LEKKER - DAINTY, NICE, SWEET, TIPSY
I've always used the word "lekker" without ever having looked it up. It's one of those Afrikaans words that sneaks into even the most English of South African's vocabulary, and stays there. Even when the past has become another country - a distant memory. I've never looked it up until today - it's usually used to mean niiiiiiiiiiiice, but I'm happy that it's formal definition includes the word tipsy, which is niiiiiiiiiiiice in itself.
Anyway - I'm working from home today. One of the perks of working for a ginormous corporation, and being baseless, is that if you are as quiet as a mouse, no-one notices when you're not there. (Shhhhhhh.)
Beautiful.
It's a lekker world.
I've always used the word "lekker" without ever having looked it up. It's one of those Afrikaans words that sneaks into even the most English of South African's vocabulary, and stays there. Even when the past has become another country - a distant memory. I've never looked it up until today - it's usually used to mean niiiiiiiiiiiice, but I'm happy that it's formal definition includes the word tipsy, which is niiiiiiiiiiiice in itself.
Anyway - I'm working from home today. One of the perks of working for a ginormous corporation, and being baseless, is that if you are as quiet as a mouse, no-one notices when you're not there. (Shhhhhhh.)
Beautiful.
It's a lekker world.
posted by AKM at
7:00 PM
2 Comments:
doesn't lekker mean "tasty" not "tipsey" ?
eg lekker soos a pannekoek ?
You'll have to take that up with the publishers of "Kritzinger se mini-woordeboek". An additional thought would be - where does the phrase "lekker lekker soos n firecracker" come from? Mmmm - I love those tasty (tipsy) firecrackers...
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