Funny Afrikaans

" laat-lammetjie" where the Dutch use "nakomertje" (Both words refer to the youngest child of a family when is way younger then its older siblings). Here some pictures of Afrikaans signs to give you an idea.
And for my Afrikaans friends: I am so sorry that I think your language is funny, but if you are honest you will have to admit that you think Dutch is to laugh at. POES is a word we actually use to address a cat and when we say KONT we don't mean the intimate part of the female body.



2 Comments:
The lay-out on some of these signs is strange as well. The one about the 'piekniekmandjies looks' like a warning sign for a minefield.
(Ik dacht laat ik het eens in het Engels doen)
I'm an American who lived in SA for a two years (95 to 97). I thought Afrikaans sounded funny as well, and I had no knowledge of Dutch to compare it to.
I kept wondering why everyone in my office wanted me to have Cremora (a non-dairy creamer in the US) whenever I came to the office.
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