@Godric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 5 months agoAnd they say English is badlemmy.worldimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1559arrow-down120
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minus-square@Aceticon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink37•5 months agoAlso that newspaper is called “The Fatherland”. It’s a pretty good hint of where they stand in the whole Left-Right political spectrum.
minus-square@lugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink7•5 months agoWhich is super weird in it self. I mean, do South African white people call their colonist nation their “Fatherland”?
minus-square@Crashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish13•5 months agoFYI- South Africa is kind of unique in that it was settled by a ruling class as opposed to the normal dregs like most other places. The maintained their close relationship to home and superior status to their slaves/servants much longer than other places.
minus-square@Cryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•5 months ago“mother country” or “motherland” is pretty common for descendants of European colonists/emigrees. I know Germans call it “fatherland” instead, probably the Dutch too
Also that newspaper is called “The Fatherland”.
It’s a pretty good hint of where they stand in the whole Left-Right political spectrum.
Which is super weird in it self. I mean, do South African white people call their colonist nation their “Fatherland”?
FYI- South Africa is kind of unique in that it was settled by a ruling class as opposed to the normal dregs like most other places.
The maintained their close relationship to home and superior status to their slaves/servants much longer than other places.
“mother country” or “motherland” is pretty common for descendants of European colonists/emigrees. I know Germans call it “fatherland” instead, probably the Dutch too
So this is a newspaper about Europe, I see
I think they call it the Volkstaat