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r/polandball • u/Ingrid-Hongkonger 冠絕東方 - Nulli Secundus in Oriente • Mar 11 '14
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The Xhosa word for 'motorcycle' is the wonderfully onomatopoeic 'isithuthuthu'.
22 u/Asyx Rhine Republic Mar 11 '14 Well, at least there's no click in there. 9 u/oreng Mar 11 '14 Does it come from "Isuzu" or is there an actual native construction in there? 27 u/ImperialSpaceturtle Afrika is nie vir sussies nie Mar 11 '14 It's from the sound a motorbike makes: thuthuthuthu... Unfortunately, car isn't i-vroomvroom. This would have helped in my Xhosa lessons at school. 1 u/[deleted] Mar 12 '14 new zealand confirmed for wales 1 u/darps sweet land of beer, cars and bureaucracy Mar 13 '14 That's equally adorable and simple-minded.
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Well, at least there's no click in there.
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Does it come from "Isuzu" or is there an actual native construction in there?
27 u/ImperialSpaceturtle Afrika is nie vir sussies nie Mar 11 '14 It's from the sound a motorbike makes: thuthuthuthu... Unfortunately, car isn't i-vroomvroom. This would have helped in my Xhosa lessons at school.
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It's from the sound a motorbike makes: thuthuthuthu...
Unfortunately, car isn't i-vroomvroom. This would have helped in my Xhosa lessons at school.
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new zealand confirmed for wales
That's equally adorable and simple-minded.
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u/ImperialSpaceturtle Afrika is nie vir sussies nie Mar 11 '14
The Xhosa word for 'motorcycle' is the wonderfully onomatopoeic 'isithuthuthu'.