Papa Penny's broken English leaves Twitter in Stitches

By now, the thousands of people who tune in every Wednesday to watch the Papa Penny Ahee reality show know that they are in for some “Tsonglish” (Xitsonga + English), courtesy of Papa Penny. But when he said “down sit” instead of “sit down” viewers felt Papa Penny was killing English for clout!

Of course, the Tsonga disco icon is famous for “speaking English the way white people speak his language”. However, for most tweeps a phrase as “easy” as sit down shouldn’t have been an issue for the reality TV star.

Fans of the show took to Twitter to express how they felt about Papa Penny possibly going the extra mile to get his English wrong. Some loved it, while others felt it was unnecessary.

Nonetheless, the show was the gift that kept on giving in term of the gags on Wednesday night, as Papa Penny kept dropping pearls of wisdom. Like…

You must climb the mountain until you catch a fish.

Lol! Whatever that means.

#PapaPennyAhee he had to say "down sit" instead of 'Sit Down' aowaaa pic.twitter.com/gaClSsDxOR

— K.W.E.N.A (@ChegoPhillip) May 15, 2019

#PapaPennyAhee
Down Sit? No this man is doing it on purpose.. pic.twitter.com/is2V6fAYZc

— ~Kwazi.M (@kwazee_m) May 15, 2019

https://twitter.com/LolaB26/status/1128729630624690183

#PapaPennyAhee down sit. Haai yho pic.twitter.com/lF34DnZ6Zh

— Deedee* (@deedeebridgette) May 15, 2019

#PapaPennyAhee and down sit and relax he said pic.twitter.com/gdqEyIyjJ9

— ObbiMouse Waterproofing Solution's (@obbimouse) May 15, 2019

Down sit #PapaPennyAhee pic.twitter.com/Tev4B4qFAF

— ZamGee (@zamagambu21) May 15, 2019

#PapaPennyAhee so he on it again pic.twitter.com/259jtLtzrN

— Sbahle (@Sbahle91405050) May 15, 2019

https://twitter.com/ThinIce20/status/1128732985770094593

There's a African proverb I love "an african man doesn't give up, you climb a mountain until you catch a springbok or a fish" #PapaPennyAhee pic.twitter.com/x4MjR2UEFI

— Fatso (@TseTse_Boi) May 15, 2019

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