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52. Clarence: Wilfred?
53. Suster: No, Clarence, Clarence, I am so gonna smack you. Um, toe stiek hy nou uit met sy [bəgΛ:З ]
hierso by, by {so he showed up with his baggage here at, at} Cape Town International,
verstaan jy {you understand}, en {and} its groot {big}. Hy moet twee trollies gebruik het
om sy [bəgΛ:З ] {baggage} tot by die check in counter te kry because hy’t (hy het ) ‘ie (nie)
gelees op die small print dit sé 20 kilograms per person, jy verstaan. {He had to use two
trolleys to get his baggage as far as the check in counter because he didn’t read on the small
print that it says 20 kilograms per person, you understand}Toe kom hy met sy 42 kilograms
aangestap en hy het betaal excess baggage. {So he came marching along with his 42
kilograms and he paid excess baggage} What’s it, 180? Jy’t (jy het) oek (ook) excess baggage
betaal {You also paid excess baggage}. R180 per kilogram ne, nou werk ’it {dit} uit vir
julle self mense {hey, now work it out for yourselves people}. Hy moet betaal het op en hy
moet betaal het af weer. {He had to pay up and he had to pay down again}
54. Clarence: Now what did he have in his suitcase?
55. Suster: Hy het ‘n {He had an} outfit .. twee {two} outfits vir elke dag {for each day}, matching
skoene {shoes} [laughter] matching skoene {shoes}, matching sokkies {socks}, um, uh, hy
dra ‘n hempie vir vier ure dan word dit uitgetrek en nooit weer gedra nie, verstaan jy {he
wears a shirt for four hours then it gets taken off and never worn again, you understand}. Um,
so {so}, um, en hy’s ‘n {and he’s a} boy. You know, you understand, he’s a boy. Ek kan
verstaan het as dit ‘n vrou gewees het, verstaan jy, dan moet jy {I could have understood if
it had been a woman, you understand, then you must} like, okay excess baggage, you know
but 22 kilograms overweight, verstaan {understand}? Um because he didn’t read the small
print that’s says 20 kilograms per person en hy’t sy [bəgΛ:З ] {baggage} ge-lug reg oor die
continent, verstaan jy {and he lugged his baggage right across the continent, you
understand}? Van {from} Paris tot {to} Amsterdam to The Hague to = =
56. Clarence: = = I hope this [bəgΛ:З ] {baggage} had wheels
57. Suster: No, his [bəgΛ:З ] {baggage} didn’t have wheels. Hy het dood kuste saam gebring, sukke
(sulke) groot swart goeters, verstaan jy {He brought dead-weight cases with him, such big
black things, you understand}? () Sommer in die kamers waar hy gebly het, as hy sy cases
ingesit het, dan moet hy plek soek vir hom oek (ook) om in te staan {Even in the rooms
where he stayed, if he put his cases in there, then he had to look for place for himself to stand
as well}. But, but, he was quite happy with his, with his, um, lugging his [bəgΛ:З ] {baggage}
around and so it didn’t mean anything to him except that he really had a good time, met, met
sy [bəgΛ:З ] {with, with his baggage} and all, verstaan jy {you understand}? He paid his
excess. He paid it with a smile. Hy het nie eens ge- argue nie {He didn’t even argue}. () I only
found out about this extra baggage toe ons in Amsterdam kom {when we got to Amsterdam}.
Toe sien ons, cos toe, toe ons onse trollies stoot, toe stoot hy maar SWAAR agter {Then
we saw cos when, when we were pushing our trolleys, so he was pushing far behind}. Toe
dink ek miskien, hy stoot baggage vir iemand anders ook toe sê hy, nee, nee, die is almal
syne {So I thought perhaps he’s pushing baggage for someone else, so he said no, no, it’s all
his}. Toe steek sy kop net so bo die trolley uit verstaan jy, because die baggage is so, so
hoog opgepak {So his head stuck out just above the trolley, you understand, because the
baggage is packed up so high}. But anyway. Ja, and so, daar was nou like goeters soes, soes
(soos, soos) wat mense nie nou gewoond aan is nie {Yes, and so, now, there were like things,
like, like, that people now aren’t used to}. Soes (soos) die {like the} hotel room key is mos so
‘n kaartjie, verstaan jy, wat jy nou insit {is a card, you understand, that you put in}, right,
wat jy nou in jou deur sit en dan draai jy die {that you now put in the door and then you
turn the} handle, dan maak dit die deur oepe (oop) {then it opens the door} and (). Mense is
gewoonde (gewoond) hotels en kaartjies, but, jy sien, jy kry die kaartjie wat jy insit, dan
ruk jy dit uit, dan maak jy die deur oop {People are used to hotels and cards, but, you see,
you get the card that you put in, then you pull it out, then you open the door}. Nee, die
kaartjie het sukke (sulke) punched holes in, dan druk jy dit in, dan los jy dit in en dan
maak jy die deur oop {No, this card has such punched holes in it, then you push it in, then
you leave it in and then you open the door}. En daar’s een van die passengers, daar’s een
van die, van die tour group wat ‘n hele tien minute gevat het {And there’s one of the