I snorted coffee through my nose when I heard Trump's Afrikaner "refugees" referred to as the "Great 'Tsek". For anyone that a. isn't aware of South African history, or b. Afrikaans cursing, I would be happy to elaborate as to why this is so funny to most South Africans.
Hadn’t heard that one 🤣🤣
Brilliant
Please elaborate.
Ok, so for context we need to go back to the 1830s in the Cape Colony. The Cape Colony was ruled by the British, but a significant part of the population was Dutch farmers (Boers). These farmers had slave labour, and when the British abolished slavery a large group of these boers trekked north. .../
...This was named 'Die Groot Trek' as these 'voortrekkers' settled in the interior of South Africa. It is a foundational story of Afrikaner nationalism, and during apartheid, was a major part of the school history syllabus. In English called the Great Trek. .../
There is a huge monument in Pretoria to commemorate the events. Check it out on Google maps street view. g.co/kgs/EJPFVFR
Okay, part b. Afrikaans is a very expressive language, especially for cursing. If you want to tell someone to go away or get lost rudely, you would tell them to 'voetsek'. This gets shortened to 'tsek. So calling the afrikaner fake refugees going to the US, The Great 'Tsek Zuma up what many...
*sums up... Autocorrect.
...think of them. They're not sorry to see them go.
Hahaha, that's a SA 🇿🇦 classic! 😂😂😂
Haha! Love the Great Tsek. Will refer to them as the voetsekkers, glad to know they are not our shores anymore.
I saw someone call them the Voesekkers 😭🤣
Oh, that's brilliant.
Or "Die Klein Tsekkie" given the numbers? 🤔
I was mad that I hadn't thought of calling it that.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Priceless!!🤣
