LOCAL is LEKKER (amazing/enjoyable/preferable) | Abrie dink hardop
LOCAL is LEKKER (amazing/enjoyable/preferable)	Posted on 15 Okt 201626 Apr 2017 by Abrie Joubert	In South Africa we have an expression local is lekker. It is a true South Africanism as it is mixture of English and Afrikaans (and in turn derived from Dutch). In the culinary context lekker means tasty and lekkers mean sweets, but this expression is certainly not limited to food and is normally not used in a culinary context. It denotes anything enjoyable from your area be that the continent, country, province/state or town. It may be art, food, wine, clothing, people or places. The term is so generic that it can literally be applied to anything you enjoy or prefer (and at the same time it is so non-generic that its usage is limited to South Africa). There is even a website with advice to foreign travelers stating that South African English is lekker, explaining the influences of the native languages on English.
I travel regularly in South Africa. If you follow my blog or have seen my other contributions to the WordPress weekly photo challenge you would have noticed that this country has diverse and beautiful places and numerous amazing animals. I try to go to unusual places or try to capture the unusual in my normal environment. This week I am as local as can be as I am zooming into the front yard of my own home in a built up suburb, which is part of the greater Cape Town.
About a month ago I was fixing the irrigation system in my garden as it is becoming warmer in the southern hemisphere and as the plants and I have an agreement – if I give them H2O they will give me O2… I got quite a fright as one or other bird flew up in surprise. As I was focusing on the ground I didn’t even notice what bird it was, but I surely ended up being more surprised than the bird. More than 30 eggs stared at me! From the feathers I realized that it must be guinea fowl. Problem is this is not the only animal localized in this yard. The cats have not yet become aware of the guinea fowl as the nest is hidden from their view, but if those eggs should hatch!! Silly bird!! This week the camera lens focuses on the uninvited and invited animals at my home.
Miaau (the only cat in the world which can say his name) informs a spider that it isn’t welcome
Mattewis a well known Afrikaans cat name due to a children’s book
Nala should not be a threat as she is behind security gates
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43 thoughts on “LOCAL is LEKKER (amazing/enjoyable/preferable)”	I. J. Khanewala sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 6:52 AM	Africaans is close enough to German that I can try to cobble a sentence together: die eiers lekker lyk in die close-up
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 8:32 AM	😀 danke schöne. I understand what you are saying almost perfect👌 word order: lyk lekker
Antwoord	perdebytjie sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 7:13 AM	Jinne dis nou interessant!Hoe gaan jy die katprobleem oplos,Abrie?Ek is mal oor jou Staffy.Die foto van die tarentaal wat so loer,is pragtig,
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 2:39 NM	Baie dankie vir jou positiewe woorde
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 2:43 NM	Dina daardie opmerkind was nie vir jou bedoel nie (nie dat jy nie sulke woorde het nie!) noudat aar omtrent altyd tarentaal op my erf sit kom ek agter hulle is baie kleurryk. Gaan volgende week in opvolg kommentaar lewer oor die vrae. In kort ek weet nie!
Antwoord	perdebytjie sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 4:24 NM	Dis ‘n moeilike een.Dalk moet die pelskinders op ‘n manier weggehou word….stuur hulle met vakansie😜😄
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 4:44 NM	Kan ek nie eerder die die tarentaal Kaokoland toe stuur nie. Die blou drom sal haar nes wees!
Antwoord	perdebytjie sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 4:57 NM	Hahaa!Daar is net nie baie kos daar nie!Ek sien uit om te hoor wat jou oplossing gaan wees…haar miskien skuif na ‘n voëlpark of iewers.
scrapydo2.wordpress.com sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 9:46 AM	Dis nou heel opwindend. Sal beslis moet volg om die uiteinde van die hele dierelewe te sien. Mooi fotos alger regtig spesiaal.
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 11:48 AM	Dankie Inneke gaan volgende week opvolg skryf.Ietwat van kopseer.
Antwoord	HesterLeyNel sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 12:27 NM	Jou familie brei uit op ‘n baie spesiale manier. Broei hulle werklik soveel eiers uit op een slag?
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 2:45 NM	Wel hierdie een doen! Gaan volgende week meer vertel oor hierdie kopseer
Antwoord	Toortsie sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 4:04 NM	Dalk is due tarentaal “n goeie ma!
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 4:43 NM	Met die katte saam sal sy ‘n goeie special ops agent moet wees!
Antwoord	lisa@notesfromafrica sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 4:45 NM	Local is lekker! 🙂 I love coming across fellow South African bloggers. Nala is such a beautiful dog. Almost as pretty as our Staffie! 😉
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 5:32 NM	🙂 thank you good to come across fellow South African bloggers who are Staffie owners! 🙂 I will go and visit your notes
Antwoord	rondomtaliedraai sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 7:24 NM	Jy sal maar ‘n kampie moet aanlê Mooi fotos soos altyd
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 8:15 NM	‘n Kat dink nie veel van ‘n kampie nie en dit is nou al te laat om ‘n reuse omelet te maak.
Antwoord	rondomtaliedraai sê:	16 Okt 2016 om 7:28 NM	Sal hulle die nes los as mens dit verskuif? LikeLike
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	16 Okt 2016 om 10:32 NM	Antwoord later die week of eerder wonder saam met jou
Antwoord	Anne sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 7:55 NM	Dit is ‘n wonderlike portret van Miaau en die spinnekop!
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	15 Okt 2016 om 8:17 NM	Dankie Anne, Maar Miaau het egter nie gespin toe hy die spinnekop sien nie!
Antwoord	ddupl3ss1s sê:	16 Okt 2016 om 7:48 AM	Mooiste Fotos.. !!
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	16 Okt 2016 om 5:07 NM	Baie dankie gaan kyk na my seleksie van 10 fotos toe ons gaan Kruger het
Antwoord	Kameel sê:	17 Okt 2016 om 4:43 NM	Weereens mooi fotos vir ‘n amateur fotograaf!!! Wil sien hoe los jy diè een op.
Laat my sommer dink aan diè dag toe ek die tuinman opdrag gee om ‘n huismuur wat toegerank is terug te snoei tot op die’ grond. So halfpad gedoen toe kom vertel hy kan nie verder afsny nie want daar is “voeletjies’ (uitgespreek sonder die kappie op die e) se neste daar wat eiers in het. Toe sit ons vir maande met ‘n muur wat net halfpad toegerank is…… terwille van die voeletjies.
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	17 Okt 2016 om 5:19 NM	Professionele dank😀
Ek sal ook graag wil sien hoe kom ek uit hierdie een!
Antwoord	Net Ek sê:	18 Okt 2016 om 10:49 AM	Pragtige katties!!!!!!
Ag ek hoop rerig die eiers broei uit, hulle is rerig sulke oulike noenies!
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	18 Okt 2016 om 1:52 NM	Gedog jy sal die katte geniet.Om eerlik te wees ek hoop hulle broei nie uit nie (weens die pragtige katties)
Antwoord	Net Ek sê:	18 Okt 2016 om 1:58 NM	Ek verstaan sommer, want my straatkat en mynkat bring gereeld baba voëltjies wat hulle uit die boom gaan haal (geen opvoeding, die rowwe Jacks van my). En hoe raas jy? Dis dan hoe dit moet wees. LikeLiked by 1 person
Antwoord	Tina Schell sê:	21 Okt 2016 om 4:21 AM	A very interesting take on the challenge Abrie – love the close up of the eggs! Have the cats found them yet?
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	21 Okt 2016 om 8:11 NM	Touch woof fortunately not. The cats food is in a feeder but I open and close it (not free flow) as the youngest cat became too fat. Now my youngest daughter opens it continuously in the hope that will not have an appetite fr the birds!!
Antwoord	nice2beme sê:	22 Okt 2016 om 11:06 AM	Such an adorable post! Lovely animals and I just wonder what next happened to the eggs? I hope they brought to this world 30 wonderful birds =)
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	22 Okt 2016 om 11:32 AM	Thank you fot the adorable words.You know Lydiia it is good to keep a lady in suspense 😀
Antwoord	nice2beme sê:	22 Okt 2016 om 11:33 AM	Yeah, at least I could think about my own continuation of the story =D LikeLiked by 1 person
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	22 Okt 2016 om 11:37 AM	Next week I am writing an Afrikaans post about how the plot thickens but will give a you the gist in English. LikeLiked by 1 person
Antwoord	nice2beme sê:	22 Okt 2016 om 11:40 AM	Thank you LikeLike
seegogga sê:	26 Nov 2016 om 8:26 NM	Jy kan jou kat natuurlik dissiplineer. My katte het nooit my eendjie kuieketjies gevang nie – was net baie ief daarvoor om vir hulle te sit ek kyk En bekkie, my indiese ringnekpapagaaitjie vlieg vry in die huis rond. Die katte is baie geinteresseerd, maar ‘n eenboudig NEE! is genoeg om hulle weer te laat ontspan. Dit gaan nou al 11 jr so aan en hoewel ek atyd die situasie dophou, het ek al in die badkamer gekom en die papagaaitjie en die Sushi -kat saam op die wasbak gevind, albei ongedeerd. Si sterjte net die kleintjies. Stuur foto’s!
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	29 Nov 2016 om 7:37 AM	Ek het natuurlik al ‘n paar keer die opvolg hiervan begin en dan weer gelos… baie dankie vir die volg. Terloops ek skryf nie meer deesdae so baie nie (soos iemand anders…). Ek het ookal by jou gelees dat mense volgens die statistiek partymaal lees maar jy sal eerder wil hê dat hulle op ander plekke lees. As jy hierdie lees en jy lag nie kry jou jou geld terug… https://abriejoubert.wordpress.com/2016/05/21/die-dag-toe-tertia-in-n-man-verander-het/
Antwoord	seegogga sê:	29 Nov 2016 om 11:31 NM	het gelees en gelag en gereply
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	30 Nov 2016 om 5:40 AM	Dankie tog nou hoef ek nie die geld terug te betaal nie
Antwoord	the Author sê:	8 Des 2016 om 5:17 NM	Reblogged this on Wag 'n Bietjie.
Antwoord	Greta Lamfel sê:	22 Des 2016 om 5:50 NM	Hi there Interesting read and thanks for sharing.
“In the culinary context lekker means tasty and lekkers mean sweets, but this expression is certainly not limited to food and is normally not used in a culinary context. It denotes anything enjoyable from your area be that the continent, country, province/state or town. It may be art, food, wine, clothing, people or places. The term is so generic that it can literally be applied to anything you enjoy or prefer (and at the same time it is so non-generic that its usage is limited to South Africa).”
Antwoord	Abrie Joubert sê:	23 Des 2016 om 7:30 NM	Hi,Greta thanks for visiting my blog and taking time to accentuate what you enjoyed