Stellenbosched

• by erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be

  Nice "South African" verb.

  Posted October 29, 2017 7:00 PM

• by ral104 moderator, scientist

  Never seen that before 😃

  I lived in South Africa when I was a kid and Stellenbosch to me is vineyards and cape-dutch architecture. Not quite sure how that would turn into being sent back to England...maybe it's a South African way of talking about retirement or recuperation. Do you know if Lt. Pennycuik was South African?

  Posted October 30, 2017 8:24 AM

• by erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be in response to ral104's comment.

  Don't know if he was South African, but I found this on the internet http://www.yourdictionary.com/stellenbosch

  Posted October 30, 2017 8:38 AM

• by cyngast moderator in response to erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be's comment.

  Interesting!

  Posted October 30, 2017 1:43 PM

• by ral104 moderator, scientist

  That is interesting - thanks for that, Erik!

  Posted October 30, 2017 2:37 PM

• by cyngast moderator

  This article on Wikipedia about General Aylmer Hunter-Weston https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aylmer_Hunter-Weston includes this comment: Hunter-Weston protested that he had not been “Stellenbosched” (a Boer War term for moving generals to unimportant duties back at the base).

  Posted November 5, 2017 1:11 AM

• by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

  (“Stellenbosched” (a Boer War term for moving generals to unimportant duties back at the base) -
  The more notoriously incompetent commanders used to be sent to the town of Stellenbosch, which name presently became a verb. 'To be Stellenbosched' meant to be demoted and sent back to base.

  Posted November 5, 2017 3:14 PM