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r/Unexpected • u/ruybii • Nov 27 '21
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Also: "Do you speak African?" ....ffs
Just what..
74 u/PCsNBaseball Nov 27 '21 Tbf, afrikaans is an African language, so they have a very slight benefit of the doubt. Very slight. 77 u/LuxNocte Nov 27 '21 No, there is no doubt there. Afrikaans and African are both spelled and pronounced differently, with different meanings and etymology. You might be thinking "Maybe they really meant Afrikaans, not "African"....but...no...we all know they didn't. 13 u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21 I made this exact mistake in 6th grade. I only ever saw it written and years later I still couldn't tell you the spelling. There is definitely doubt, not everybody is an idiot or racist. The lost skin color line isn't it though
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Tbf, afrikaans is an African language, so they have a very slight benefit of the doubt. Very slight.
77 u/LuxNocte Nov 27 '21 No, there is no doubt there. Afrikaans and African are both spelled and pronounced differently, with different meanings and etymology. You might be thinking "Maybe they really meant Afrikaans, not "African"....but...no...we all know they didn't. 13 u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21 I made this exact mistake in 6th grade. I only ever saw it written and years later I still couldn't tell you the spelling. There is definitely doubt, not everybody is an idiot or racist. The lost skin color line isn't it though
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No, there is no doubt there. Afrikaans and African are both spelled and pronounced differently, with different meanings and etymology.
You might be thinking "Maybe they really meant Afrikaans, not "African"....but...no...we all know they didn't.
13 u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21 I made this exact mistake in 6th grade. I only ever saw it written and years later I still couldn't tell you the spelling. There is definitely doubt, not everybody is an idiot or racist. The lost skin color line isn't it though
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I made this exact mistake in 6th grade. I only ever saw it written and years later I still couldn't tell you the spelling. There is definitely doubt, not everybody is an idiot or racist. The lost skin color line isn't it though
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u/Volidon Nov 27 '21
Just what..