo-Lux at 10c each, or, when sitting in a taxi, not paying if you sit "e-tivini" (The front area of a taxi that doesn't have chairs. By the time u get home, your butt is so numb!)

myname
11 Sep 2007 05:22

Uyandibetha uGorge - I cant speak fluent English

Lex
11 Sep 2007 05:22

U guys r killing,really.My boss has asked for the third time now that I keep it down

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 05:25

Ntwana, didnt  u learn anything when I was speaking to Myname? U dont DO standards! " I did my matric at...." Whats that?

sponono
11 Sep 2007 05:26

<<Sjura-But nikhe niwave amaZulu ukuba they cnt say THE they olwayz say DE.>. 
wena Sjura noXC , niyasjwayela-ke manje..why ni-generalyza...not all zulu's say De...  besides those who say it do so because it takes so much effort to say The you have to use you tounge and teeth but if you just say de its quick.....hi hi hi LOL my theories.......hi hi hi  
(I hate Sbudah so much right now...why Menzi why makin us look stupid)

BTW Sjura what do you mean-i think these words are wht separate n make us REAL XHOSAS amongst other tribes.   is there a fake Xhosa and if you are a real xhosa why do you need certain words to "seperate" you from other tribes....eish people and this tribes ish....any way  dont mean to digress...just curious

Mihle!!!
11 Sep 2007 05:27

remember the following stores...Sales House,Smart centre,buffallo timbers ..sharks now I 4got most of them....

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 05:29

(singing as we play skipping rope): "1,2,3, 1,2,3, Yiveze, noba imdaka. Yiveze noba imdaka."

myname
11 Sep 2007 05:30

oofutsekhi - that black cheap takkie. Iziliphasi - Morning Shoes. I stil dont know this i-Necklace -Ney clace (spl) Ubucwebe/Igolide even if its not gold. All Star even if its Kayo, Miles, Dickies - Amakiya

pat
11 Sep 2007 05:30

LMAO @ inwele zam zifratsi. u guys are funny, umona phansti- jealous down!!!

ngwana
11 Sep 2007 05:33


Thaught this was also funny-  Taken from how ghetto you are test:
1. You've had to use a piece of paper or a cd cover as a dust pan (5 points)
2. You've played or watched soccer on a pitch with no grass. (10 points)
3. You've had skopas("VERY HARD mutli-colour popcorn")/ ice (cool ade frozen in a plastic bag)
/ama-zimba(cheese puffs stuffed in a plastic bag)/ cookie crumbs stuffed in a plastic bag
/ unwrapped sweets sold at 5c each.
(5 + 5 if you sold them at your house)
4. You've had your hair done at a salon that is a converted garage or back room in someone else's yard.
(5 points)
6. If you've ever had to bath your entire body in a dish /basin. (5 points)
7. If you've ever had magwinya (fat cakes), kota (bunny chow with achaar & chips) or water with sugar (aka starch water!). (5 points)
8. If you've ever used any of the following items to play games: old panty hose (aka magusha);
old tins piled on top of each other [chocago]; old tennis ball with little or no fur (aka bhati). (2 points each)
add 4 points if you've played a game called "Tamatie so so so (Tomato sauce)"
9. If your neighbourhood had an ice cream man/ house. (2 + 2 if he rang a bell/ if it was your house)
10. If you refer to a wall as a "stop-nonsense" or have to go out of the house to use the toilet.(5 points)
11. If you've ever run from the police on foot.
(5 points + 5 if you got away)
12 If you've ever had reusable oil; grease; or butter in a container on your stove. (5 points + 15 if you still do it)
13 The batteries in your remote control ever been held in by a piece of tape. (5 points)
14 If you have ever worn any of the following fragrances Brute, Hai, Jontue; You're the Fire
Karate, Jean Nate, Old Spice, Chloe, English Leather, Stetson, Charlie, Fire and Ice (1 point each)
15. You've ever used Sadie Deodorant. (4 points + 1 if you even know the name!)
16. 16 You've never been to the dentist. (15 points)
17 If you have a friend or family member whose nickname is one word
said twice: lolo; hlehle; dee-dee, fee-fee, Kay-Kay, lele, bobo, meme, popo; mimi; nono; etc (10 points)
18. You've been so broke you sent a plz call me & wrote a message instead of your name. (e.g. Please call "i.mis.u") (3 points)
19. You've ever worn house shoes [di-sleepers] outside of the house. (2 points)
20. You use "I'm sure" when you mean maybe. (e.g. "I'm sure o robetse/ I'm sure ulele") (5 points)
21. You use 'n'em to describe a certain group of people ( for example Craig'n'em or Momma 'n'em). (5 points)
22. You've ever driven on a donut more than a week after your flat. (5points)
23. Your child drops his/her pacifier and you sanitize it by sucking it. (10 points)
24. You have had i-bobcut or curls with holding spray frozen hard to avoid messing up your hair. (10 points)
25. You've ever left a social gathering with a plate. (2 points) + 2 if the gathering was called i-society
26. You can't hold a glass because of the length of your nails/ have ever left chipped nail polish more than 2 days (5 points)
while on that note if you've ever gone out/dated a guy who leaves the nail on the pinkie finger to grow [uses the finger to squize pimples/blackheads and to open envelopes] ( 5 points!)
27. You have a gold tooth in your mouth. (5 points + 5 it spells a word/initial).
28. You don't have your own car or house but own items by Luis Vuitton/ Giorgio Arman/Gucci/Fendi/Versace etc.
(10 points + 5 if you also didn't know how to spell the label Vuitton/Giorgio/Versace etc)
29. You've chilled at the corner and watched the peo

mayo
11 Sep 2007 05:33

if u go to one of the police stations ekasi u will see a long queue--- and then u ask
"nimele ntoni" they will answer u *SIZOSETISFAYA* iCV or i ID and that is supposed to be CERTIFY!!!

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 05:34

Sponono, there are quite anumber of Zulus who are making the rest of Shaka's seed look bad right now, hey. 
:) jokes.

myname
11 Sep 2007 05:35

I stil use this 1 every time i buy cheap things especially if im with my cousin - let me buy apha kondophulele Yehova ndaba lapha nangomso. Uzundihleke ucinge ukuba ndiyi-comedy. Khawuyeke khendithi sleep

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 05:35

Sponono, there are quite a number of Zulus who are making the rest of Shaka's seed look bad right now, hey. 
:) jokes.

mayo
11 Sep 2007 05:37

@XC he amazulu ke sana even namhlanje i have never omnye wabo pronouncing igama lam right,,, it ends with TH,,,

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 05:42

"not all zulu's say De... besides those who say it do so because it takes so much effort to say The you have to use you tounge and teeth but if you just say de its quick.....hi hi hi LOL my theories.......hi hi hi
(I hate Sbudah so much right now...why Menzi why makin us look stupid)" 
Thanx 4 da clarity Sponono & I've always hated Menzi's lingo, ever notice the pathetic way he say excuse me, I think he says it like "eks schuz mi", makes me wanna hide my head in shame & ngife insini at the same time.

zaa
11 Sep 2007 05:42

Juice - iCabana

Babyluv
11 Sep 2007 05:47

U GUYS ARE SO FUNY. I LIKE THIS TOPIC.

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 05:50

Ngwana I'm printing ur ghetto test right now, its so good and true.

La Dolce Vita
11 Sep 2007 05:51

Hayini u crazy peeps..I'm new..shine kulondawo!!

mayo
11 Sep 2007 05:52

anybody know what iJESTA means in english or u all know it as isonka samajita!!

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 05:56

Aphafia, even u responded, damn Zaa if this ain't a good blog, then I don't know what is.

myname
11 Sep 2007 05:58

Kanti ndakukuphoxa mna kuxhentse umfinya ku-jive isigqwathi. or this 1 Wabhodla umfengu if ibingumxhosa ngetyekezile. I hate it both. Yho lona unentsente/unamasa/unenjeke. Sana lets go 2 gumble dance

zaa
11 Sep 2007 06:01

any newspaper (in the EC) - iDispatch

eg. Khawundinikele loo Dispatch (referring to another paper)

pat
11 Sep 2007 06:01

Bra pronounced iBody...... Bra = Bhuti in Xhosa.

zaa
11 Sep 2007 06:03

Thanx Annon **bowing**

La Dolce Vita
11 Sep 2007 06:05

Another thing Xhosa ppl love sayin.."mfondini..","bafobethu". These days u here abolova saying "Ek se lovey ndigaye i-iris" meaning ". 
"Ispanere"- a gun
"Intsiza/ cheri/ imedi/ itekeni"-gilfriend
'ingwamba/ ipapis/ uFaro"- hunger
"igutz/ inkabi'- train.
LOL..I love being umntu oNtsundu!!

zaa
11 Sep 2007 06:06

Thanx Annon **bowing** & every1 who replied to this blog....

Yippeeeeeee

myname
11 Sep 2007 06:07

*hugs* La Dolce Vita, r u italian? (joking) Hi & Welcome home wena ufanelwe kukuphuzwa ndim (Joking )

owethu260
11 Sep 2007 06:07

when someone likes to gossip ubizwa nge daily sun!!! this kills me LOL!!!!

mayo
11 Sep 2007 06:09

HAYI ZAA DONT BOW KALOKU ZITHUTHE!!! NANJENGOMXHOSA!!!!!

GQ
11 Sep 2007 06:09

You people finish me. Ndiphele finish. I can't hold myself anymo (andisakwazi ukuzibamba). Namhlanje nonke ni ne jokes...hahahahahaha

myname
11 Sep 2007 06:11

*hugs* La Dolce Vita, r u italian? (joking) Hi & Welcome home wena ufanelwe kukuphuzwa ndim (Joking )

mayo
11 Sep 2007 06:17

hayi ukuthunywa ngumntu omdala akuxelele when u come back ukuba usisithandwa ndakuphuza impundu!!! @ my name lol !!!
@ zaa sana u are going for 200 replies hayi usebenzile!!! but kaloku zithuthe ubonge ookhokho bakho,,,, he he he!!!

Lady D
11 Sep 2007 06:19

Whilst at it,have you realised how we blacks like to  change cars names like BMW BOX SHAPE:Igusheshe,the old 5series:Anaconda,3series:Gstring.BMW:Be My Wife or Black Man's Wheels,Toyota Tazz:Starter pack or nami ngiyasebenza,SLK :Sika Le Kheke,Golf4:Manyathela,Golf5:number 5,4X4:Muvhango;BMW318,316:Dolphine

I AM PROUD TO BE BLACK,RE CREATIVE!!!!

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 06:21

Welcome La Dolce Vita, hhayi shem, I'm having a hard tym saying this name. 

myname
11 Sep 2007 06:22

Sorini 4 clicking twice.i-saylon - disabled person. Ama-tender/Amareef - those men hard shoes. Sana elophepha selimanzi - that means u r late kwi-new gossip

Gugs
11 Sep 2007 06:22

If someone is avoiding you * Waze wangi crossa*
Whe you embarassing someone and you say *ungifakela ispili*

sjura
11 Sep 2007 06:25

@ Sponono ma dear kaloku the are other Xhosas wu dnt apprentiate being Xhosas so the REAL Xhosas will no wt m toking bwt when i say they separate n at the same tym make us REAL Xhosas vha! neway wena u wndnt andastnd cz its a lng XHOSA story nt ol XHOSAS are the same neway u wrnt dissin m

myname
11 Sep 2007 06:26

Namhlanje limathumba ntaka- 2day its birds intestines - (Its cloudy)

sponono
11 Sep 2007 06:26

Owethu260  in my lokshin some chick who gossips a lot is now called uSolezwe from the popular  KZN zulu newpaper....some even abrrevate it and called u-So

Foxy gal
11 Sep 2007 06:29

Shine La Dolce Vita shine!!!!!!!

myname
11 Sep 2007 06:30

Kanti undenza narry (U make me angry)

sponono
11 Sep 2007 06:30

ok sjura

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 06:31

Lady D, while on the topic cars here are my personal favourate darkie car names:
1.  X 5 - nxa 5
2.  Run X - Gijima nxa
3.  Golf 5 - Impama
4.  Toyota Tazz - umholo wokqala woThisa

sjura
11 Sep 2007 06:31

the other one that really finishes me off is whn ma grnd ma says kauthi i idea (ID) yam apho

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 06:37

"in my lokshin some chick who gossips a lot is now called uSolezwe from the popular KZN zulu newpaper....some even abrrevate it and called u-So"  @ Sponono shem ngiphelile uwena, I know all about iSolezwe nathi ngakithi kukhona esibabiza ngalelo gama.  The other in term elokshin is BEE, if u are dressed formally the people will say:"Uzenza iBEE"

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 06:38

sp. 4.Toyota Tazz - umholo wokqala woThisha

sponono
11 Sep 2007 06:40

of the topic what do you guys think of peeps who print email-jokes mostly x-rated and then while you're sitting and chattin and this ou pulls out two or three pages of printed email and asks you to read, and I supposed you are expected to read these jokes and laugh or express shock or whatever....but now my point is the does the person assume that you dont have access to email, or it doesnt cross their mind to foward these to you...and they are so sure that this stuff is funny-just because it was funny when they read it...and sometimes unfortunately you've recieved it long ago...so when you try as hard a you can to find the humor in all these sex jokes you go blank and these a lot of aawkwardness my expereince) 

and if you laughed the first time they'll keep on printing the damn things and askin you to read.....what a man to do mos

LM
11 Sep 2007 06:41

It doesn't matter how many times I get e-mails related to this topic...I always laugh my lungs out.....in a way I'm also laughing at myself because I used to call an umbrella...wait for it....SAMBRENE and peanut butter...PINA-PATA. By the  way ke Mopedi (Motlokwa)...I think it depends on where you grew up and how people around you pronounce words. my granny can't prononce zam buk..she says samboko...he he he he he!!

Here is another one: DAWN...meaning any body lotion.

luvlatta
11 Sep 2007 06:42

Guys, you're killing me. s for inzalo kaShaka, XC lets not go there. I'm one of them and believe me I can say a lot more about amaXhosa but I wont spoil the fun. Let me bring to your attention a phrase that I've been hearing a lot lately: "where do you enter" : People would be arguing and someone would bart in to intervene and both parties would sing in unison "WHERE DO YOU ENTER"-ungena ngaphi?
And to add some flavour: how about those of us who can't differentiate between the propnounciation of TREE AND THREE!!!
Need I say more? 
Nice blog Zaa, big ups!

zaa
11 Sep 2007 06:43

<<<@ zaa sana u are going for 200 replies hayi usebenzile!!! but kaloku zithuthe ubonge ookhokho bakho,,,, he he he!!!>>>andikwazi ukuzithuta mtam,  KeMopedi but i rock isiXhosa like nobody's business. (eish it's nice being multilingual ne)Ka Sepedi kere ke tla itheta.....

sjura
11 Sep 2007 06:50

oh! u guyz ndiahleka n ma stomach siya HURTISHEKA  jo

myname
11 Sep 2007 06:50

@ luvL. Where do u get into? - ungena phi na wena?Gaad I use it bcoz i just luv it

sponono
11 Sep 2007 07:08

@luvlatta 
girls go as far as saying...ungenaphi lapho wena awuxhumi-awuxhasi--hi hi hi where do you enter, you dont connect you dont support

as for those who say tree when they mean three they know who they are LOL

zaa
11 Sep 2007 07:12

off-topic, did any1 watch Motswako last nyt? (aften 9's China & Hector)

zazalicious
11 Sep 2007 07:14

@ zaa this is a nice blog shame

zazalicious
11 Sep 2007 07:14

@ zaa this is a nice blog shame

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 07:15

"girls go as far as saying...ungenaphi lapho wena awuxhumi-awuxhasi--hi hi hi where do you enter, you dont connect you dont support" 
@ Sponono this saying even continues to say: "Musa ukuzixaka uzixukuza" - stop worring & shaking yourself.........hihihi 

sponono
11 Sep 2007 07:18

When I was young the pantsula guys used to always say-about someone who talks too much or complains...."eish une-baaie om te se" pronnounces une-bhaya om-te-se...I think they were tryin to do the Afrikaans tsotsi taal thing 

and then they call abomama-- i-oledi...from old-lady even if your mother is quite young

and where did magriza come from...isgrizana....meaning granny or gogo

This has been the highlight of my day I tell you

luvlatta
11 Sep 2007 07:21

LMAO @ Sponono

Foxy gal
11 Sep 2007 07:23

@luvlatta
girls go as far as saying...ungenaphi lapho wena awuxhumi-awuxhasi--hi hi hi where do you enter, you dont connect you dont support

as for those who say tree when they mean three they know who they are LOL

Oohhh u Zulus sengiphelile bo!!!! Yobe

Guys do remember this 1: (@primary) Mccchh jeqe, jeq'onamehlo/ jeqo'omanzi if u phoxaring someone !!!!! he he he

sponono
11 Sep 2007 07:24

Anon-Musa ukuzixaka uzixukuza okwejuba elimuncu.LOL..this refers to the Zulu sorghum beer that used to start frothing when its expired and it gave out bubles without you shaking it.....yesses thats a classic from long ago.

someone said to me recently ungjwayea amakhekhe e-funeral...now why  do they say this I dont know  amakhekhe omngcwabo anani kanti...eish blacks

Joe
11 Sep 2007 07:28

English  Xhosa
Word       Igama
Name     Igama

Ungubani igama lakho? translates to: What is your word?

zaa
11 Sep 2007 07:30

@ sponono<<<magriza >>> also used when a guy is dating an older woman

eg. liphi ela griza lakho mfondini

Mihle!!!
11 Sep 2007 07:34

you know those that mispell some names but can still pronounce others correctly the wrong way ..Yhhoo this Khumshing I'm even confusing maself now ..any way here's examples:

Itrismesi-Christams
Igrain-Drain
Dranny-Granny

Foxy gal
11 Sep 2007 07:34

The other gogo said "hhayi musani ukudlala ngathi bo bantabam', nithi umfula iLiva(River) , isbindi iLiva(Liver)  neva(thorn) iLiva - ngoba singasazi isingesi (but the problem with ugogo she couldn't pronounce the R's!! he he he

ngwana
11 Sep 2007 07:38

off-topic, did any1 watch Motswako last nyt? (aften 9's China & Hector)

Aaron is soo gay, when he was asked if he is gay or straight after a long answer, he says we will see the day he gets married. if he marries a girl or a boy.

Doc Love is such a drama queen, but you gotta love him. I liked his hair better with Yaki Bulk, I'm not sure about that push back he has going on.

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 07:42

Foxy: And "isibindi" means both courage AND liver!

But guys, the funniest one for me when it comes to pronunciation is, 

TREE
and
THREE
U have people who say khriii, or thhriii, or tri 
Ha ha ha ha ha.

 "I have tri pens."
 "I have khriii pens"
"The boy is on the tri"

sponono
11 Sep 2007 07:44

Joe- I think you are twisitn the whole blackism thingy 
phela that name translation is just one of the dynamics of language differences, i.e there are some words that cannot or do not have a direct translation and in all languages this happens..in fact english might have one word to describe two things while we have a specific term for one thing and this also happens the other way round....so your example is one of those instances and it has nothin with our darkifying the English lingo..just a thought

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 07:45

I watched Motswako!!!! Near the end though. Whhoooooo, Dr Love is not a pretty woman, hey.

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 07:45

"Musa ukuzixaka uzixukuza okwejuba elimuncu"  @ Sponono, yazi u make my day worhtwhile with lama comments akho. Kumanje I am LMAO!!!!!!!!!!

Suzilicious
11 Sep 2007 07:54

watched Motswako!!!! Near the end though. Whhoooooo, Dr Love is not a pretty woman, hey. _ LOL @ XC

myname
11 Sep 2007 07:59

bifday - birthday

zaa
11 Sep 2007 08:01

<<Aaron is soo gay,>>> Amen to that, after yesterday any1 cud c gore he's gay bathong. Did u c how he looks at Lucky?

<<I watched Motswako!!!! Near the end though. Whhoooooo, Dr Love is not a pretty woman, hey.>> ROTFLMAO uphosiwe sana, the after9 luvbirds were in studio and i tell u there's spark btwin those two

Annonymous
11 Sep 2007 08:02

besday - birthday
juring - during

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 08:05

She isnt, Suzi! I swear,hey! Have u ever seen her? Whooooo, the makeup yesterday!!!!! And the perm-lotion-ed hair!

Foxy gal
11 Sep 2007 08:10

Small handbag - Just in case
Medium to large bag - Nxa ngsuka

Suzilicious
11 Sep 2007 08:11

She isnt, Suzi! I swear,hey! Have u ever seen her? - No XC i havent. But by the sound of ya'll she is just what you have said.LOL

monchooza
11 Sep 2007 08:13

umuntu ophapha yo uya speeda

zaa
11 Sep 2007 08:18

ice cream = ice trim

Mmakwena
11 Sep 2007 08:18

nia bona? nangu monchooza oya cala ke? ke eng go speeda? (whatz the meaning of speeda)  mmmm

monchooza
11 Sep 2007 08:25

uku speed(a) as in imoto iya speed(a) but now mina my uncle use to say that to me and i dod not understand until recently

Mmakwena
11 Sep 2007 08:28

eva been in an arguiment and the person you are arguing with ends up telling you gore ""jou black sam""  is it : "you black smith", back slam?

in other occasions years back ge ostoutile bagoshapa or they just yell @ you and they end up saying jou moer (itz not a swear word - but they used it as part of their vocabulary as a swear word) jou moer - in AFR In i will hit you in ENG. 

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 08:39

The part that killed me, is when Dr Love said her/his partner ISNT gay. He just likes to be with a gay man (Dr Love)!     Haaaaaa haaaa haaaaa! LOL!

Pru
11 Sep 2007 08:46

Yo things that we say batong:
1 slice of bread-known as i sly
a passage- known as patshisi(in Sotho) excuse my spelling
BMW- known as beeme
do the washing- known as ukuhlamba i washing(how can u wash the washing?)
bra- known as my brother(ubhuti)

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 08:47

For some weird reason, Im remembering some blogger a few daysago asking, "Shirmell, are you black?" Heee heee heee

sjura
11 Sep 2007 08:54

i can stil rememba those primary school days whn sumone z luking at u wena uthi what u jonging am i jing a jongs if u can see it cum and chweth it.yho that waz me phoxaring at ma best ke sana

Cuming to the Aaron issue. i jst hate it whn people jst dnt wna give a strait ansa wht wz so diffi bwt sayin m gay o m nt gay.Aaron was gaanin aan bwt y if u gay u shd b xplyn urself n blah blah blah i min  dy knw y we so curious bwt noing whetha they gay  o not cz if u c a strait guy u dnt ask hm sch ? bt guyz lyk him they r nt sure ukuba bafuna ukuba kweliphi icala so thats y sibuza such ?ns.

Pru
11 Sep 2007 08:54

oh here is another one vaseline- for every petroleum jelly

Mizana
11 Sep 2007 08:56

yho these are all classics - siyaTshisa Hottt

and my award winner goes to

I value you siz(dont know the spelling of this) - ndikuvela usizi joe!
means u  sympathizing with that person.

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 08:59

Pronounced: Vas-linah

Zhico
11 Sep 2007 09:01

XC...so many replies sana...this one really goes to u

Lady.RO.
11 Sep 2007 09:01

This is how Darkies would say:  I want white loaf of borotho bo bosweu or ke batla ho dula ko back sit e ko morago!!!!!

lejazz
11 Sep 2007 09:01

DAWN,we call all body ltions DAWN(DONA).Sta-soft,all fabric softeners are called sta-soft and washing powders are called SURF.Ha HA HA HA...........

myname
11 Sep 2007 09:15

when i was young just chilling with my freinds my aunt would say "Uhleli negenge". One time 1 of my freind ask mi, did u know what i-genge is? She said its a pig's sh**.

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 09:22

Zhico: Im a darkie kaloku sana. This definately appeals to me!

Xhosa Chick
11 Sep 2007 09:33

Hands up all those who have washed their bodies with Lifebuoy Soap at least once in their lives?

Hands up those who've washed their teeth with a bar of soap at SOME point or the other in their lives coz toothpaste ran out? 

And finally, which black person has never had this meal (in one plate) :

White Tastic rice, cabbage, chicken, potatoes (although we arent supposed to have mo than one starch in a plate) and gravy (the popular choice being Minestrone soup!)

Salads: Beetroot, potato salad (with boiled eggs!), carrot salad( with pineapple), or coleslaw (pronounced : khol-slo)

( I  told ya'll Im black!)

sponono
11 Sep 2007 09:42

<<myname-One time 1 of my freind ask mi, did u know what i-genge is? She said its a pig's sh**. >>

I stand corrected but hope you know she was pulling your leg, cause that genge thingy is from the gang..not necessarily gangster as in rough necks ..but friendly gang---

Xhosa Chick..what about ischathabantwana  maybe you wont know coz you are not from DBN...its a stinky green bar with dark-green spots on it used by mamaz long time ago sometimes to chatha the ntwanaz  lifeboy also stinks..I remeber the radio adverts that kept repeating i-lifeboy active i-lifeboy active active

ngwana
11 Sep 2007 10:05

White Tastic rice, cabbage, chicken, potatoes (although we arent supposed to have mo than one starch in a plate) and gravy (the popular choice being Minestrone soup!) LOL

My gran called the tomato gravy - Bisto 

mayo
11 Sep 2007 10:17

@ngwana he people from PE love that!!! ibisto

Xhosa Chick
12 Sep 2007 01:49

Yeah, i-Bisto!

La Dolce Vita
12 Sep 2007 03:15

Ibisto namaqanda..hoo hoo!!
Amangqina..amawalkie alkies!!
USMILEY!! 
Yea nina guys nigula stongo and I'm not Italian by the way!
Black 2 the core!!

Xhosa Chick
12 Sep 2007 04:05

La Dolce Vita, whoooo, eggs & bisto, bathong! With white bread. Delish!

andi01
12 Sep 2007 10:31

And do you guys remember the names that u and ur friends just made up, and have no meaning at all. We used to use "ferebs", who was suppose to meas nasty.

Dimago
20 Sep 2007 09:02

I just heard someone here at work saying "Its quarter to weekend"....talking about the fact that its nearly weekend!

carino
15 Nov 2007 06:37

Remember when the winning guys in an action movie was a Starring?? 

"Jackie Chene ke Starring, ba ka se mmolaye...Ke starring!!!"

carino
15 Nov 2007 06:38

Remember when the winning guy in an action movie was a Starring??

"Jackie Chene ke Starring, ba ka se mmolaye...Ke starring!!!"

monchooza
20 Mar 2008 04:45

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