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#SoCS Should I use sjoe or eish instead of golly gee?
2021-11-27
The reason being that in South Africa, chances are very good that everybody will understand exactly what I mean by interjecting sjoe! or eish! into the discussion to express feelings of enlightenment, amasement, disbelief, surprise, concern, admiration, or appreciation. Golly gee? I’m not too sure whether the population will know this expression (I had to consult a dictionary), let alone know how to pronounce it. Admit it, it is quite a tongue twister. Is golly pronounced like jolly? That does not seem probable, so it must be gh-olly then, as in gholf. Now, what about gee? Ghee is clarified butter, which we as avid curry eaters, know quite well. So it has to be jee,
2021-11-27
The reason being that in South Africa, chances are very good that everybody will understand exactly what I mean by interjecting sjoe! or eish! into the discussion to express feelings of enlightenment, amasement, disbelief, surprise, concern, admiration, or appreciation. Golly gee? I’m not too sure whether the population will know this expression (I had to consult a dictionary), let alone know how to pronounce it. Admit it, it is quite a tongue twister. Is golly pronounced like jolly? That does not seem probable, so it must be gh-olly then, as in gholf. Now, what about gee? Ghee is clarified butter, which we as avid curry eaters, know quite well. So it has to be jee,
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