WHAT’S UP?

Still on matters relating to language, the urban young continue to prance around supermalls, asking friends they encounter: “What’s up?” The uniform response explains why the pass rate in schools has been persistently below 40 percent. To that question, all answer “Cool!” This answer is incorrect. At a time that there is a cost- of- living crisis, “prices of food and fuel” would be a proper answer. The word “cool” has a very precise meaning and no longer has applicability in Botswana because, like prices of food and fuel, temperatures are also on the up and up.