The jokes were doing the rounds and Steve Lekoelea was a huge source of ridicule and amusement for those who like to equate a posh English accent to intelligence.

The former Orlando Pirates star had done a television interview and, given that English is not his first language, he struggled to articulate himself properly. The trolls had a field day and many mocked his pronunciation of some words, his accent, his use of grammar and everything else under the sun. ..

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