Word of the Week - with Alex Mercer
Improve your vocabulary with the help of L & F's most cunning linguist.
This weeks word = Aanval
"This Afrikaans word means to attack or assault with physical force."
"Seeing this word again I am taken back to my time in southern Africa when, with my tribe of loyal warriors, we would trek across the plains of the Karoo in search of the elusive quagga. Ours was a primitive existence. We proudly relied on the methods of our forefathers, namely a sharp mind and immense personal strength. Having stalked our prey for five days and five nights, we would finally move in for the kill. Silently we surrounded the sleeping creature, ready to rip it limb from limb. Summoning every last breath in our lungs we would cry "AANVAL" and within a minute or two the struggle would be over."