Show m t &£ ef?? W&' Wrl 4 MM iriiWiitiiiirfi 3 The Herald Journal Lognn Utah Wednesday October 9 I99f sr !: Skollies? Dagga? It’s English S African style IONDON (AP) — It could easily he a conversation between two rogues in downtown Johannesburg: "Jisluuik manne don't Ih: a hunch of hunghrockc Let's go for a jol Slrue's Hob we'll huve lekker dop and some a dagga" Sure you know “apartheid" and "Irek" but this is English too — Soulh African style Translation: "Come on guys don't be seared Let's parly promise we'll have a nice drink and some cannabis" As this fictional exchange 1 between “skollies" shows many South African Lnglish words are unknown — and largely unpronounceable — outside their nHivc land Oxford University Press has set out to change that with its 825-ppDictionary of South African English on Historical Principles published in Britain in August and also available in the United Stales Twenty five years in the making the dictionary documents the growth of Soulh African Lnglish gc -- since the Dutchman Jan van said "It has been changed In “amandla" politics and the many olhci languages in this counliy" Estimates based on the I99 census indicate that only Id of South Aliicans have I as their home language although some 45 percent can speak the language Many whose first language was I nglish weie apolitical oi opposed apailheid but this did not prevent a rail of racist teims They include "rooinek" tied-necfor l nglish people who burned easily in the African sun: "rockspidei" and "haiiyback" Between lay a maelstrom ot ers: "gammat" I'm people of mixed race: "muntus" and Many South African English words are unknown and largely streets of black townships in “mellow yellows" (olliciul vans) It ended in 1994 the year e Soulh Africa held its first elections and danced a delighted “toyi-toyi- " us the black majoiity finally gained tragedy and prejudice that left its imprint on the language said Penny Silva head of the unit at Rhodes University in (iraham-stowSouth Africa that pro- PG-1- 3 In Digital iJ IK titiwissiun - SCOOTER'S THEATRE IN W (PG-1- HYMNS about group Wealthy horse-ownin- drunkemn g in "mink and munnii Iricts teachers who go on ' take part in a "chalkdow n 'I he next edition w ill r "slopstreel" for slop si "servitude" for passagew there'll be "come short' ing gel into trouble wet ex-wi- us typical understatement : v i !':r country that has seen so killine t “ban-galal- J :U tE L fSjf-- m- DE A2EVEDO ! “powerhouse vocal and fine song writing the Zulu word for teacher In keeping with the dictionary's title manv entries focus on South r 5 WESTATES INFO 751-190- 0 k u6Sr'IJ0 4 Cinema CMJ IIAIIM MXIN: Thi CiHMfoy Thinvik pi cm f ArtatV AH i r!f THAT THING YOU DO In DiKifal Sound ft GAME ROOM MAIN 7:00-9:4- 3) OWiOOMTS3l0O Sound nrr Oh Sandny the anniversary of the death in police custody of Steve Biko a leading figure in the "black consci movement that woiked for solidarity among oppiessed black people Inevitably ('resident Nelson Mandela has his own cntiy but his disgraced Winnie does not Humor dry as the katoo desert comes lorlh in "Chateau Cardboard" local w ines sold in cardboard boxes and "rugger DAY 9:00 M-- T huggci" ilclined as "an aci sively masculine (younri " fanatical ulxml smiii cmln matks Day" 752-307- i MULTIPLICITY the dance of black protest: "skebenga" is a gangster: is a Zulu aphrodisiac made of powdered roots Other Zulu words are already entrenched: Tobolu" (dowry) "bonsella" (bonus) and "fundi" (expert) derived from "umfun-disi- " "Hiko 2 UTAH INDEPENDENCE to! show their identity and “black 7:00 n s" Africa's loituicd past $150 ALL SEATS ( Afrikan- Dutch-descende- d " Bantu" for blacks These are falling out of use "as sensitive people icalie they aie offensive" Silva said Ahead) outlawed is "kaffir" a deiogulo-r- y term for blacks allhotieh its entry spanning a divcn pages and a slew of U'es shows how com duced the dictionary “Here we live on the edge so South African Lnglish is a vibrant absorbent language" she jacks" (police) patrolled the M-- T for the (power) the peak of apartheid when blacks hud to carry a “dompass" PG ng-li- unpronounceable outside their native land Richccck founded Cape Town in Ut52 Work on the tome began at KAZAAM pci-cc- mon it was The dictionary describes it as "offensive in all senses and combinations" Similarly most South Africans now avoid "Bantu" Although accepted internationally us meaning a collection of Alricun peoples and languages it is rejected ivy black South Africans because apartheid leaders used it “Hun-luslanwere the arid regions where blacks were supposed to live away from whites Now South African Lnglish increasingly is absorbing words fiom its nine official black lanis guages Silva said “Toyi-toyi- " 7sxv5 rltil IO-H- M THE FIRST WIVES CLUB " last A AOO I 753-- Ml ouEtf FLY AWAY HOME EXTREME MEASURES M) 7:10ONLV MO 9:10 THE SPITFIRE GRILL D3: MIGHTY DUCKS IK) 7:20 V IO v- (Ml MO 9:20 n 900 UNLVjr- REELTJME 799 N Mh UWO EMMA AOUiT-ti- )) (1-- 8pm Korgar Thedire - CWtrrV OS: I Q-- 2 ? 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