Re: Scamto in the news

--- Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> wrote:

> By Rebecca Harrison
>
> JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Fancy some Jesus and his
> brothers, or a ride in a g-string? And why is it
> that
> abantu abu baie bane kwal'nge-cherry?
>
> This is South Africa's latest street slang -- a mix
> of
> the 11 official languages with nicknames thrown in
> for
> beer, cars, weapons and sexual positions that has
> grown out of the country's sprawling townships.
>
> Hailed by its fans as a symbol of the country's
> diversity 11 years after the end of apartheid,
> "scamto" has become the language of choice for South
> Africa's black urban youth and its first exhaustive
> guide is due out next month.
>
> Complee story at
>
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=7&u=/nm/20050208/od_nm/life_safrica_slang_dc
>
Sounds relatively like AAVE here, or "street" talk.

=====
-The Sock

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