Impact On South African Culture
Liewe Heksie had a big impact on the way people who grew up watching the television show. She always gets everyone's names wrong because she's so absent-minded and forgetful. She calles 'Koning Rosekrans 'Koning Rosedoring' (King Rose Thorn) or 'Koning Rosebaard' (King Rose Beard). She calls Karel Kat's helicopter a 'meulikopter' and calls the Geel Heks 'Die Pers Heks'(the purple witch).
She speaks in a very monotonous tone of voice, and doesn't understand "big words" that Blommie and the other kabouters (elves) often use. She often says "Haai oe Blommie" (Oh, wow, Blommie) for everything new or interesting she hears. Whenever she does something stupid and the other kabouters laugh at her, she gets shy and says "Moenie vir my lag nie" (don't laugh at me). She also says "Ek wil nou nie snaaks wees nie, maar..." (I'm not trying to be funny now, but...) whenever she makes obvious observations.
Another thing she says a lot when she's panicking, is "Oo Griet!" ("Oh Griet" but similar to "oh dear!"). Whenever she says this, her magical horse Griet appears and helps her out of trouble.
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