Ryanair’s South African Test Torn Apart by Afrikaans Language Board
- The Afrikaans Language Board has slammed Ryanair's decision to give South Africans a test written in Afrikaans
- The test is being used by Ryanair to determine if South Africans are really who they say they are using a series of questions
- Passengers who fail the test are not allowed to fly to South Africa, a challenge for many since many South Africans do not speak Afrikaans fluently
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A test given to South Africans flying home from England has gone viral after irate passengers were prevented from boarding their flights after getting some questions wrong.
The test is in Afrikaans and ignores the fact that most people in South Africa have very little knowledge of the language.
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Ryanair admitted that the test was a real thing and was being used to try and thwart non-South Africans using fake passports. However, the Afrikaans Language Board has taken exception to the test because its tarnishing the board's efforts to show the language as a friendly one.
There are also numerous errors in the test itself. The board has also queried why Ryanair chose Afrikaans out of the 11 official languages of the country.
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There is a historical precedent at play as well; the Sharpeville Massacre took place due to protests against the apartheid government's Afrikaans language policy, so forcing travellers to take the test in Afrikaans could stir up emotions according to News24.
Plane crazy: Woman chooses an aeroplane as a lover
Earlier, Briefly News reported that Sarah Rodo is not attracted to people at all, instead, she falls in love with objects and currently, she is in a relationship with an aeroplane, a Boeing 737 to be precise.
The German woman discovered her attraction to objects from the age of 14 and had tried to date two men before but did not feel the desire to cuddle or be intimate with them. Her sexual orientation is best described as ojectophilia. She feels strong feelings of love and attachment to objects and even gets intimate with them.
She has 50 replica models of the plane at home and has also identified a real plane as her partner and calls it "Dicki". She regularly takes flights around Europe on the Ryanair plane.
Source: Briefly News
