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I'm a techie living in Cape Town and I love it. I have no plans to emigrate. We have problems down here yes, but they've been no impediment to my career. Both

I'm a techie living in Cape Town and I love it. I have no plans to emigrate. We have problems down here yes, but they've been no impediment to my career. Both Amazon AWS and Oracle OCI have satellite development offices in Cape Town, and if anything they are hiring more and more.

zapzupnz 7y ago
Are they still having the rolling brown-outs in Cape Town? My hubby's family were getting a bit gatvol of those a while back, telling everybody here in New Zealand all about it.
- _-___________-_ 7y ago
  gatvol?
  - n1c 7y ago
    > Adjective. (South Africa, slang) Completely fed up; very upset.
  - jonathanlydall 7y ago
    Speaking as a South African, still living here. gatvol = "fed up" It disappoints me that so many fellow South Africans are seemingly oblivious to the audience they are interacting with and casually use local slang regardless.
    - _-___________-_ 7y ago
      When I saw it I guessed it was some local slang, and I was excited to learn what it meant from someone who really knew rather than some online dictionary. I don't think it should be a disappointment, it contributes to the wonderful diversity of language.
      - detritus 7y ago
        As a Brit, likewise - and the context of this thread is fairly, well, South African.
    - Aeolun 7y ago
      Reading South African as a Dutch person is always great. I understand most of the words, but it’s still clearly a completely different language/context. Gatvol = hole is full
      - animal531 7y ago
        More specifically, in this word gat would mean ass.
      - pinkfoot 7y ago
        When I learnt Dutch is came is a surprise that ‘opgewonde’ does not mean excited. I told many an executive at KPN that I was opgewonde to work on their project. :)
        _-___________-_ 7y ago
        Apparently Google Translate hasn't had the epiphany that you did yet. What does it mean? :)
        pinkfoot 7y ago
        Afrikaans: opgewonde → excited Dutch: opgewonde → aroused. :)
    - rezeroed 7y ago
      Jislaaik. Don't skrik bokkie.
    - triceratops 7y ago
      As a non-South African, it's always great to learn local slang from around the world. On forums such as HN or Reddit, there's always someone around to explain it means. It's never an impediment to understanding the point being made.
    - zapzupnz 7y ago
      I’m not South African, my husband is. I picked it up from him. We use it around our home quite a bit. I was replying to a South African. Whilst talking about South Africa. I'm fairly sure nobody's upset about it, more intrigued.
  - aktau 7y ago
    Others have explained, but I found it funny to read this word. My native language is Dutch (flemish variety) and I would also read this word as expressing a negative emotion (fed up sounds right). "gat" = dialect/slang for ass, "vol" = full.
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zapzupnz 7y ago

Are they still having the rolling brown-outs in Cape Town? My hubby's family were getting a bit gatvol of those a while back, telling everybody here in New Zealand all about it.

_-___________-_ 7y ago
gatvol?
- n1c 7y ago
  > Adjective. (South Africa, slang) Completely fed up; very upset.
- jonathanlydall 7y ago
  Speaking as a South African, still living here. gatvol = "fed up" It disappoints me that so many fellow South Africans are seemingly oblivious to the audience they are interacting with and casually use local slang regardless.
  - _-___________-_ 7y ago
    When I saw it I guessed it was some local slang, and I was excited to learn what it meant from someone who really knew rather than some online dictionary. I don't think it should be a disappointment, it contributes to the wonderful diversity of language.
    - detritus 7y ago
      As a Brit, likewise - and the context of this thread is fairly, well, South African.
  - Aeolun 7y ago
    Reading South African as a Dutch person is always great. I understand most of the words, but it’s still clearly a completely different language/context. Gatvol = hole is full
    - animal531 7y ago
      More specifically, in this word gat would mean ass.
    - pinkfoot 7y ago
      When I learnt Dutch is came is a surprise that ‘opgewonde’ does not mean excited. I told many an executive at KPN that I was opgewonde to work on their project. :)
      - _-___________-_ 7y ago
        Apparently Google Translate hasn't had the epiphany that you did yet. What does it mean? :)
        pinkfoot 7y ago
        Afrikaans: opgewonde → excited Dutch: opgewonde → aroused. :)
  - rezeroed 7y ago
    Jislaaik. Don't skrik bokkie.
  - triceratops 7y ago
    As a non-South African, it's always great to learn local slang from around the world. On forums such as HN or Reddit, there's always someone around to explain it means. It's never an impediment to understanding the point being made.
  - zapzupnz 7y ago
    I’m not South African, my husband is. I picked it up from him. We use it around our home quite a bit. I was replying to a South African. Whilst talking about South Africa. I'm fairly sure nobody's upset about it, more intrigued.
- aktau 7y ago
  Others have explained, but I found it funny to read this word. My native language is Dutch (flemish variety) and I would also read this word as expressing a negative emotion (fed up sounds right). "gat" = dialect/slang for ass, "vol" = full.
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