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No language in history has ever dominated the world quite like English does today.

Until fairly recently, the history of English was very similar to that of other global languages: it spread through a combination of conquest, trade, and colonization. But then, at some point between the end of WWII and the start of the new millennium, English transformed from a global language to a universal language.

So, do we still really need another ‘world language’? I think English is ready to take that position but is the world ready for that?


It's a fact, even the half bell can make himself understood in English.

We are often exposed to profiles of people who do not exist. This is nothing new. Fictitious characters can be created at will and many historical figures that we hold in the highest regard today, may never have existed. With the truth buried in the debris of the past, we may never know.

Historians are yet to give a real-life identity to an outlaw known to us as Robin Hood. Over a period of 140 years, conflicting stories portray him as either a nobleman or a commoner. Legend has it that he robbed the rich to give to the poor but methinks he robbed the rich because the poor had nothing worth stealing.

Records show that a William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and that he became an actor. Without university training, there are doubts that he wrote the famous plays. It is more likely that he was a fictitious character to represent a group of playwrights. Even some quotes attributed to him, cannot be verified. One of the most famous, “Expectation is the root of all heartache”, is also in doubt. There is no evidence that he ever used those words.

Lao Tzu, who is seen as the father of Taoism and a peer of Confucius, is said to have lived during the sixth century BC, but modern historians believe he was a fictitious character used by a group of philosophers.

Lycurgus is credited with introducing a code of laws that turned Sparta into a military power. The Spartans did not record their history in writing and historians are not convinced that he ever walked on this planet.

William Tell became a Swiss folk hero when he shot an apple on his son’s head with his crossbow. There are no such names on record and the story was probably imported from Scandinavia and adapted to local conditions.

The Greek writer we know as Homer is believed to have lived between the 8th – 12th century BC. Uncertainty has led to the believe that he too was a fictitious character created to represent a syndicate of authors responsible for The Iliad & The Odyssey.

King Arthur is said to have led the defense of Britain against the Saxon invaders during the 6th century AD but he is first mentioned some 400 years later. It is also said that he single-handedly killed 960 men. A bit thick for a dollar!

Sun Tzu, author of ‘Art of War’, who is said to have turned a bunch of courtesans into an elite fighting force by beheading two of them, is believed to have lived in feudal China between 771 and 476 BC. Modern historians doubt it if he ever existed. I would also have developed into a fierce warrior with a sword hanging over my head.

John Henry became famous as the slave who beat a steam-powered drill in a race to complete a tunnel. There was a John Henry but there is no evidence that such a race ever took place.

Pythagoras probably never existed and if he did, he stole the work he took credit for. The Egyptians were aware of the theorem that bears his name one thousand years before his time.

So, what is fact and what is fiction? I don’t know but I do know that fictitious characters are born every day and some of them live long enough to scam a lot of people.


A great day to all af you.

Hello everyone. Hope you're well during this global lockdown. I think it's PLANDEMIC because of some observed circumstances.

January , I went to visit a friend in Thailand. I was surprised to see a huge box of face masks at the counter of FamilyMart located near the lobby of a popular hotel where there's no hospital nearby. In Manila where I have reunion with my American relatives, taxi drivers told me about an epidemic in China that they avoid Chinese tourists. It's known before the country's New Year, 5,000 Chinese from from Wuhan were allowed to travel around the world. The first death outside mainland China was in a Philippine hospital.
Local journalists and whistleblowers vanished
and the government is silent over disappearances.

Although WHO was informed, the crisis was not addressed
punctually ( waiting for China's instruction?)!
How do we know if China pays these big bosses of world organizations? Wuhan was granted 3.7 million dollars ( research and bio engineering of a virus?) through Dr. Fauci during Obama era and in 1917 he stated " a challenge on infectious disease... there will be a surprise outbreak "! So this was forseeable 'coz they were making virus? Take note of the last US-China Trade Deal signed last year, there's this clause that if there's a kind of pandemic, they will not honor the country's commitment.

This is more difficult than war because the perpetrators hide and we don't see the weapon they use. The one who spreads fear have power and ignorance is best for these evil tyrants to succeed. So good results for them would be mandatory implanted microchips in the skin to access not just info on the compulsory vaccination every year but also all elements to control us. These immunizations may make us weaker and dumb to think and protest against the New World Order agenda. Everybody will be busy listening and following their propaganda. Capitalism could be abolished and no democracy, freedom, democracy or liberty for anyone. Remember head of organisations and past presidents mentioned New World Order. One can read books on NWO, it's not a conspiracy theory.

But still of course, we hope for the best. Stay strong and safe. Love and light to everyone.

Who thinks if Joe Biden has a cure for cancer, then he should share it whether he is elected or not?

That jarred is so sick and very twisted person

Some people can really talk in circles!

Yesterday, when I fetched my father from the eye-clinic, I was a few minutes early and decided to nip into the nearby off-sales to replenish my brandy supply at home.

The fella ahead of me took his time unpacking his trolley while talking to the cashier without stopping once. Eventually he had unpacked the contents of his trolley; a bottle of vodka, 2 bottles of fortified wine and 4 six-packs of beer. He then asked the cashier for a carton of cigarettes which was placed on the counter next to the contents of his trolley. And he was still yapping all the way. Actually, I envied him, I’m not good at smalltalk.

Then he leaned back to where I stood next to the sweets display and grabbed two chocolate bars, slightly bumping into me in the process. He looked at me apologetically and said: “Sorry man, I almost forgot about these. This is my only vice. Sweet stuff.”

I pointed at his other purchases and asked: “Then how about that?” He laughed sheepishly and said: “Aag man, you know what I mean.”

I was at the verge of telling him that I don’t know what he means, but by then I was pressed for time so I just smiled and shook my head knowingly… but I still don’t know what he meant. Was he trying to tell me that alcohol and tobacco are not vices?

But then I suppose the contraband could have been for his wife.


May you enjoy this day!

I have cancelled the rest of my day due to a lack of motivation and a surplus of headache. But what a day it was! I even danced and that is a very rare event. And today I’m looking for a dark corner where I can curl up to ‘rest’ my ‘tiredness’ away.

The day did not start well. I woke up much earlier than planned, my stomach did not feel too well and I had an acute need to take fruit salts but I could not bring it anywhere close to my head. It made too much noise and once the noise stopped, it was flat. I wonder what caused the headache; maybe I did not sleep enough. It could not have been the fish; it has never done that before. But I felt much better after a nice fatty breakfast. Bacon, egg and sausage never tasted better.

Of course, I ended up grilling the fish, as is the custom around here. Apparently handing in your birth certificate does not help. Birth leave is only given on the day you are born and not on the anniversaries thereof. Those are normal working days; or so it was explained to me. I should have smelled a rat when everybody suggested fish for yesterday. This is the kind of friends that I have.

The worst of it is that the real party (for the family) is only coming up this Saturday and it became a triple event now because my late brother’s daughter had her birthday last week and my sister is having hers on Thursday. I wonder if I can still withdraw at this late stage, I’m getting too old for this.


I hope your day is better than mine.

Yes, I am a typical South-African male and Afrikaans-speaking on top of it. The story that we like to keep our women barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen is utter nonsense and classifies under hate speech. It is an insult to both our men and our woman. No woman with any self respect will allow such abuse.

While I don’t deny that there are still men who think that way, they are a minority and in no ways restricted to South Africa. You will find them in the East, in Europe, the USA (where the saying was born), and everywhere else. Generally speaking, South Africans are rational, kind, hard working, hospitable, and deeply religious people who maintain high moral values. Yes, we made our mistakes but we mended our ways and we are trying hard to redress the injustices of the past. But as with all other countries, you do get the exceptions.

Don’t allow the hate speech of irrational and/or deranged individuals to cloud your vision of South African people. I’m proud of what I am and when somebody continuously try to belittle my nation, my ethnicity, my gender and/or my person, I’m bound to react rather unkindly. Those who constantly soil my blog with their caustic comments, without ever adding something positive, will testify to this.


Have a great weekend, will you?

Well I’ve got news for you. You’re not smoking. It is the cigarette that smokes. You’re just the sucker at the other end. You’re the one with the foul breath; the one with ash all over your desk; the one with the stinking room and the smelly curtains. You are also the one who, in all probability, is going to die of emphysema.

Yes, I know that you can’t do anything with nice set pink of lungs in your grave, but what will two coffee bags help you until that time? And yes again, I also heard that one about smoked meat lasting longer than other meat but let’s face it, that is exactly what you are going to end up as… dead meat.

Smoking first became popular a few hundred years ago. In 1612 John Rolfe was the first to cultivate tobacco on a commercial scale. Social smoking, as we know it today, became popular during the nineteenth century and was said to be “totally harmless”. It was even prescribed by some medical practitioners to “calm the nerves”. This, certainly, must have been the misconception of the century.

We all know the consequences of smoking today. The problem is so bad that cigarette manufacturers are forced to print warning messages on their products and insurance companies offer reduced premiums to non-smokers. I am absolutely convinced that tobacco (and therefore smoking) would have been totally banned if it were not that so many people were employed by the tobacco industry and for the fact that governments earned so much revenue in taxes!

Methinks that if we were made to smoke, we would have been created with chimneys on our heads!


A great Monday to you.