Being a small town Afrikaans boy who's "Englishified" himself in the great city of Johannesburg I decided to make a small little list of 5 cool things about being Afrikaans. Not to worry all my English friends, I don't think I even speak 5% of all my words in Afrikaans these days.
1. I can totally start a weak-ass braai with no hope of ever taking flame and people will just look and say: "Nah, he know what he's doing."
2. If I wear anything other than a two-tone khaki shirt, knee high socks and tekkies I'm considered as a trendsetter.
3. Die Antwoord and Jack Parow has gone more global than Prime Circle or Danny K.
4. People automatically think you're not so smart, so whenever you talk English without an accent, they get this amazed look on their face.
5. Listening to people using the words 'lank', 'kwaai' en 'lekker' as if they came straight from the Oxford Dictionary.
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