Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Stuur groete aan Mannetjies Roux: House where Mannetjies Roux got his nickname

Mannetjies Roux got his nickname "Mannetjie" in this house
From Wikipedia Trivia: According to legend, he got his nickname (originally "Mannetjie", Afrikaans for little man) from a domestic worker, who apparently found his cockiness quite amusing. The "s" at the end was added only much later by his wife. The addition of the "s" is affectionate. During a conversation, Mannetjies referred to the house in Victoria West where he played as a young boy. The high stoep (porch) around the house made the domestic worker to warn him with “Mannetjie pasop dat jy nie daar afval nie” (Mannetjie watch out that you don’t fall down from there)

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