South Africans (Sef Efrikans) talking computers: Monitor- keeping an eye on the braai (braai = BBQ) Download- get the firewood off the bakkie (bakkie = pickup truck) Hard drive- trip back home without cold beers Keyboard- where you hang the bakkie and bike keys Windows- you shut it when it’s cold Screen- you shut it in mosquito season Byte- What mosquitoes do Bit- What mosquitoes did Megabyte- what mosquitoes at the lake does Chips- bar snacks Micro chips- what’s left in the bag of chips Modem- what you did to the lawn Dot matrix- Oom Jan Matrix’s wife (Oom = term used for odd old guy we all know “Old Uncle”) Laptop- where the cat sleeps Software- plastic knives and forks you get from KFC Hardware- real stainless steel knives and forks Mouse- what eats the grain in the shed Cursor- the old bloke that swears a lot Search engine- what you do when the bakkie won’t start Yahoo- what you say when the bakkie finally goes Upgrade- a steep hill User- the neighbour that keeps borrowing things from you Network- when you have to repair your own fishing net Internet- complicated fishnet repair method Netscape- when fish maneuvers out of reach of net Online- when you hang out the washing Web- what spiders make Website- the shed or under the veranda Mainframe- what holds up the shed Server- the person at the pub that brings out lunch Main server- the bloke at the pub that gives you beer You see how computer literit… litarite… literite… litterrit… dammit – you see how we know computer hey?
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 07:14:03 +0000
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