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Fashion, beauty and animal loving language consultant from South Africa living in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Ever heard of Wrap Rage?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 6, 2013May 7, 2014

From Wikipedia Wrap rage, also called package rage, is the common name for heightened levels of anger and frustration resulting…

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ANC – Always Needing Cash? Always Nepotism and Corruption?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 5, 2013August 14, 2013

Below are spoofs of the South African Revenue Service (unfortunately shortened to SARS, ha ha)…

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Janet Joy

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 5, 2013April 24, 2013

This one is for my friends and family who live far far away – happy…

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  • Idioms

Fat finger syndrome

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 5, 2013March 3, 2013

Ever felt that your fingers were too big for your mobile phone? Dialled the wrong…

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Mixed Bag of Pretty Photographs

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 5, 2013July 30, 2015
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  • Southern Africa
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You know you are in South Africa when

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 5, 2013March 5, 2013
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Heard it through the grapevine

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 4, 2013March 3, 2013

I have been asked about this phrase several times recently. Apart from being a Creedence Clearwater…

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  • Animals

The Most Beautiful Horse in the World

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 4, 2013March 4, 2013

Ak Gez, the Akhal Teke perlino who was voted the most beautiful horse in the…

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South African English Part 2

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 4, 2013March 9, 2013

SOUTH AFRICAN ENGLISH CLASSIFICATION: Family: Indo-European Group: Germanic Subgroup: West Germanic VARIETIES: Black South African…

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  • Writing

Beautiful Song Lyrics

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 4, 2013March 3, 2013

If you listen to lyrics when you listen to songs and use them to help…

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