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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / poetry | | Afrikaans term or phrase: bergies | | phrase = bergies verkluim nie sommer nie, in poem about old woman lying in the rain. |
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| | English translation:Hobo's | Explanation:
local name for homeless people, they are mostly called that in the Cape Town area |
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I note that Chambers 20thCD. (printed 1972) prefers "hoboes" - I haven't checked online as yet. Being in retirement some 13 years now I'm not in a position to purchase all the latest everything as needed.
| Dewson
South Africa
Native speaker of:  English, Afrikaans
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