wikipedia
English
Etymology
Afrikaans: berg: mountain
Noun
en-noun
#(South African regional English) A homeless person in the Cape Town. So called because they used to live in the mountains.
#*"The man then joined a group of bergies sleeping near the police station and pretended to be one of them when confronted by the rangers. But he was betrayed by a long trail of perlemoen slime leading from the road to the bergies' sleeping spot."
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id1& click_id13&art_id=vn20050309113109163C843748 - 66k - Supplemental Result
Category: South African English.
ru:bergie
| 