What exactly is a charou?

A Charou refers to an indian . Mainly a South African indian in this case . The name charou is derived from
char a slang meaning brown . The term charou in fact is a slang in itself .

Typically Charou

We charous do alot of things that are unique to us . Our dressing , our way of talking . Our food . For
example a meal for a vetto will consist of A Macdonalds burger some chips on the side and a coke . But we
charous would prefer some thitha mutton curry and roti OR sugar beans and roti .MMMMMMm...Lucker
Chow !
We charous have our dressing . We will use our pringle shirts and have our flat tops . We have our boxers
underneath our Lee-Vi's jeans and a gonie in our back pocket
Our cars consist of V.W's and BMW M3's .No crappy Holden's or shit like that .We go to the Dragz every
Saturday night checkin the 20 inch rims and cabs . Hearing the growl of an M3 or the roar of a VW Jetta
( Love dem VR6's) / Golf ( Especially the Gti's )
Our accent is unlike any other in the world . We speak english , but very different from these vettoes . That
is the reason people have a hard time understanding me , here in Australia . Bugger them , I like my
accent and I am gonna keep it!
We charous have a lot of respect for adults , mainly our Mother and Father. No matter what we think of an
adult we respect and obey them . The biggest insult that u can tell a charou is to swear his mother . If you
do , consider yourself dead.
When we fight , we don't put our hands up and stand in a fighting stance . We just go wild . All you will be
able to see is a swinging of hands and legs .
Another thing about us indians is that we have thick bras{ friends} . And we stand for our bras . If one of
our friends get into a speech then we stand for them . If they touch him they touch us.
On get togethers we play darts and a game called Thunee . Thunee is a very complex game and you need
to use logic. Many fights have been over the game Thunee. This is because of the 4-ball rule. If a person
cheats then he gets 4-balled meaning he loses 4 games.
The tradition of hiding and smoking has been a long one (this doesn't mean I smoke). I know my father did
it {hid and smoked } , his father did it and so on and so on . The same applies with drinking .There is
always a family member who will supply you with dop in a quite style { this also doesn't mean I drink }

Another thing that is typIcally charou are the taxis . Each taxi has its own competition with the next taxi .
The things they compete against are the looks of the taxi , and more importantly the sound . In Chatsworth
you no if a taxi is coming if the windows are vibrating . The taxis are extremely loud in South Africa. . Taxis
are an important part of charou life though. These are the top taxi's when I left S.A.
!} Chicano's
2}Chuckie
3} Tiffany
4} Childsplay 2
5} The Senator
Well there you have it. Everything Typically Charou

My Hometown Chatsworth

Phoenix

Phoenix is similar to Chatsworth. Whatever you find in Chatsworth you will find in Phoenix. There is a
argument about which town has the most gangstas. I say Chatsworth because I am a Chatsworth 0.
Hey I may be wrong.
Damn, I miss Phoenix too.

Coconut Grove { Lugz }

Coconut Grove, also known as the Lugz is in Durban and is the best place to just pak. Whether you want to
smoke a zol, or just get pissed go to Coconut Grove . A peculiar thing actually formulated over the years.
At exactly 12 midnight everyone would start there engines and rev them for 1 minute
Shit , I miss The Lugz

Chatsworth Centre

This is a shopping complex were all charous come to shop. It has many shops like Poppat Lall Cara {For
saries} , C.N.A , Wimpy , Hub and Checkers . The most interesting thing about this place is the taxi rank.
Taxi's face off there to see which is the loudest, best looking taxi . Bugger K Mart, Woolies and Big W .
I miss Chatsworth Centre
Gateway

Gateway is the biggest shopping complex in the Southern Hemisphere of South Africa. I beleive Gateway
was a waste of time, money and effort. On a good day Gateway is not even 1/16 full. No one goes there
because the prices are too high. Its actually just a place to park, not to spend your money. Most people
from Umglhanga go to Gateway. Umghlanga is a place where there are mainly vettoes. What is special
about Umglhanga is a very special type of indians .I will not classify all the indians in Umglhanga to be
snobs because that is wrong. I know some lucker charous in Umglhanga.But the truth of the matter is
MOST of the indians there are up-class, holier then thou snobs. These are indians who are normally very
rich and are not proud to be indian. They act like they are whites. They talk like whites , use white terms
like lets hang out and cool man which really pisses me of. Be proud to be a charou.
I wish Gateway would just burn to the ground.
Fresh Prince of Chatsworth

Overlucker variation Of The Fresh Prince Theme Song

The Fresh Prince of Chatsworth
>>In Unit two Phoenix, I was born & raised,
>>In Vasu's game shop is where I spent most of my days
>>Chilling with my gaazie's & shooting black label
>>Cranking the mutton bunny chow's on the pool table
>>
>>When a couple of Bhadha's who were up to no good,
>>Starting causing trouble in my neighbourhood
>>I got in one little speech and my baalie got scared,
>>He said, You're moving to Boya Maama in Chatworth instead!!!
>>
>>I waved for a taxi, and as it came near
>>I saw Man United stickers, and empty quarts of beer!
>>The driver scoped me out and said, Where you vying Boss???
>>I chooned, Howzit ma brew ..... I'm vying to Shallcross!!!
>>
>>We pulled up to a Pozzie, I said, Driver ... shot for the ride
>>Pushpa Auntie was at the door, she said, Ayhoo ... come inside
>>I checked out my district ... I was finally at my abode!
>>It wasn't so bad ... there was another game shop down the road!!!

Durban English

>>INDIAN: SHOOT THE DOP SHARPGAME GUZZIE

>>ENGLISH: DRINK THE ALCOHOL QUICKLY
>>
>>INDIAN: I'M GOING CHECKERS CENTRE
>>ENGLISH: I AM GOING TO CHATSWORTH CENTRE WHERE CHECKERS IS FOUND(NOTICE THERE IS NO
SUCH THING AS CHECKERS CENTRE.)
>>
>>INDIAN: BRING THE DIS-TING AND COME.
>>ENGLISH: THIS IS WHERE MAJOR CONFUSION COMES INTO PLAY.
>>
>>INDIAN: HULL SHOOT THAT THING, MAN!
>>ENGLISH: HAVE A DRINK!
>>
>>INDIAN: WHERE DID YOU CLEAN YOUR PHOTOS?
>>ENGLISH: WHERE DID YOU DEVELOP YOUR ROLL OF FILM?
>>
>>INDIAN: WHY YOUR GANAH IS WHEEZING?
>>ENGLISH: WHY IS YOUR CHILD HAVING DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING
>>
>>INDIAN: WHATKIND WITH YOU?
>>ENGLISH: WHAT SEEMS TO BE YOUR PROBLEM?
>>
>>INDIAN :( AFTER A FUNCTION) ORGANISE A PARCEL THERE!
>>ENGLISH: GIVE ME A DOGGY-BAG.
>>
>>INDIAN: HEYMAKESHARP! (ONE WORD)
>>ENGLISH: PLEASE SPEED UP THE TASK YOU ARE PERFORMING!
>>
>>INDIAN: LE' VYE TO THE TEA ROOM AND DOP SOME MINDREL
>>ENGLISH: LET'S GO HAVE A SOFT DRINK AT THE TAKE AWAY.
>>
>>INDIAN: HEY CHECK THAT STEKKIE! LUKKA RIGHT?
>>ENGLISH: THAT GIRL IS QUITE BEAUTIFUL. DO YOU AGREE?
>>
>>INDIAN: I'M GOING HUBS
>>ENGLISH: I AM GOING TO THE HUB TO BUY SOMETHING(NOTICE AGAIN THERE IS NO SUCH PLACE AS
HUBS)
>>
>>INDIAN: PUT THAT THING SLOW
>>ENGLISH: MAKE THE MUSIC SOFTER
>>
>>INDIAN: I FEEL HUNDREDS AND ALL
>>ENGLISH: I FEEL FINE.
>>
>>INDIAN: YOU WANNA DALA ME?
>>ENGLISH: ARE YOU TRYING TO PICK A FIGHT?
>>
>>INDIAN: CAMEWAY EX'HE
>>ENGLISH: COME ALONG, NOW!
>>
>>INDIAN: AAAAAHHH?
>>ENGLISH: EXCUSE ME?

This is the slang used by us Charous .The slang is on the left and meanings are on the right.

lucker - nice
meet up - see you later
cherrie - girl
stekkie - girl
outie - boy
ou - person
lightie - child
garner - child
tune - tell / talk
whatkind - hello
vye - go
skrik - frightened
byzad - frightened
span - a lot of
dala - fight
speech - fight
moor - hit
smark - like
brew - brother
sissie - sister
ma - mother
bullie - father
cuzzie - cousin
dop - alcohol
skafe - smoke
zol - marijuana
bablaasted - drunk
cab - car
pozie - house
dos - sleep
charou - indian
bruino - coloured
vet - white
madher - good / nice / dumb ass / b#@%rd
boppa - tell on / told on
graph - work
Chassie - Chatsworth
Durbs - Durban
waarheid - for true?
waar - true
100's (pronounced hundreds) - excellent
knaar - smell
klere - clothes
swak - nothing / shame
cameway - lets go
red - angry
plek - place
crown - money
marche - money
shot - thanks
ex'he - used at the end of any sentence
28 - gay
morphe - gay
happy - gay
smiling - drunk
jol - party
bra - friend
chommie - friend
bly - live
march - walk
roti o / bread o - hindi person
porridge o - tamil person
slum o - muslim person
hot cross - christian
kickdown - run
soek - look
sny - look in a funny way
dagga - mud mixed with water / marijuana
number - song
jigga - fool around with
Charou Phrases
hit a march - take a walk
pull a job - steal something
dala a thing - do something quickly
organise a thing there - get something done
in a quiet style - do something in a quiet way without being noticed
catch a drop - fall
dala a move - do a trick
light a thing / pour a thing - organise the alcohol or cigarette