Word for the Travel Wise (10/07/06)

Vacationing in foreign places can be the most exhilarating high times experienced by all men and women. From the flight over to adjusting to culture shock, it’s quite easy to get wrapped up in the good, the bad and the ugly of any place. However, if while in South Africa you hear today’s word being offered to you, make sure you don’t mistake it for a dinner dish. Unless, maybe – you like that sort of thing.

Today’s word is an Afrikaans word used in South Africa:

dagga – marijuana

For learning Afrikaans online check out this Afrikaans.us site and Ominglot guide with additional links. Aviva has a nice list of words with their translations you may hear most commonly during your visit in the country. Parties with some knowledge of the language may wish to do some reading over at this blog all in Afrikaans. I haven’t a clue what the content is about, but it could come in handy. Note that the name Afrikaans is simply the Dutch word for African where Afrikaans is the African form of the Dutch Language.

Past Afrikaans words: bly stil , plakkies, woestyn, dof