Ons as mense is tog so verskillend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ek stap nou die dag die kantoor binne en s\u00ea ewe onge\u00ebrg \u201co, maar dit stoffies darem lekker hier buite\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
En \u2019n paar van my kollegas kyk my heel verward aan en vra wat beteken stoffies? Ek ek s\u00ea weer, stoffies, dit re\u00ebn so liggies man, en ek wil half vra waar bly julle dat julle nie weet wat stoffies beteken nie? Elkeen kom toe met hul \u201co, jy bedoel motre\u00ebn\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die ander keer weer toe s\u00ea ek \u201ckaantie\u201d en toe wil my een kollega ook weet wat beteken \u201ckaantie\u201d en toe moet ek eers stilstaan en lank dink hoe verduidelik ek nou wat \u201ckaantie\u201d beteken. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
En ek s\u00ea vir haar dis wanneer jy dink jy een resultaat gaan kry, maar dan kom dit heel anders uit, soos byvoorbeeld, \u201csy het gedink hulle is in \u2019n verhouding; \u2018kaantie\u2019 (intussen) is die man in \u2019n verhouding met iemand anders\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maar ek dwaal af. Ek kom tot die besef hoe divers Suid-Afrika is, ongeag alles waardeur ons as \u2019n land in die gesig gestaar word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ek met my Noord-Kaapse oorsprong en \u2019n diep Kaapse opbrengs werk nou met mense van onder meer Noordwes en Gauteng, en amper elke ander dag besef ons hoe verskillend ons praat en dinge verstaan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soos, ek sal miskien s\u00ea my familie is baie \u201congereken\u201d \u2013 weer eens moes ek \u2019n verduideliking gee, wat my \u2019n tydjie geneem het om by uit te kom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My kollega van Namakwaland het natuurlik geweet waarvan ek praat. Maar die ander nie. \u201cHulle is uit die wil uit,\u201d s\u00ea ek toe, by gebrek aan \u2019n beter idee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maar ek is mal daaroor, dit leer my meer oor myself en hoe ek praat, en hoekom ek so praat; dit is deel van my identiteit en dit wys waar ek vandaan kom en waar ek nou is \u2013 wie ek is, en my komvandaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die lae van dit wat my identiteit vorm, kom amper elke dag na vore, en elke dag se ontdekking maak my so opgewonde oor dit wat ek dalk weer oor \u2019n paar jaar in \u2019n ander tyd van my lewe gaan ontdek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hoe kimbies<\/span> ook nappies<\/span> is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ons raak so gewoond aan hoe ons goed doen, en dinge s\u00ea of praat, en neem dit as vanselfsprekend, maar dan kom ontmoet jy mense buite jou ras, geloof en oortuigings en \u2019n hele ander w\u00eareld gaan oop, maar nie net van wat jy van ander leer nie, maar soveel meer oor wat jy van jouself leer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ek hou van hoe ek praat; ek hou daarvan dat ek dinge anders as ander mense ervaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dit sou nie moontlik gewees het as ek nie in ons diverse land gebore is en grootgeword het nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Daar is \u2019n gesegde wat lui \u201csame, same, but different\u201d en in ons land se konteks kan dit uit verband geruk word, maar as jy kies om na die mooi te kyk, is dit eintlik bitter mooi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Soms het \u2019n mens net nodig om uit jou gemaksone uit te beweeg om te sien hoe ander lewe en praat en dinge doen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ek het net begin werk, en daar is alreeds so baie wat ek geleer het van hoe ander mense grootgemaak is teenoor hoe ek grootgemaak is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n En n\u00e1 hierdie ontdekkings kan ons xhouskrou-lag (\u2019n woord wat van my kollegas ook nie sal verstaan nie), want ons is \u2019n re\u00ebnboognasie so diep onder alles wat daardie prentjie wil verdoesel. 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