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Posted by Lakey_Hill (U14391672) on Wednesday, 18th July 2012
It sounds like Gogo and Tata to me, and Ugogo seems to be Zulu for grandmother, but the Zulu word for grandfather appears to be Umkhulu. Am I just mishearing or misremembering the words? What are they, and what language do they come from?
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Posted by Organoleptic Icon (U11219171) on Wednesday, 18th July 2012
Southern Sotho - ntatemoholo
Setswana - ntatemogolo
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This seems a bit tenuous to me - and why would Phoebe use words from two different African languages? The only possibility that I could think of is if Michael and Delia are not the same tribe, but mixed black marriages are a bit like mixed white ones - the exception, rather than the rule.
I found Tata as a word for father in Xhosa and Xitsonga, but also from different languages to Ugogo (also sometimes spelled Gogo, it seems).
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Posted by Organoleptic Icon (U11219171) on Wednesday, 18th July 2012
Northern Sotho?
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Looks fascinating, but I don't have time to read a thesis at the moment ...
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'tata' is Polish for Father, although I suspect that is completely irrelevant. But then, given some of the cavernous holes appearing in the scripts recently, who can say?
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Posted by Tayler Cresswell - Host (U14232848) on Thursday, 19th July 2012
Hi Lakey_Hill
I'll see what I can find out about this - will post back when I hear anything.
Tayler
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Thank you very much Tayler - much appreciated!
It may seem like a small thing, but it might tell us a bit more about Michael and Delia ... And one or two people have been speculating.
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