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OP Zmehjzd gave a just answer, I think. The matter maybe should be dicussed with a real member of the Khoisan people, but where to find one Khoisan at all?
There are different kinds of speech impediments. So we just say : someone stammers or someone lisps.
"Don't speak Hottentots" is mostly used when someone who can speak well doesn't.
It seems to me that wishing on piebald horses would be a successful business there. (^_^)
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(In case that doesn't "translate": If you make a wish on a piebald (spotted) horse without thinking about its tail, the wish will come true.)
Not familiar with betting on horses.You took the effort to explain (thanks), but I can make head nor tail of/from it. Is it not the nose of the horse that decides the outcome of a race? (absolutely in the dark)
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