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You likely know by now I’m supposedly a “bad communicator”, because I keep on using words in ways that you, the reader, are not used to. (Or as you might say, “incorrectly”. Whatever.) For example, especially when dealing with atheistic material, I love using Biblical language. This is likely to make you hopping mad. Cool! [...]

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A large number of South Africans spend a year or two in London after their studies. A large subset of these South Africans speak Christianese. In a strange land, away from home and friends, often the first thing they do is to find a church catering for South Africans, in particular usually one catering for [...]

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Why must we always call a horse a horse? What is wrong with calling it a perd when talking to an Afrikaans person, a paard when talking to a Dutch person, a cheval when talking to a French person, and a knight when playing chess? I don’t like the idea of forcing everyone to speak [...]

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I may drop back down to one post per day, I have a little “consulting” job that has a steep deadline. Today I heard a story of a family that was torn apart. Kids still in school, the father left the mother for another man. Apparently the one child heard at school that her “daddy [...]

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It has been a long time since I went to watch a movie. What a choice we made. 30 Days of Night. Horror. I’m not sure I’ve ever watched a horror movie on the big screen. It was horrifying.

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The word “Gospel” has become a swear word in certain circles. What a pity. Let’s rather talk about “Good News” then. What this world needs, is good old-fashioned, nay, ancient, evangelism and missionary work. Yes, you read that right. Evangelism and missionary work in the style of the pre-colonial, pre-modernistic era. Missionaries that understand the [...]

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My good friend Johan Swarts has summarised the situation brilliantly: Reg. Noudat die meeste stof rondom arme Deon Maas gesak het, werp ek graag my eie stuiwer in die armbeurs oor dié lamlendige situasie. As jy, liefste leser, een van die mense was wat hom uitgekryt het as ‘n voorstander van Satanisme en / of [...]

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You may have heard the writers of e.g. The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are on strike, because Viacom are unable to make up their minds if their Internet Content is worth $0 or $1,000,000,000. So here’s a video clip to help people survive this drought of new Daily Show and Colbert Report content [...]

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Ek hoor vandag vir Riaan Cruywagen praat van “twintig-vier”. Soos in, hierdie jaar is die jaar “twintig-sewe”. Uiteindelik verstaan ek hoekom Afrikaans/Nederlands daardie lomp agterstevoor manier het om van getalle te praat. Die arme Engelse kan nie praat van die jaartal nie. “Twenty-seven”, “twenty-four”. Haha, die Engelse is n00bs, hulle taal is nie “Y2K-compliant” nie! [...]

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