A Quick Note
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A Quick Note
SPELLING
The books in the Trouble series use UK spelling. Words like aeroplane, colour, realise and defence are not spelling mistakes!
REGIONAL TERMS
Those who haven’t spent any time in South Africa may not be familiar with the following terms:
boot (of a car) – known as a trunk in the US.
matric – Grade 12, the last year of high school.
sisi – a Zulu word meaning sister.
slip-slops – the equivalent of flip-flops (you probably figured this one out already!)
digs – (informal) lodgings. In student lingo, this generally means a house shared by several students.
eish (pronounced AYSH) – an interjection used to express exasperation, shock, surprise, excitement, disbelief, and a range of other emotions.
1. ‘Eish, this heat is killing me.’
2. ‘You failed Chemistry? Eish. Not good.’
3. Girl: I’m pregnant.
Boy: Eish.
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