Godric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 months agoAnd they say English is badlemmy.worldimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1551arrow-down120
arrow-up1531arrow-down1imageAnd they say English is badlemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squarelugallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 months agoWhich is super weird in it self. I mean, do South African white people call their colonist nation their “Fatherland”?
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 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-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·6 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.
“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
I think they call it the Volkstaat