Post #45378
2025-12-09 14:04 UTC
Speaking of South Africa, what do people in the Eastern Cape call that large city? You know… that city that got renamed?
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@tourist@lemmy.world 2025-12-09 21:28
Come to think of it, I don’t hear about it as often as I probably should. Government officials, the news and people in other professional contexts call it Gqeberha, frequently struggling with the click sound, even when a “k” sound will suffice. Otherwise, I still hear people call it “P.E.” “Port Elizabeth” was still kind of a mouthful People I meet from the Eastern Cape just say they’re from “the Eastern Cape”, because unfortunately most people don’t know where Nxuba or Makhanda is. Hell, a lot of people think Gqeberha/P.E. is the capital city of the Eastern Cape. (Bhisho is the capital)