#36 Wazungu

[nssmuckers]

The bit about Parker's run down the left flank had me rolling. Laughed my ass off when it happened live, glad it was brought up.

 

[Schoolboy'sOwnStuff]

#pedant

It's actually Mzungu. It's Swahili for ghost. East Africans use it as a term for white tourists. Had this for 7 months travelling down East Africa to South Africa over 8 months in 2004.

Also played football in Zanzibar, as it happens.

 

[Schoolboy'sOwnStuff]

And spent two weeks in Botswana, but didn't know about the Meat Men back then of course. ,

 

[Thelonious]

Google says different about wazungu..... Seems to be about 3 similar sounding words though

 

[tehTrunk]

#pedant

It's actually Mzungu. It's Swahili for ghost. East Africans use it as a term for white tourists. Had this for 7 months travelling down East Africa to South Africa over 8 months in 2004.

Also played football in Zanzibar, as it happens.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKFjWR7X5dU[/youtube]

 

[Schoolboy'sOwnStuff]

#pedant

It's actually Mzungu. It's Swahili for ghost. East Africans use it as a term for white tourists. Had this for 7 months travelling down East Africa to South Africa over 8 months in 2004.

Also played football in Zanzibar, as it happens.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKFjWR7X5dU[/youtube]

Nope. I was 28 and had been working in Australia for three years and was travelling back.

[edit]My gap year would have been '94 if I'd had one.[/edit]

 

[Schoolboy'sOwnStuff]

Google says different about wazungu..... Seems to be about 3 similar sounding words though

Definitely an 'm' sound.

Oxford Dictionaries: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/mzungu

However, noun forms can change quite a lot in the different Swahili dialects, so I wouldn't be surprised.

[edit]Looks like it means 'European', based on that, not ghost. I was always told it was ghost. Shows what I know! Maybe it meant ghost back in the day before Europeans arrived and then they used it to describe them.[/edit]

 

[Schoolboy'sOwnStuff]

The bit about Parker's run down the left flank had me rolling. Laughed my ass off when it happened live, glad it was brought up.

Somebody in the match thread said his missus had asked why Scott Parker doesn't just do the same but in the direction of the goal. Made me chuckle.

 

[Schoolboy'sOwnStuff]

Bloody good episode, mind. Dan and Tim were great guests. Away Days is fantastic.

 

[Coalhada]

Windy seemed strangely emotional during his segment this time.

 

[Flav]

Someone spilt his chocolate milk in the canteen. He had to destroy a family.

 

[Coalhada]

Google says different about wazungu..... Seems to be about 3 similar sounding words though

Definitely an 'm' sound.

Oxford Dictionaries: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/mzungu

However, noun forms can change quite a lot in the different Swahili dialects, so I wouldn't be surprised.

Wazungu is the plural.

 

[Schoolboy'sOwnStuff]

Google says different about wazungu..... Seems to be about 3 similar sounding words though

Definitely an 'm' sound.

Oxford Dictionaries: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/mzungu

However, noun forms can change quite a lot in the different Swahili dialects, so I wouldn't be surprised.

Wazungu is the plural.

Good work. Never thought of that

 

[tehTrunk]

Someone spilt his chocolate milk in the canteen. He had to destroy a family.

FROFL

 

[WindyCOYS]

Windy seemed strangely emotional during his segment this time.

I'd just recovered from norovirus!

 

[Randomitable]

I'd just recovered from norovirus!

Nice....

 

[WindyCOYS]

Just listened - I really liked Dan and Tim, they were both great. Totally disagreed with some of their football opinions though!

Especially Dan on the team shape vs Chelsea, and Tim on Adebayor, who I think has been one of our most important players this year.

 

[linnet_spur]

Just listened - I really liked Dan and Tim, they were both great. Totally disagreed with some of their football opinions though!

Especially Dan on the team shape vs Chelsea, and Tim on Adebayor, who I think has been one of our most important players this year.

Yeah, got to say i didn't agree with a lot of their opinions, same on twitter, but they seem top blokes.

 

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[Abbey Yid]

Only just got round to listening to this week's.

Rickipedia, just amazing.