‘Yoh! You’re in the OED’ – South Africa makes its linguistic mark

The makarapa was originally a helmet for construction workers but has now been embraced by South African sports fans

Khanyisile Ngcobo – 7 days ago
BBC News, Johannesburg

Yoh! I’m so gatvol of this tjoekie and need a zol to handle these moggy people.

No, these are not grammatical errors – this is a sentence comprising South African words included in the Oxford English Dictionary’s (OED) latest update…

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