Pizza Hut

On a recent visit to the Limpopo Province, as lunch time approached, my client asked what I would like to eat. I did not want to put him out, so I asked him what the options were. He rattled off a list of local watering holes, and I stopped him at the mention of "Pizza Hut".   He smiled at his friend and we headed off to lunch.
After driving through several farms, we came upon a clearing marked "Pete se Gat".
In Afrikaans "Gat" means hole and is pronounced with  a guttural,  throat clearing "ghat".

Oom (Uncle) Piet,  was quite famous for the fact that he had never ever worn shoes,  decided to open a pub on his farm, and the locals referred to this watering hole as Pete se GAT. 
Said out load it sounds exactly like Pizza Hut!.


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