Godric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 months agoAnd they say English is badlemmy.worldimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1558arrow-down120
arrow-up1538arrow-down1imageAnd they say English is badlemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 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-up12·5 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-up2arrow-down1·5 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
I think they call it the Volkstaat