South African English?

[A. Vine]

Paul Frank wrote:
>
> According to the Oxford Guide to English Usage (1993, p. 252), "just now"
> meaning in a little while is a peculiarity of South African English. South
> Africans also say "come there" when they mean to arrive and "wait on" meaning
> to wait for.

I have heard "wait on" (and I think I've used it) to mean "wait for", right here
in the USA.

> Other peculiarities of South African English are the use of busy
> as a progressive marker with stative verbs, as in "we were busy waiting on
> him" (from Afrikaans "besig"),

To be busy doing something is aomething I've heard and used as long as I can
remember. "She is busy paying the bills." or "He's busy fixing dinner."

Andrea