Talk:Sjambok

Even on such a sizable animal, a meter-long penis sounds a little unbelievable. Can User:Sdr (or anyone else) cite a source? eritain 00:01, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Not that I go looking for this sort of thing, but there's this link: http://www.sosrhino.org/news/reader.php

Legality

It is stated on a number of websites that "the sjambok is illegal due to its historical associations". Apart from being illogical, and no reason to ban them, is it actually illegal? I get the impression that someone has made an assumption, and the rest of the world has followed the assumption.125.237.104.55 (talk) 02:52, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Whip/Club Hybrid?

Couldn't a Sjambok be considered both a club / blunt instrument and a whip? Only If you have ever swung one around, will you understand my thought on this. Also, the newest [[Cold Steel model has a large rubber ball pommel which would be nasty to be hit with if the normal usage does not provide enough impact.

Sjamboks are not illegal in South Africa. We sell them by the hundrends every month. Its just illegal when used in assaulting someone then on the other hand any weapon used to assault someone can be considered illegal. They are used mainly on dogs and cattle. Police no longer use them as it was used with old gov.

Spanish Word for Hippo

Per my heirloom Spanish dictionary, the elegant Castilian word for "hippopotamus" is (ready??) <<hipopótomo>>, not "mnigolo," or anything like it. I took the liberty of changing the phrase in question.

Terry J. Carter (talk) 22:39, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Pronunciation of "sjambok"

Could someone provide the pronunciation of "sjambok"? "S-J" doesn't roll off my tongue. DBlomgren (talk) 15:36, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

I think it's more like Slambok. When I was very young I can recall a few old people using the word. As South Africa was in the British Empire it "escaped" the country and became a word for punishment, like "that kid ought to be sjambokked". The same happened with Memsahib (something like "honoured lady") becoming a word for wife in Britain among people of a certain age XD 86.129.60.5 (talk) 20:30, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

It is pronounced "shum-bok", the first syllable rhyming with "glum".Daysy (talk) 16:27, 2 July 2012 (UTC)