If you speak we will knock you down. (Official interpretation.) Merely a kindly expression of concern calculated to produce repose.
You are one brutal, ugly-faced foreigner. (Official interpretation.) A jocular salutation.
You sell your wife at Smithfield—Long live the Boers! (Official interpretation.) A polite attempt to commence a courteous conversation.
Are you English? (Official interpretation.) The highest praise imaginable.
PERFECT TRANSLATION
Youthful North Briton (on honeymoon tour, proud of his French). "Gassong! La—le—le—cart——"
Garçon. "Oui, m'sieu', tout de suite!"