A KIND OF DOWN TO EARTH COMPUTER DICTIONARY FROM SOUTH AFRICA. (With thanks to Hamish Cochrane) For those from elsewhere,: a Boer is an Afrikaans ( S African Dutch speaking) farmer type, Braai is a barbecue, a Bakkie is a pick up, Oom is Uncle ( Afrikaans generic term for an older male) ,Checkers is a supermarket chain. Monitor- Keeping an eye on the braai Download -Get the firewood off the bakkie Hard drive -Trip back home without any cold beer Keyboard- Where you hang the bakkie and bike keys Window -What you shut when its cold Screen -What you shut in the mosquito season Byte- What mosquitoes do Bit -What mosquitoes did Mega Byte -What mosquitoes at the dam do Chip- A bar snack Micro Chip- Whats left in the bag after you have eaten the chips Modem- What you did to the lawns Dot Matrix -Oom Jan Matrixs wife Laptop- Where the cat sleeps Software -Plastic knives and forks you get at KFC Hardware -Real stainless steel knives and forks from Checkers Mouse -what eats the grain in the shed Mouse Pad -Where the mouse takes the grain it does not eat Mainframe- What holds the shed up Web What spiders make Web Site-The shed (or under the verandah) Cursor-The old bloke what swears a lot Search Engine-What you do when the bakkie wont go Yahoo What you say when the bakkie does go Upgrade-A steep hill Server-The person at the pub that brings out the lunch Mail Server-The bloke at the pub that brings out the lunch User-The neighbour that keeps borrowing things Network-When you have to repair your fishing net Internet-Complicated fish net repair method Netscape-When fish maneuvers out of reach of net Online-When you get the laundry hung out Off Line-When the pegs dont hold the washing up Blog - â shortened version of Braai log
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 17:24:42 +0000
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