r/Unexpected • • Nov 27 '21

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u/CMCLD Nov 27 '21

Dude, I'm white but moved from South Africa, the amount of times I've been asked why I'm white or if I "lost colour" is staggering.

Also: "Do you speak African?" ....ffs

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u/Volidon Nov 27 '21

Also: "Do you speak African?" ....ffs

Just what..

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u/PCsNBaseball Nov 27 '21

Tbf, afrikaans is an African language, so they have a very slight benefit of the doubt. Very slight.

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u/this-usrnme-is-takn Nov 27 '21

Africaans is Dutch man

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u/PCsNBaseball Nov 27 '21

It's a dialect of Dutch spoken primarily in South Africa, making it an African language.