Re: jaapies / yarpies
Jaap is a fairly common given name in Holland. Eliza, Dutchtoo, and Blackgrey will be along soon to ratify or deny...
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Confirmed foolscap :)So a bit similar to Yankies or Tommies etc.The Dutch have myriad versions of the name Jacob, I seem to stumble across a new reworking each day!! And I expect the Afrikaners...
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Usually spelled Japie (Jacob/Jakob etc) as in Japie BassonMP. Presumably the number of ex-pat South Africans in Oz, NZ, Canada and the States has led to them being called Japies. Presumably also it...
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My father, who went to school in Kenya where there were a number of South African pupils, always used it to mean specifically Afrikaners.
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In South Africa, uneducated Afrikaners from the country or "platteland" are called "plaasjapies". (Edit: plaas means farm). But not to their faces.
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Er, well, not much to add.Maybe that Blackgrey's list could indeed be extended a lot further. Also popular are abbreviations like Co and Cobus.I know a man who is called Co and his brother is called...
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