In Walmart today, I saw a guy wearing a very unusual T-shirt. It said “Rhodesia,” and it had what looked like the Rhodesian coat of arms.
I talked to him briefly, and he was originally from there. His accent was one that I’ve never heard before.
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I’ve met some Rhodesians. They’re South Afrikaners now, but I’m not sure how long that will last before they’re displaced again.
I work with a younger Zimbabwean. It seems like the Rhodesians could have saved themselves a lot of trouble if they’d just stuck it out. Or maybe not. Hard to tell, given the stories he tells. Sometimes I can’t believe this is the 21st century, actually. Or maybe the calendar is different in Zimbabwe, and it’s not the 21st century yet.
I suppose it says a lot that this brilliant engineer worked in the UK and now for us in the USA.