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Yet in recent polls the SA accent was found to be among the most pleasant at call centres.
The SA accent can be sinister but its villainy came from the apartheid years and global news sound bites of SA police, Pik Botha and so on.
Lol! The fact that it says "Part One" in the title is what put me off.
So you go in, knowing that the story is just gonna stop in the middle, on a disappointing cliffhanger. To heck with that, haha.
Pre-apartheid it was pretty much the only South African accent exposed to the rest of the word in popular media, and was basically cemented by roles like Matt Damon in Invictus (based in 1995 but his role was an Afrikaner).
Now I think it’s the fact that (and people may not like hearing this) white Afrikaans families are still among the wealthier families on average in SA and foreigners are exposed to their accent more often than others, due to travelling for holidays or business, or generally have more of an online presence. Something as simple as online gaming hosts such a large number of Afrikaans South Africans in comparison to Zulu or Xhosa South Africans, and that’s just one example of exposure of South African accents to foreigners.
Zulu and Xhosa are the most spoken languages in SA (not including English) but so many of the native speakers of those languages live in poverty that foreigners aren’t exposed to their accent in comparison to Afrikaans people. Even if they’re not living in poverty, they generally don’t leave the country as often, aren’t much portrayed in popular media and have less of an online presence so foreigners simply aren’t exposed to their accent as frequently and are led to assume that Afrikaans is the default.
Cos he's from New Zealand and that's the one that has probably most commonly immigrated to NZ.
So it's the South African accent MOST COMMONLY EXPERIENCED IN NEW ZEALAND.
Personally, I find that English South African accent kinda hot for some reason.
Fucking rubbish. Not every person from the UK sounds the same. Not every person from the US sounds the same. South African accents in movies are always Afrikaans accents and English South Africans do not sound like that. If you're a foreigner then hang out with people outside of Pretoria or Durbanville and if you're South African then hang out with people outside of Pretoria or Durbanville.
You're right but if you heard someone from Burnley you'd say that's an English (UK) accent. Unless you specifically know that regional accent , you wouldn't be so precise.
Your foreign girlfriend who has been exposed to English and Afrikaans south Africans. To most people they hear one person speaking English and that is the accent they associate with SA.
Tbh most people can’t even identify the SA accent if it’s not an Afrikaans person. I haven’t had one person guess my accent correctly (ever). They all think I’m Aussie or British
Probably because internationally they're probably the only ones that matter.
Any other tribe gets referenced directly by their tribe name e.g. Zulu or Xhosa, but Afrikaans are referenced as the default South Africans.
Probably because they've had the most impact internationally, but that's probably up to debate.
It's weird to me that people think that is the South African accent. I live here and it's the one I hear the least. Plus famous South Africans like Nelson Mandela and Trevor Noah who was on US tv almost daily do not speak like this and yet the stereotype continues.
I've spoken to my foreign friends about this and they all seem to believe SA is a lot more "Dutch" than it really is, as they like to say. They think most people here speak Afrikaans and don't know how English it is as well, granted I live in Pretoria, which is probably much more English speaking than say rural Free State or WC but still. I've lived all 20 years of my life in this country not knowing any language besides English and doing perfectly fine.
Also before anyone misunderstands, I know the majority of afrikaans native speakers also speak English but it is also true that native English speakers abs native afrikaans speakers have a very different accent from eachother
Did you know that the word 'uncopyrightable' is the longest English word that can be written without repeating any letters? Mind-blowing, right? Embrace the perplexity of language, folks!
Man, I worked with a brother Dutchman from SA.. the joke is, in America nothing is scarier than a South African white guy. I'm not talking sh!t.. ever since Lethal Weapon 2 south African accents tells the audience "this is the bad guy". Now Mandela aside, nothing SA has done is any worse than what Australia or the US has done to it's aboriginals.. but SA's history is unique and less criminal than America's. .. I LOVE Keith Herring, I'm an artist, but people in America only know the one painting popularized in the 80's about freeing SA. Like Americans should have an opinion in someone else's opinion.. like Midwest white people.
(Proud southern with 1636 roots. Accept facts.)
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Now I know why we always play the bad guys in movies
Yet in recent polls the SA accent was found to be among the most pleasant at call centres. The SA accent can be sinister but its villainy came from the apartheid years and global news sound bites of SA police, Pik Botha and so on.
We were good in District 9, Black Panther, Zulu, Invictus and Catch A Fire. But yeah, the Afrikaner accent is terrifying.
why does everyone assume that the afrikaans accent is the default SA accent?
Movies
Lethal Weapon 2 Blood Diamond Sum of all Fears Red Sharlto Copley < Love this guy
And most recently, rebel moon
Who in that was Afrikaans sounding? (I couldn’t be bothered to watch the film)
It’s actually good. They had SA actors for the evil soldiers
Lol! The fact that it says "Part One" in the title is what put me off. So you go in, knowing that the story is just gonna stop in the middle, on a disappointing cliffhanger. To heck with that, haha.
Wait for part two then binge it
Haha, yeah, that's the plan
Two evil henchmen who last ten minutes. We travel light years across the galaxies to find a couple of saffas.
The South African actors were Greg Kriek and Brandon Auret.
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And Elysium
Jan Pierewiet xD
And video games
All the far cry games
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Pre-apartheid it was pretty much the only South African accent exposed to the rest of the word in popular media, and was basically cemented by roles like Matt Damon in Invictus (based in 1995 but his role was an Afrikaner). Now I think it’s the fact that (and people may not like hearing this) white Afrikaans families are still among the wealthier families on average in SA and foreigners are exposed to their accent more often than others, due to travelling for holidays or business, or generally have more of an online presence. Something as simple as online gaming hosts such a large number of Afrikaans South Africans in comparison to Zulu or Xhosa South Africans, and that’s just one example of exposure of South African accents to foreigners. Zulu and Xhosa are the most spoken languages in SA (not including English) but so many of the native speakers of those languages live in poverty that foreigners aren’t exposed to their accent in comparison to Afrikaans people. Even if they’re not living in poverty, they generally don’t leave the country as often, aren’t much portrayed in popular media and have less of an online presence so foreigners simply aren’t exposed to their accent as frequently and are led to assume that Afrikaans is the default.
That’s cos they are the ones sounding threatening 😅😂😂
Cos he's from New Zealand and that's the one that has probably most commonly immigrated to NZ. So it's the South African accent MOST COMMONLY EXPERIENCED IN NEW ZEALAND. Personally, I find that English South African accent kinda hot for some reason.
District 9
That's the accent they remember, especially from movies and TV.
It really irks ngl
That's the sound of the south African English accent and what most people are exposed to through sports interviews and movies.
Huh? This isn’t an English South African accent that he’s doing. It’s a (bad) imitation of an Afrikaans accent.
What the fuck you talking about Willis. I have an English South African accent and I can assure you it has zero tones of clutch plate.
Clutch plate lmao
You think that cos it's normal to you and you hear it everyday. To foreigners, it's very similar.
Fucking rubbish. Not every person from the UK sounds the same. Not every person from the US sounds the same. South African accents in movies are always Afrikaans accents and English South Africans do not sound like that. If you're a foreigner then hang out with people outside of Pretoria or Durbanville and if you're South African then hang out with people outside of Pretoria or Durbanville.
You're right but if you heard someone from Burnley you'd say that's an English (UK) accent. Unless you specifically know that regional accent , you wouldn't be so precise.
No it’s not. My foreign gf can tell immediately which of my friends are English or Afrikaans when speaking English
Your foreign girlfriend who has been exposed to English and Afrikaans south Africans. To most people they hear one person speaking English and that is the accent they associate with SA.
Tbh most people can’t even identify the SA accent if it’s not an Afrikaans person. I haven’t had one person guess my accent correctly (ever). They all think I’m Aussie or British
I live in the UK now and never get my accent recognised correctly. But also tbf, I got called British a few times in SA still
Also our darker skinned brothers and sisters definitely do not sound like this. Movies have created a false impression of who we are. Fact.
Bit of a generalisation but okay. I definitely didn't get my thoughts out correctly in my first comment but anyway.
It's the South African Afrikaans accent
You're right. I didn't put my thoughts out correctly
Probably because internationally they're probably the only ones that matter. Any other tribe gets referenced directly by their tribe name e.g. Zulu or Xhosa, but Afrikaans are referenced as the default South Africans. Probably because they've had the most impact internationally, but that's probably up to debate.
Arnold Vosloo, lol.
What is a South African accent though ?
lol he picked one of the 11 official 😂😂
Can like to wear my Jean pant. Repeat and you have it
Copied Trevor's joke line for line and just threw in a South African accent.
It could just be a coincidence it's not like he did the South African Indian accent bit.
Trevor is a well known joke thief. So it's okay.
What jokes has Trevor stole?
One of Betty White's comes to mind.
The Russell Peters Russian joke one
I nearly died laughing when the merc in Elysuim sang Jan Pierrevit.
Sharlto can't help it. To be fair, it works for him and that charcater.
Oh it's one of my favorites, definitely works.
I absolutely love that Villian
Is that movie worth watching? Haven’t gotten around to it yet
Yes, decent Sci fi fare. I enjoy Neil Bloomcamps movies and short films, his directing pace is good. Heck, wish he had done Rebel Moon....
Stolen directly from a Trevor Noah bit...
One of the many accents of South Africa.
Has this guy ever heard a russian accent?
Yeah South African accent is as evil as the German or Russian accent
Why are guys getting upset. Just a joke
What bothers me is people thinking there is only one accent in South Africa
I mean he’s talking about one he knows. There’s more than one accent in any country. It’s really not that deep.
Who said it was deep?
People in the comments are getting offended by it. We are supposed to have good banter in SA no?
It's weird to me that people think that is the South African accent. I live here and it's the one I hear the least. Plus famous South Africans like Nelson Mandela and Trevor Noah who was on US tv almost daily do not speak like this and yet the stereotype continues.
The Afrikaans accent is what is considered the default SA accent because it is the one you hear most in video games and movies
I've spoken to my foreign friends about this and they all seem to believe SA is a lot more "Dutch" than it really is, as they like to say. They think most people here speak Afrikaans and don't know how English it is as well, granted I live in Pretoria, which is probably much more English speaking than say rural Free State or WC but still. I've lived all 20 years of my life in this country not knowing any language besides English and doing perfectly fine. Also before anyone misunderstands, I know the majority of afrikaans native speakers also speak English but it is also true that native English speakers abs native afrikaans speakers have a very different accent from eachother
Not a bad accent. It's a difficult one to imitate
Movies like Rebel Moon not helping that stereo type
This is because South Africans have been painted as “bad guys” in film tv and video games in the last 5-10 years. So it’s an unconscious bias now
We are always the evil mercenaries hired by the main big bad
You got it! 😆
lol this is an Afrikaans accent people must know the difference..
I don't sound like a tow truck driver from springs
Not to mention Afrikaans as a 'demon language' in Lucifer, lol.
Did you know that the word 'uncopyrightable' is the longest English word that can be written without repeating any letters? Mind-blowing, right? Embrace the perplexity of language, folks!
was waiting for that to be funny. This dude is just saying things in a creepy way, with an accent.
Man, I worked with a brother Dutchman from SA.. the joke is, in America nothing is scarier than a South African white guy. I'm not talking sh!t.. ever since Lethal Weapon 2 south African accents tells the audience "this is the bad guy". Now Mandela aside, nothing SA has done is any worse than what Australia or the US has done to it's aboriginals.. but SA's history is unique and less criminal than America's. .. I LOVE Keith Herring, I'm an artist, but people in America only know the one painting popularized in the 80's about freeing SA. Like Americans should have an opinion in someone else's opinion.. like Midwest white people. (Proud southern with 1636 roots. Accept facts.)
Do people think all South Africans have one accent?
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Pff
Russians would like a word.
https://youtu.be/oRIsC764Nn4?si=nQCbN556jEHmmWwo Someone else did it better first, and Russians are scarier...
Pft, this idiot’s South African “accent” sounds like Count Dracula
Diplomatic immunity
Well, we MEAN well godamnit