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Langa 21: All of them are stigmatized as uncouth countrymen, iibari, by the townsmen proper, but the stereotype of ibari is the flashy young man, aspiring to ooMac. [Ibid.] 130: The members of the choirs [...] belong to the ‘respectable’ section in the flats, rather than to the iibari. Langa 22: The townees or tsotsis are also called ‘location boys’, ooclever, bright boys, and spoilers, after a gang which terrorized Alexandra Township in Johannesburg. Langa 23 : He uses a mixture of Afrikaans and Xhosa slang – indeed the language of the tsotsis in Johannesburg, mensetaal, is said to be identical with that of white ‘ducktails’, and in Cape Town tsotsi and ‘ducktail’ speech approximates. Langa 23 : He uses a mixture of Afrikaans and Xhosa slang – indeed the language of the tsotsis in Johannesburg, mensetaal, is said to be identical with that of white ‘ducktails’, and in Cape Town tsotsi and ‘ducktail’ speech approximates. Langa 172: What strikes townsmen is the difference in speech and manner between migrants and ooMac, or ooMac and ooscuse-me, not the difference between Xhosa and Thembu. The relationship in Langa between ikhaba and ooMac on the one hand, and ooscuse-me on the other, is directly parallel to that between ‘corner boys’ and ‘college boys’ in Chicago. [Ibid.] 15: The urbanized [...] Townee or tsotsi type, further divided on basis of age into ikaba and ooMac. ‘Decent people’, some of who form an educated middle class – the ooscuse-me – and others the respectable lower class. [Ibid.] 26: The educated people are referred to by others, somewhat derogatorily as ooscuse-me, and accused of being aloof and conceited. Langa 180: A home-boys’ clique co-operates with other like cliques for arbitration in disputes. Langa 71: He was sent home in 1955 [...] by his senior home-boys whom he referred to as moegie – country bumpkins. Langa 23: Town girls like going out with bright boys – the ikhaba. [...] A little older than the ikaba, from about 25 to 35, is the set called ooMac, from the Scottish Mac, which is a popular nickname among young men in town. [Ibid.] 24: Their wives, ooMackazi, being young married women, are expected to settle down as housewives. Langa 25: There are no ‘shebeen queens’ in Langa with the prestige of those found in some Johannesburg townships. Langa 22: The townees or tsotsis are also called ‘location boys’, ‘ooclever’, bright boys, and spoilers, after a gang which terrorized Alexandra Township in Johannesburg. Langa 28: The middle-aged and elderly type known as amatapi from topi, the pith sun-helmet worn by an earlier generation of Europeans [...] The amatopi proper are over 45. [Ibid.] 163: R was still kicking him when an elderly man, an itopi, appeared.