Howzit?!

So everyone's aware of my love of accents; I think it might be related to my frustration at losing my original British accent.


The South African accent is AMAZING! But more than that, I love the expressions. These are my favorite:

New Expressions:

Such is life: Oh well

Get involved: go for it

Jawl/Jorl: Party, good time "I'm going to a jawl, I'm gonna have a jawl"

Bru/Brew: Bro

You must know/ Oakes must know: they just use this a lot and I think it's funny- self explanatory though

Robot: TRAFFIC LIGHT! This guy gave me directions and he goes "Turn at the second robot..." wtf?! I love it... And the road has paint on it that says "Robot Ahead" Hahaha I'll take a picture at some point.

Howzit: Hi + How are you= an everyday greeting, like hey

Oakes: Dudes. My thought process is that it's derived from blokes?! Maybe, maybe not?!


Tune me/him/her: call me/tell me. "I'll tune him and see what's up"


Shame: People say this ALL the time, instead of awww. "Did you watch the Ghana game? Shame."


Braai: BBQ


Till: Cashier


Lekker: Nice, cool, sweet. Used more for food, but I was informed that it can be used for attractive people as well.


Biltong: not really a slang, but it's a kind of dry meat, and it's reaaaally good.



I'll keep updating the list as I pick up more words!