“mother country” or “motherland” is pretty common for descendants of European colonists/emigrees. I know Germans call it “fatherland” instead, probably the Dutch too
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lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks agoWhich is super weird in it self. I mean, do South African white people call their colonist nation their “Fatherland”?
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
So this is a newspaper about Europe, I see
kandoh@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
I think they call it the Volkstaat
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
FYI- South Africa is kind of unique in that it was settled by a ruling class as opposed to the normal dregs like most other places.
The maintained their close relationship to home and superior status to their slaves/servants much longer than other places.