LL-L "Help needed" 2002.12.06 (10) [E]

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From: elsie zinsser <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Help needed" 2002.12.06 (05) [E]


Hello John Feather and all,

The correct form is "takhaar" and means wild stick-like hair.
It denotes a low-class good-for-nothing person.

The word originated in the 60's.

Groete,
Elsie Zinsser

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From: john feather <johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Afrikaans?

John Buchan's novel "Greenmantle" contains the word "taakhaar", which
presumably from the context is of South African origin and means something
like "low, ignorant person". A search on AltaVista has revealed no other
source for the word. Can anyone enlighten me as to the exact meaning?

John Feather
johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk

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