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Where I live, the Afrikaans word that sounds like Brooks means either trousers or knickers. Need I say more?
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Broek?
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Beslis! But it's been taken over, locally, by English and other languages, which freely use the -s form. To a small child: "Pull up your broeks!" And the diminutive is broekie, which would work for Brooke as well.
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