PaarlBok said:
The other nick the Durbs souties dont like is the Guppie one. For some reason they dont like it one bit. Maybe when Billy gets back he can explain where the Guppie name come from. Billy is a Westville boytjie, also Boer with a very smooth english on him.
Hell I still blame my ou toppie about the english, he refuse point blank anything about Pom in our house, walk out the door when God save the Queen played before tests and refuse to speak it. Took me flippen ages to realise language is only a communication method and not a war, like they had in their day.
Now the english have put a spell on me with my girl dropping her english one in her first year at Maties.
Yup, as Rusty said, the Guppie nickname was given to the Sharks rugby team - probably in the days when Kevin Putt was coach and the team had no bite.
A Guppie is a tiny fish.... bit like a goldfish, only smaller.
As Paarl says, I am a Westville (In Kwa-Zulu Natal, also known as the Last British Outpost) boy - Afrikaans family, but went to an English scool from aged 10.
So I guess the official Saffa description for me is an Anglicized Dutchman :lmao:
Paarl will attest to the fact that my Afrikaans these days is spoken (and at times mangled) with an English accent - much to the amusement of many of my extended family members.