Has SA formally Americanised?

[Pints]

Browsing www.vw.co.za this morning when I noticed they're advertising the new Polo Sedan.

We always referred to 4-door versions as saloons and when sedan crept into use in forums a few years ago, I had something to say about it.

Now that Volkswagen are using the American termI fear it's the point of no return.

What's next? Choosing your favorite color and car with a trunk?

Edited by Pints on Sunday 17th March 13:37

[Pints]

Listening to SA news this morning, I noticed they're now pronouncing the letter Z as "zee".

[Pints]

Dave Holmes said:

I believe the English (in England) are to blame for the lowered standard of English in South Africa. In the bad ole' years, the performing arts world in England named "Equity", withdrew all English based programmes from South Africa, thinking that it would encourage English speakers, many of whom did not like the old regime in South Africa anyway, to add their voices in protest.
All that did happen however, is that in the vacuum of English based and English spoken programmes, our media was flooded with American accented presentations, which is all that South Africans now listened to ad nauseum.
This is why I say the English are to blame for our English in South Africa!

When did this happen?

[Pints]

rs1952 said:

I wondered how long it would take before Pints noticed that someone had started posting on the SA thread

(I've seen the other thread too, just thought the post didn't warrant a mention.)


Not to mention a circle vs roundabout.
And then there's the yogurt vs yoghurt pronunciation debate. A bone of contention in chez Pints.