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What’s in a name?
What’s in a name?
‘Afsaal’ – translated literally from Afrikaans as ‘to unsaddle’ – is a fine name for a...
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What’s in a name?
What’s in a name?
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What’s in a name?
What’s in a name?
July, 24 2023 in
What’s in a name?
What’s in a name?
For a farmer ‘Hartseer’ (heartsore) and ‘Blydskap’ (happiness) are very close together...
June, 27 2023 in
What’s in a name?
What’s in a name? – Toggekry
Some Afrikaans words just can’t be translated and ‘Toggekry’ is one of them.We spotted...
May, 23 2023 in
What’s in a name?
What’s in a name? – Soverby
We came across this interesting farm name in the Kalahari and tried to find the exact...
May, 2 2023 in
What’s in a name?
What’s in a name? . . . Water
There are many farm names in Namibia with the word ‘water’ in them, showing how precious...
March, 14 2023 in
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What’s in a name?
What’s in a name? – ‘No woman, no cry’
I love meeting Namibia’s people. In Lüderitz a few days ago I had the good fortune of...
February, 28 2023 in
What’s in a name?
What’s in a name?
We can take a guess that the ‘Best Gloomy House’ shebeen near Rundu is poorly lit indoors...
February, 7 2023 in
What’s in a name?
What’s in a name? Lekkerrr
‘Lekker’ must be one of Afrikaans’s most descriptive and wonderful words. Initially...
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