Cartoon: Hey OKES!

Often on Facebook I am accosted with atrocious spelling and grammar mistakes. I'm not even going to touch on the "hope your having a nice day" debacle - because their is so much of it, it makes my eyeballs bleed. But there is one common issue I would just like to highlight in this blog post. Please pay attention and if you are unsure about the word "oke" please skip to the bottom for a quick explanation:

Common Facebook misuse of the words "OKE" and "OAK"

No, boet, your making up stories again. 

... or maybe something a little woody, whatever your like.

AIKONA: popular saying used by okes who think you're nuts.

ACORN: popular nut used by seeding oaks.

It's tricky.

but not that tricky.

  

Yes, go lie down on you're oke bed, oak.

the end.

OKE: an informal South Africanism meaning "man" derived from "okie" the anglicized form of the Afrikaans word "outjie"  - little chap.

OAK: a tree, derived from the ground.

AIKONA: an informal South Africanism meaning strong negation/no/disbelief.

ACORN: that thing that comes from oak trees.

and you learned something too!

You're welcome.


edit: the grammatical errors in this post:
they're we're all intentional.