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Going to South Africa?: You Need to Know The Language!

by Chris Johns

151 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-0583; ISBN 1-4251-2181-0; US$19.25, C$22.14, EUR15.01, £9.95

A light-hearted guide to understanding South Africans. Of course they speak English but in a country with 11 official languages, the locals have adopted words and phrases that are totally bewildering to both tourists and business visitors.

About the Book

"Going to South Africa?" is a light-hearted guide to understanding South African English. It is an essential guide for both tourists and business people alike. The book will enable them to understand the slang, the words and the phrases that South Africans have borrowed from the other ten official languages and from several Asian and European languages. Most South Africans do not realise that their version of English differs from English spoken elsewhere. The guide also gives an insight into the Rainbow Nation's varied lifestyles and cultures and will help visitors to avoid both embarrassing situations and becoming chronically bewildered.

About the Author

The author is a South African who has travelled extensively in the USA, Canada and Europe and now lives in the UK. The degree to which English speakers are divided by a common language prompted him to document the peculiarities of the sub-continent's English.