ananova newspaper s readers complain over let s have sex picture caption readers of an african newspaper have complained after a picture caption about jewellery contained the words let s have sex the mix up highlights the problems caused by the wide range of languages spoken in namibia callers to the namibian were angered by the use of the word tulumweni which translates roughly as let s have intercourse in the oshiwambo language it was used in a caption concerning people in the caprivi who use rings from the femidon female condom as jewellery according to the the namibian an activist involved in care for aids hiv patients spelt the word tulumweni for the journalist he intended it to mean you will see for yourselves in the siyeyi tongue one caller said the complainants should be considerate of other people s languages it is very clear that the picture was taken in the caprivi and that the word is from siyeyi it is not oshiwambo others indicated that various words might have different meanings in various namibian languages such as omakende an oshiwambo word for glasses which in siyeyi means testicles another word with a double meaning is tulikunde which in oshiwambo translates as let s talk but which in sisubiya translates as let s have intercourse the herero word for a hat is ekoli which is an oshiwambo word for a vagina story filed NUMBER NUMBER tuesday NUMBERth october NUMBER yahoo groups sponsor NUMBER dvds free s p join now URL to unsubscribe from this group send an email to forteana unsubscribe URL your use of yahoo groups is subject to URL 