This [1] wikipedia page also makes reference of "net-nou" and "nou-nou".
So too does this [2] article, although "nou-nou" certainly is sometimes used to refer to the past tense. I personally use "net-nou" to especially to refer to the future tense, so I am not sure whether the article's comments are historically more correct (i.e. that "nou-nou" should be future and "net-nou" should be past tense).
What I can say is that, in context, the words do seem to have different emotional value.
So too does this [2] article, although "nou-nou" certainly is sometimes used to refer to the past tense. I personally use "net-nou" to especially to refer to the future tense, so I am not sure whether the article's comments are historically more correct (i.e. that "nou-nou" should be future and "net-nou" should be past tense).
What I can say is that, in context, the words do seem to have different emotional value.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_diaspora_in_Africa#Lan... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_South_African_slang_wo...