Monday, August 21, 2006

I weep

And this time it's not because of GeO's lack of manliness.

If you are not indigenous to South Africa, or if you're a soutie who thought that learning Afrikaans was a waste of your time, you won't understand the joke. Unlucky...

When applying for her South African ID, this lady requested that a dash be put on the last letter of her name. She wrote her name "AnmerĂ­" and in Afrikaans wrote: "let op na die strepie op i" (or "take note of the dash on the i").

This is what she got back:



The mind boggles.
The tastebuds shudder.

'pollo.

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