If you’re ever in South Africa and you want to express gratitude in a fun informal way, there’s a rhyming phrase you can use. It’s donkey open plonky, which literally means thank you on a board.
Donkey is of course, yeah, donkey on a plonky, and plonky is like our word plank. Yes, yes, exactly. Thank you on the board.
Donky on a plonky.
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