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@amandahawker Год назад

The reason why South Africans call traffic lights robots: Before traffic lights were introduced, traffic officers (colloquially referred to as speed cops or traffic police) would control the flow of traffic. When traffic lights were introduced in 1932, people called them "robot policemen" and eventually this was just shortened to robots. That's the history :-)

@nadinehoogenboezem4798 11 месяцев назад

We also say traffic cops

@pelomk9022 Год назад

Another name for Lollipops is Stalk(Stock) sweet or Stalkies in South Africa. The thumbs-up symbol is "sharp" in South Africa which generally means great/ok/sure. When we leave or are about to go or end a conversation we'd say "sharp sharp" with two thumbs-up.

@godsbabeborn-again5945 Год назад

When he said Kiff, I was like ALL other South Africans would have said SHARP! He really didn't represent us well right there.

@jonasmaseko9194 Год назад

I think its "stok" sweet actually. I believe its afrikaans for stick.

@ekinematics Год назад

As an African I'm laughing at how shocked they are to know that corn is maize. Here in Nigeria it is corn or if you wanna be book smart then Maize. In agriculture classes no one will say corn rather the more professional term maize will be used.

@MosesMatsepane Год назад

That dude was cappin', probably a small number of people in South Africa know what Kiff means. In fact Kiff is closer to something insanely derogatory, no one would ever say that. We say "Sharp" 👍 when we make that gesture. He got everything else right though.

@sinalofrance7591 Год назад

Kiff means cool, why would it be derogatory? Or are you making a very distant connection to the K-word?

@mehitabel6564 Год назад

'Kiff' was universally understood by everyone in the Eastern Cape when I lived there nearly 40 years ago. But language and slang moves on, so maybe 'sharp' is the current one.

@MosesMatsepane Год назад

@@mehitabel6564 Makes perfect sense. Every region has its own slang words, but at a National level, very few people know what it means.

@sarikehibbert2676 Год назад

Ek dag dit was net shap

@Arty047 Год назад

I Have never heard kiff

@obakengotlwaetse3440 Год назад

In Botswana we call traffic lights robots too🤣😂

@starfishstarfish5162 Год назад

Thats right 🇧🇼

@NightOwl_30 Год назад

The word maize comes from "mahiz" in the Taino language of the Caribbean. In Italian, corn is also called "mais". In Portuguese we call corn "milho" but we call cornstarch "maizena". So you can see maize is actually used in many languages. In fact, it's in the scientific name for it too, Zea mays. Now it's just a guess, but the South African guy calling it millies, I can see a similarity with the Portuguese "milho". It comes from the Latin for "thousand", indicating the amount of kernels in a cob. I'm a bit of a language geek.

@elodiej Год назад

We say maïs in France too😊

@kimuge5846 Год назад

Swahili is mahindi

@africanadage852 Год назад

@NightOwl_30. Pretty much all of Africa calls it maize but the small popcorn varieties are called just that, popcorn. Pounded dried maize is called Mealie Meal. We know South America is where mealies/maize originated as well as regular and sweet potatoes.

@cynthiadagama9303 Год назад

Nerd

@chanesy_ 9 месяцев назад

mais in germany

@mogp427 Год назад

Yep in South Africa we call it a robot, and corn 🌽 is maize

@GenericUsername1388 Год назад

Mielies

@Officially_sabby Год назад

Mielies not maize

@aaronf1078 Год назад

the American girl said McDonald’s can be dodgy not that it’s called dodgy, and Aussie girl said underwear is called undies, not that pants are called undies open yo ears guys😂😂 also it’s strange how Americans invented McDonald’s yet they all pronounce it wrong, the mc in McDonald’s is short for Mac not mick hahah

@TheDemouchetsREACT Год назад

Open your ears. We are saying Mac. You're hearing our accent. 🙄

@susanhope-hill8678 Год назад

I am glad you pointed that out about the dodgy - these two often don't listen properly before commenting and then just make themselves look silly. As for his "interpretation" of why it's called Maize (thinking it's Maze and it's because of the way it is planted)😂😂

@oarabiletshwagong1736 Год назад

In South Africa we also call a fuel station a "Garage"

@amandahawker Год назад

"Kiff" is white boy surfer slang so a lot of people might not know it, especially if they didn't grow up in a beach town like Cape Town. It's also a word that was more popular in the 90's than it is now. If something is kiff, it's cool, it's dope, it's nca. There's also a band that goes by the name, The Kiffness.

@Gunner_in_the_CDN_Rockies Год назад

If I'm not mistaken Maize is the actual original, but corn became mainstream because of popcorn

@DiamondPreston1234 Год назад

Us native Americans here in America also use the term Maize for corn. Just a fun fact.

@TheDemouchetsREACT Год назад

Thanks for sharing this! I think I've seen the name in stores, but I couldn't remember during the recording. We didn't know we had so many Native American supporters on the channel. You are the 6th person I am responding to just this morning. If there is anything about your culture you'd like for us to react to, what would it be?

@DiamondPreston1234 Год назад

@@TheDemouchetsREACT oh my I wouldn't even know lol but some fun information I suppose is I'm of the Choctaw Nation here in Oklahoma. Once you are born your parents can apply for a CDIB (certificate of degree of indian blood) card if you are of any native ancestry and that card ensures you can get free medical care and help with college tuition (here in Oklahoma at least). I don't live on a reservation or anything like that even though we have quite a few around the country (lol in all honesty my upbringing is probably pretty similar to yours and any other average Americans).

@TheDemouchetsREACT Год назад

Thank you for sharing with us. I learned about the certificate while studying law. Do any of your family live on the reservations?

@ffotograffydd 29 дней назад

Most countries call it maize (or their version of the word), the word corn to mean maize was specifically North American, but has spread probably due to US tv and film.

@oryanwynterz1736 Год назад

In South Africa candy on a stick we call it "StockSweet" and this 👍 we say "Shap-Shap" which basically means everything is well

@neomontja71 Год назад

In South Africa the thumbs-up we say Sharp sharp. I don't know the word he said. It's an Afrikaans word and I guessed used by few people but the majority use sharp. Yes the street light is Robot.

@TheDemouchetsREACT Год назад

Sharp sharp =good job?

@neomontja71 Год назад

@@TheDemouchetsREACT it means several things such as great/Ok/ sure and sometimes when you are leaving instead of saying goodbye you can say sharp. You are also correct you can give someone a thumbs - up and say sharp that would mean good job. You can also ask me how I am doing and I can give you a thumbs - up and say 'Ke sharp' meaning I am fine. It depends on the type of a conversation we would be having.

@lehlogonoloditshego9730 Год назад

😂😂 Because it is a robot, if you think about it. But I think the history behind it is that South Africa was one of the first countries in Africa to have automatic traffic control light, many just saw an amazing robot

@maraeacookson1573 Год назад

Rudisha from NZ most probably doesn't know that in Aotearoa/New Zealand the corn and maize thing is different. We have sweetcorn which is the same species of a maize but different variety. Sweetcorn is solely for human consummation where as maize though it can be used for human consummation it is only used as pop-corn after processing it but maize is used mainly for animal feed. And when you open the husk around a sweetcorn and maize you would be able to see a significant difference in the two varieties hence the reason people in Aotearoa/NZ will never buy maize to consume only sweetcorn. Chur from Tairawhiti, Aotearoa/NZ

@missyleaf9778 Год назад

Yep true that,glad you clarified that,I thought most kiwis knew this,but maybe not.. Also,maize,if left in it's husks to dry, is,or was often used in floral arrangements for the various mixed colors of the kernels..

@kagisomakwela1840 Год назад

Nooo buddy, lollipops are called: stock-sweets in South Africa! 🇿🇦😅😅.. a sweet on a wooden stock, get it? 🤣

@mehitabel6564 Год назад

As kids in SA we always called them suckers.

@NightOwl_30 Год назад

Lekker is definitely Afrikaans instead of English. Lekker in German and Dutch means delicious. Afrikaans comes from Dutch and Dutch and German come from the same language family.

@RoseBasemera Год назад

In Uganda we call it Maize too...

@mhlave2440 Год назад

Maize 🌽 is called like that from the native language, Taino (Mahiz), where the plant originated from (the America).

@ohteeseven7571 Год назад

this might be because I don't travel often but I've never used or heard someone call themselves a Saffa

@bandile21 Год назад

I live abroad and I’ve never heard any South African call themselves a SaFa....must be a white thing

@michmbolingaba7310 Год назад

Being also a French speaker, Corn/Maize is called Maïs (pronounce it Mayiss). Maize was borrowed from Spanish word Mahiz. Corn 🌽 is more used in the U.S. and in Canada. 🙏🙏🤝

@peterkotara Год назад

Maize and corn are closley related, however maize is typically feedstock for cattle and corn (also called sweet corn in New Zealand) is reserved for human consumption.

@blessingswilliams2989 Год назад

Vehicle repair shops "Garage" used to be at the Fuel filling station pre-1960 in most Southern Africa, South Africa maintained calling the place Garage while countries like Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana refer to the them as Filling Stations or Fuel Stations

@asandagumede8597 Год назад

“Turn right at the next robot”is kinda like saying turn right at the next traffic light

@corrinntwanzorikhotso6296 Год назад

The thumb up in South Africa is “sharp” or “okay” or “good”

@coryt8080 Год назад

She was saying the restaurants/locations can be dodgy; as in not good. Not saying they call it Dodgy.

@zinhle_dladla Год назад

Swimming pants for men in South Africa is usually called trunk pants no one says boards that man was lying

@Fauxkat69 Год назад

Remember the era of BVDs?

@zeenkosis Год назад

I think he grew up in a white beach town. Surfers usually use board shorts

@hanifleylabi8071 Год назад

Nobody in the UK calls it maize lol we call it sweetcorn as a general term or corn on the cob in the form it was in the photo. She comes out with all sorts of random stuff in other videos too.

@ffotograffydd 29 дней назад

In the UK we usually say maize because it is actually called maize. Corn is just the North American name for maize, but over time other, usually younger, English speakers have adopted that name for some reason, probably because we hear it on US film and television. Interestingly, despite the Australian in this video calling it corn it’s officially called maize in Australia too. We’ve had maize in Europe since the Spanish first colonised South America, and from Europe it spread to the rest of the world. In Spanish it’s called Maíz.

@isomario Год назад

Jamaicans abroad/diaspora are yardies/yaadies. We call Jamaica, the "yard" and people from yard are yardies. We no longer have McDonalds in Jamaica, no sure why. We say bathing suits or beach clothes. Candy=Sweety or bonbon. Great = bad! (You have to say it with an approving tone and also depends on the occasion) 💛💚🖤

@TheDemouchetsREACT Год назад

We just searched for your name and saw so many comments we missed. Catching up now!

@isomario Год назад

@@TheDemouchetsREACT Aaww... I sincerely appreciate the effort in going through all my responses. I was like what's happening with my notifications! LOL. Nuff love & respect Fam! I am definitely a Demouchets stan and will continue to support all your content💛💚🖤

@AngieSainty Год назад

In NZ, 'maize' is usually fed farm animals. We eat sweetcorn or as we say 'corn on the cob' :)

@kerrydoutch5104 Год назад

In Australlia the term banana hammock can be used for mens speedos as well. In case theyre covering more than just a little budgie 😁

@525569andrea Год назад

Maiz (pronounced mah-eeze) is Spanish for corn. It originated in Spanish islands of the Caribbean. They’re prob just trying to sound more posh by “pronouncing it correctly”, which ironically they’re not lol 🤷🏻‍♀️😆 oh well that’s how words get started I guess

@WarNeverChanges9191 Год назад

In South Africa we have a lot of words for corn we call it "Mielies, Maize or Corn"

@njabulomwelase9169 Год назад

No... in South Africa we call it StokSweets🍭 and Marshmallow is a Jub Jub

@mehitabel6564 Год назад

Jub Jub! I love that. It sounds like it feels.

@njabulomwelase9169 Год назад

@@mehitabel6564 😂😂💗even when you chew em you be like Jub Jub☺

@bonganisamuelthwala7520 Год назад

Lollipop is called "Stick sweet" here in South Africa, nobody says lollipop damn...

@susanhope-hill8678 Год назад

If you look on Wikipedia you will see that Maize is the correct term for what the Americans and Australians call Corn. The British also call it Corn nowadays but the term Corn in Scotland and Ireland also encompasses Wheat and Barley and sometimes oats.

@bulkheadineededthat1314 Год назад

I'm a Kiwi and I call it Macca's

@njabulomwelase9169 Год назад

And in South Africa 👍is Sharp

@godsbabeborn-again5945 Год назад

Period!

@AGirlNamedVan Год назад

lol we dont say kiff in south Africa . that's old . although The Kiffness is an awesome music group. why didn't he say lekker . we say that more often than not

@AhsokaTano36BBY Год назад

We say Mais in dutch.

@TheTerkzzz Год назад

Same in most of Europe.. I am from Estonia and we also call it mais.

@Nyakes1 Год назад

Hello family. My comment is not related to this story but to the mother in the family. She advised that we shouldn't watch what we don't like/love. I think I understand why. I want to tell you , my family, that you are forever loved, here in the rainbow country of South Africa. A day never passed without watching you.

@kagisomakwela1840 Год назад

Nooo buddy, thumbs Up is for reference of 'Sharp-Sharp' all is sharp and good! 😅🤣

@christinecoombs3536 8 месяцев назад

Sweet corn is a variety of the grain maize.

@r.s1681 Год назад

In French corn is "maïs"... It's maybe why

@big1ne Год назад

The SA one is tough because there are so many cultures here and my guy represents the Afrikaaner side. If they had like a Venda, Xhosa, or any other culture, the answers would be a bit different.

@blessingswilliams2989 Год назад

Maize is used for dent corn and sweet corn, only popcorn would be referred to as Corn.

@siyabulelamdlazi608 Год назад

I hate how white South Africans don't know our language , now everyone will think we all talk like this.

@mlondigcaba1394 Год назад

Some of the words from the South African dude are from Afrikaans, like the word SAFFAS, it was the 1st time hearing it

@ladyvrega2670 Год назад

Saffas are South Africans in Diaspora. He’s right

@ianengel Год назад

Afrikaans people don't say saffers it's an English thing

@leafrika6520 Год назад

First time hearing SAns being called Saffas and I'm shocked having been abroad myself

@perryaddaewinkle7322 Год назад

We call corn maize or just say corn.

@jobe1888 Год назад

Lol actually American and UK English is very different. 😂

@lynettedaicos8956 Год назад

There are seven states and one Territory here in Australia and our accent differs to. Please learn more because that young women does not represent Australia...

@simroysten7963 Год назад

What are you planting : maize and padi. What are you eating sweet corn and rice.

@anthonyadverse4449 Год назад

Austraya... we call sweet corn, corn... maize is usually stock feed..

@starfishstarfish5162 Год назад

In Botswana we say sneakers or turkeys but turkeys is old school We say robbots too We say sweets not candy, the ones on the stick are lollipops We say mealies or maize not corn The thumb up meana yah! Or we put up our thumb like and say sharp or show agreement without saying a word

@joesola5225 Год назад

As a New Zealander we say Churr bro wanna go grab some maccas 😅

@bigheartedbadguyy Год назад

Nah guys the Guy From SA is capping

@saneleqondani4275 Год назад

The word corn or maize these are all called common names, but scientificly it's called Zea meys and I think the word maize might have be derived from there.

@35478 Год назад

Kenya too we say maize, swimming costume, the back of a truck is trunk here in the US but for us we say "boot" so i was lost the first time i said boot people looked at me crazy like what the hell is that then my mum said to say trunk😂😂😂

@whymeeveryone Год назад

I know what you mean by big Country. I live in Australia and I haven't even been to Queensland and Tasmania.

@andrewfolkard6347 Год назад

Maize is a crop of corn

@peterkotara Год назад

In south Africa we call them a robot. I would not have known this if it hadn't been for this fantastic Die Antwoord music video, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AIXUgtNC4Kc.html (this link skips straight to the robot part)

@enardski-nardski303 Год назад

Filipino word for Corn is Mais spanish is same i think

@bigheartedbadguyy Год назад

Stock sweet the guy from SA lies

@Ngatikahu-aka-panbadass 11 месяцев назад

In NZ maize is for cows and corn is for people its not so sweet and more fibre

@heathcornbeef 10 месяцев назад

Mac D's cardboard with cheese

@NaniMK1 Год назад

mans just pulled up there to cap. some things were true but what is a Saffa? who says that?

@godsbabeborn-again5945 Год назад

Or Kiff 😳 we ALL say sharp, right?

@TheEmancipatingPoet Год назад

Posh in The UK are the rich people, similar to the Royals in terms of class

@anewjourneywithbertie5290 Год назад

Maize is French for corn 🌽

@DiamondPreston1234 Год назад

Isn't it cool how we are from two separate nationalities with no interaction and have the same word for something? Native Americans also use the word Maize for corn and we called it that way before the English even settled here.

@mhlave2440 Год назад

@@DiamondPreston1234 The reason we call it Maize is because the Portuguese took it from the Americas and brought it to Africa and Europe together with the name. The plant is not indigenous to our region but over the centuries it has become our staple food.

@DiamondPreston1234 Год назад

@@mhlave2440 are you trying to educate me or her lol. I assure you I know why us native Americans call it maize and not corn. I just didn't know if you meant to type my name or hers in your comment. As I said, we have called it maize since before Europeans came to America and called it corn.

@xrand0mx Год назад

kiwi chick missed a golden opportunity to introduce everyone to 'skux'. maximum disappoint.

@trinaroach2832 Год назад

Budgie = Parakeet...

@Kaha-ow1xt Год назад

Budgerigar - it's a type of parrot

@thevannmann Год назад

@@Kaha-ow1xt Budgerigars are also known as common parakeets in other parts of the world. Budgerigar is the Aussie name for it.

@DriveWheels Год назад

Safas??? Lol that aint not south Africa

@heathcornbeef Год назад

Yeah Nah us kiwis are the only people who can spoke England properly chur chur maybe maybe not couldn't say for sure

@TheDemouchetsREACT Год назад

Maybe, maybe not lol

@heathcornbeef Год назад

@@TheDemouchetsREACT kia ora hello from Aotearoa new zealand my friends how are you doing? Hay one thing us kiwis like is to take the piss out of each other and especially Australians BUT THE GOLDEN RULE IS YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT TAKEN FROM YOU WITHOUT HAVING A TODDLER TANTRUM IT'S ALL IN GOOD FUN AND IT'S ONLY NOISE DOESN'T GIVE YOU CANCER OR A BLOOD NOSE UNLESS YOU REACT BADLY AND GET INTO A BIT OF BIFFO which takes all the fun out of taking the PISS

@zinhle_dladla Год назад

Spoke or speak 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@heathcornbeef Год назад

@@zinhle_dladla we spoke England properly like a wheelie bin 🤪😜👍

@heathcornbeef Год назад

@@zinhle_dladla I've met English people including my dad and i don't understand how our language is named after them it's dam near impossible to understand a word that comes out of their pie holes apart from its too hot! it's not warm enough! Too cloudy! Too much sun!!! moan moan moan and that's how you know an Englishman is HAPPY IF HE'S HAVING A MOAN ABOUT SOMETHING. WARNING IF HE IS WALKING TOWARDS YOU WITH A SMILE RUN RUN FOR YOUR LIFE THAT'S A MENTALLY DISTURBED VERY UNHAPPY ENGLISHMAN RUN DON'T LOOK BACK RUN YOU FOOL RUN

@makeracistsafraidagain7608 Год назад

It’s called *MAIZE* in most part of UK and Africa..

@adamriley3030 Год назад

i say corn or sweet corn

@hmmmyeahnahdoh823 Год назад

USA = Bathing/Swim Suit, UK/SA = Swimming Costume, AU/NZ = Togs 6:49 NZ Advert: Trumpet Ice Cream - Simplifying Summer - Togs or Undies? Tip Top Ice cream asks how far from the beach togs (Speedos) become undies? New Zealand v Aussie kids... Togs, Togs, Togs..... Undies, Undies, Undies (Underwear). ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h-Lx2ihpGbc.html

@thevannmann Год назад

Togs are only used by other NZers in Australia or in Queensland. Elsewhere they have other names.