Vee�s Wabaatsile causes confusion

Wabaatsile has now created communication problems among Vee’s fans because the songwriter did not consider the rules for social language known as pragmatics. According to linguists, pragmatics is a branch of linguistics concerned with the use of language in social contexts and the ways in which people produce and comprehend meanings through language.

The communicative intention is determined by the meaning of the sentence. Perhaps in coining the name and concept behind the song, Vee Mampeezy wanted something catchy but linguists usually say that “a communicator must know how not to indulge in miscommunication and incomplete communication”. What Vee was referring to in the song is determined by the meaning of the referring expression uttered. Wabaatsile in Setswana language is one of the expressions that convey disgust in seeing the return of someone known for bringing trouble or someone you simply do not like. In his new song Vee is linking the expression to the second coming of Jesus Christ when Jesus Christ will return to earth in fulfillment of his promises and to fulfill the prophecies made about Him.