@Godric to Lemmy Shitpost • 3 months agoAnd they say English is badimagemessage-square54arrow-up1559arrow-down120
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•3 months agoWhich is super weird in it self. I mean, do South African white people call their colonist nation their “Fatherland”?
minus-square@CrashumbclinkEnglish13•3 months agoFYI- 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.
minus-square@Cryophilialink2•3 months 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
Which is super weird in it self. I mean, do South African white people call their colonist nation their “Fatherland”?
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.
I think they call it the Volkstaat
“mother country” or “motherland” is pretty common for descendants of European colonists/emigrees. I know Germans call it “fatherland” instead, probably the Dutch too
So this is a newspaper about Europe, I see