Talk:Motsoalle

Slight discrepancy...
At the beginning: "Motsoalle relationships have, over time, begun to disappear in Lesotho." Then at the end, "Today, motsoalle relationships have largely disappeared." So which is it? <> Alt lys er svunnet hen (talk) 21:00, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Factual accuracy disputed
Hi there; there are several factual problems with the article. First is the definition/translation of motsoalle given; it's wrong. The correct English equivalent of the Sesotho word "motsoalle" is "friend". It's that simple. What's been given as the definition in the article would be equivalent to best friend in English. The definition given in the article can be misleading to non-native speakers of Sesotho, given that the word itself is gender-neutral and has no connotations of romance or sexuality whatsoever. In fact, strictly speaking, motsoalle would, in English, translate to (platonic) friend. The rest of the article seems to be hinged upon one main source/reference, with additional sources being from presumably non-native speakers of Sesotho. I'm not disputing the existence of such relationships in the past — however, supplying more distinct references to corroborate the "widespread" existence of such relationships back then would shed more light on the matter, I think. —Mohahlaula (talk) 10:27, 11 March 2018 (UTC)