ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SOUTPIEL
Afrikaans, from sout salt + piel penis, implying that such a person has one foot in Africa and one in the UK, with the penis dangling in the Atlantic.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOUTPIEL»
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soutpiel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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My Life Growing Up White During Apartheid in South Africa
English Speakers Were Called 'Soutpiel' In the army all the English speaking
guys were referred to as soutie or soutpiel, meaning salty penis or salty dick. The
explanation goes as follows; you speak English and live in South Africa . One leg
is ...
Bokkie looked at JP in horror: – We gotta fokken soutpiel, JP! – Oh fuck, don't tell
me they have all thatRockspider/Soutpiel shit ... JP grunted noncommittally and
gave us a rundown on dormitory rules. We were to understand that he was ...
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The Malla Nunn Collection #1: A Beautiful Place to Die, Let ...
A tall colonel with muttonchop whiskers stood with his legs apart and his hands
on his hips. Emmanuel recognized him from Jolly's murder scene, where he lent
moral support to the uniforms. He was also the dictionary definition of a soutpiel.
'Soutpiel?' he enquired, with a jerk of his shining head at Cyril. Soutpiel is also a
South African idiom, but one that requires a more delicate explanation. Piel is
slang for a penis. Sout is salt. The Soutpiel is also known as the Engelsman, ...
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SNOWSHED SOLONETS+ SORBITOL SOUTPIEL SPANDREL SPECTRIN
SPITBALL ...
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An Underground Colony of Summer Bees
He was probably swearing about the benefits of soutpiel, Boer uncalmed
apprehensions regarding the swartgevaar, the meaninglessness of the toyi-toyi,
the dark savagery of muti, the ubiquitousness of the Uncle Bob syndrome in the
dark ...
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A Fisherman in the Saddle: Horse Medicine - Seawitched
In later years I would hear the expression soutpiel or soutie and discover its
meaning, to my great amusement, during my National Service in Oudtshoorn. It
was explained in graphic detail as a man whose allegiance to England was such
that ...
He said he hoped I wasn't going to turn out to be a 'Soutpiel,' a Salt Penis, with
one foot in Africa and the other in England, one's genitalia pickling in the mid-
Atlantic brine of confused cultural identity. I told him I would try to stay dry. His
vrau ...
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Africa Trek I, 14,000 Kilometers in the Footsteps of ...
But they were separated by those damned soutpiel,4 and I imagine that since he
didn't bring back the girl to France, he brought the song.” To celebrate this union
against perfidious Albion, we drink and sing late into the night, still waiting for ...
Alexandre Poussin, Sonia Poussin,
2008
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Geographies of Privilege
... this may explain why, in spite of the political changes he has witnessed in the
past thirty years, he remains “soutpiel” and largely untouched by these, and
untroubled by the social costs involved in the production of his everyday life.
France Winddance Twine, Bradley Gardener,
2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOUTPIEL»
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soutpiel is used in the context of the following news items.
South African Electro Night Afronauts launches in Clapham South
There have of late been nudges of a 'soutpiel revolution' in the London music scene. For the first time in over five years we can count on four to five South African ... «TheSouthAfrican, May 15»
Henrietta Rose-Innes on the relationship between humans and non …
So I suppose I'm experimenting with being a literary soutpiel, with feet in both worlds. But I do have another two years of study to go, and I'm sure things will shift ... «Books LIVE, May 15»
The Dancing Bear: Nick Frost realizes his secret rhinestone dream …
The Afrikaners call European whites soutpiel, which means salt cock. Because you have one foot in Holland, one foot in South Africa, and your cock in the water, ... «Austin Chronicle, Apr 14»
What Is Nelson Mandela's Legacy?
As we approached the next house, I heard in English, “Get that little kaffir out of here soutpiel!” We walked half a kilometer along the row of houses and, every ... «Forbes, Dec 13»
Premiering at Horrorfest this week are three South African horror …
It's surely the first teen-slasher pic in Afrikaans, or almost all in Afrikaans (the soutpiel talks English now and again), and it's as much a masterpiece of making a ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Oct 12»
Exil is geen exil meer
Het zijn schrijvers van het soort voor wie in Zuid-Afrika ooit de term soutpiel werd bedacht: iemand die met het ene been in het ene, met het andere in een ander ... «NRC Handelsblad, May 12»
Hey Dutchman! The dignity and self-discipline of the Afrikaner
I still have Dutchmen friends who call me soutpiel. I love it. They just don't get it: the enormous compliment, the delicious Freudian slip. One foot in England, one ... «Thought Leader, May 11»
You were right about Cape Town
... so I had to ask him about a salacious Afrikaans slang word you taught me way back when that I've always remembered: soutpiel. You explained that it literally ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Oct 10»
'Afrikaans niet alleen een koddig taaltje'
Soutpiel als omschrijving voor de Britse Zuid-Afrikaners, omdat ze met een been in Engeland en het andere in Afrika zouden staan (en hun piel dus in de zoute ... «NOS.nl, Jun 10»
Soutenir l'Afrique du Sud oui, mais comment ?
L'un des effets les plus salutaires de la fièvre ambiante est le “facteur soutpiel” : les gens sont libres d'être à la fois Sud-Africains et Anglais ou Sud-Africains et ... «Courrier International, Jun 10»