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Vr, 02 Januarie 2004 03:22   |
Ellie
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Jonas, dalk woon hy al baie lank in Perth , maar net miskien is hy n regte
egte Engelse ou met Afrikaanse name, dit kan ook gebeur. Goeie artikel
darem, dis bietjie van n ou laai om ander plekke af te kraak om jou eie land
beter te laat lyk, joernaliste oor die hele wereld doen dit gereeld in een
of ander vorm.
Ek woon al 23 jaar oorsee, en ek kan daagliks sien hoe my Afrikaans al hoe
slegter word, mens kan later nie meer die woorde onthou nie, alhoewel die
taalgebruik seker altyd iewers in die agterkop bly vassteek.
Groete
Elle
"Jonas" skryf in boodskap news:bt2mi5$ifj$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
> Pieter - hoe lank het dit geneem om Afrikaans te "ontleer"?
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| Re: South Africa's Image Issues [boodskap #88681 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #88679] |
Vr, 02 Januarie 2004 05:39 |
Annette
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Ag, jy praat strooi man. Kry jy enige fondse vir jou bemarkingspoging?
Net iets wat jy moet op probeer let - as jy 'n advertensie skryf, is dit van
kardinale belang dat jy moet seker maak dat jy dit proeflees om ten minste
die spelfoute uit te skakel. By die eerste spelfout het jy al my
belangsteling verloor.
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"Pieter Vermaak" skryf in boodskap news:C9PHGSIX37988.1008101852@anonymous.poster...
> An open letter to all right thinking South Africans:
>
> I guess any statements from anyone unlucky enough to be
> associated with South African Rugby at this time does not offer
> much in the way of credibility, however someone called Dave
> Edwards recently took the prize for the most laughable
> contribution yet.
>
> As was supported by an article in the October, 2003 version of
> the "YOU" magazine, there seems to be a lot of sadness and
> indeed embarrassment following South Africas demise, and
> placement in the number one slot as "village idiot" following
> the much publicised "staaldraad" episode.
>
> In looking at the most recent example of a rather poor attempt
> to draw attention away from the current South African
> predicament (see below), one wonders as to the underlying psyche
> that seeks to highlight good issues, and portray them as bad. In
> fact, this type of gutter journalism attempts to "make up the
> mind og the reader", rather that adopting the approach of -
> presenting the facts, then allowing readers to form their own
> opionions. Could it be that the writer of the article is
> invoking some dormant Aparheid-era brainwashing techniques? You
> be the judge of that.
>
> In looking at the boast that SAfricans have progressed to
> "better" and potentially more lethal drug cocktails, is rather
> a strong indictment on the cultural moralities of the South
> African community as a whole. This is pretty much like saying
> "we have degenerated faster that you - so we must be better" The
> following quote pretty much speaks for itself: "A cleaner, more
> civilised, more boring city you will never chance to visit. No
> litter, no beggars, no squatter camps, little crime." As
> astounding as this appears, one certainly questions whether both
> the writer and readers would acually believe this gross
> misunderstanding of what constitutes something good.
>
> Looking for a positive in this laughable babble, I find it by
> way of sending a message to two groups of South Africas who may
> be contemplating moving to Perth. For those who would like to
> leave, but unable to do so, they can believe the "negative good"
> and seek comfort in the knowledge that South Africa is "as good
> as it gets" and they need not look any further that the border
> of the wonderful rainbow nation. To those people planning to
> move to Perth, and are able to do so, I say "beware" as the
> shock of not expending energies on defending yourselves and your
> property with guns, razor wire and electric fences, may indeed
> be construed as a dull experience. But you never know, you may
> actually grow to like it, and be able to enjoy the fruits of a
> first world country that runs and operates with the concerted
> efforts of the population. Not a bad deal in my book.
>
> Pieter Vermaak
> Perth, Western Australia
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++
> YAP-TRAP JAPIE CRACKS WORLD-CLASS CLAPTRAP
>
> INSIDE COVER with Gary Adshead (West Australian Newspaper -
> 1/1/04)
>
> APOLOGIES straight away to all the South African expats who love
> Perth and have made it their home.
>
> And double apologies up front to all Inside Cover's South
> African-born journalist colleagues.
>
> But what kind of moronic, unfunny, unclever, unoriginal,
> jealous, spiteful and talentless bunch of South African
> reporters did we let into WA to cover the recent Rugby World Cup
> games?
>
> Guess what folks? Another buffoon from Bokland has put pen to
> paper in a magazine claiming Perth is a shocking place to live.
>
> IC has already featured a couple of attempts at South African
> satire, but this latest piece on our fair city by SA Rugby's
> Dave Edwards is pathetic, inaccurate and offensive.
>
> Just to get you warmed up, how's this extract.
>
> "The kids here do not mess about," he wrote.
>
> "Our laaities (guess that means youth) are getting into E,
> smoking joints and maybe doing a bit of coke if they can afford
> it.
>
> "Over here, it is heroin and crack. They don't muck about. They
> moved on from the recreational stuff ages ago."
>
> What? Was Edwards smoking crack-cocaine when he wrote that
> rubbish or is IC being a little precious here?
>
> The story's headline is "Perth Pain - Welcome to Dullsville".
>
> Pain? What, the endless kilometres of spectacular beaches? The
> ability still to afford your own four-bedroom home on a big
> block of land (without the need for razor wire and private
> security guards, we might add)?
>
> He then has the cheek to attack the need for a Northbridge
> curfew.
>
> This from a bloke who lives in a country where apartheid was law
> for decades.
>
> Black people weren't told to go home if they were caught in the
> wrong place at the wrong time, they were beaten and imprisoned.
>
> Edwards likens spending time in Perth to being on the set of Jim
> Carey movie The Truman Show.
>
> "So there we have an introduction to Perth," he wrote.
>
> "A cleaner, more civilised, more boring city you will never
> chance to visit. No litter, no beggars, no squatter camps,
> little crime."
>
> Hang on. What about all the crime those teenagers must surely be
> committing to feed their crack habits?
>
> "Little luxuries like domestic servants do not exist. I don't
> envy the Japies here one bit."
>
> Well, Dave, we don't envy the Japies living in Johannesburg
> where on New Year's Eve police were busy dealing with violence
> beyond belief.
>
> Where one idea of celebration is to throw fridges, microwaves
> and televisions out of apartment windows and fire off guns.
>
> One point, just one, made by the rugby writer, which had some
> truth to it, was the over-governing of WA - the nanny state
> culture that exists.
>
> "So many rules, so many laws; you can't do this, you can't do
> that," he wrote. "No wonder Perth is Dullsville from Monday to
> Friday. Everybody smiling and giddaying their heads off and then
> on the weekends all hell breaks loose when the locals blow off
> steam."
>
> But just to prove how generally off the mark this article was,
> there's a reference to The West's columnist Andre Malan.
>
> Edwards says Malan is the son of South Africa's "former defence
> boss Magnus Malan".
>
> No, he's not.
>
> IC thinks every South African-based reporter should make a New
> Year's resolution to stay where they are, write about their own
> backyard and come up with an original idea.
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++
> +++++++
>
> --
> Questo messaggio e' stato inoltrato automaticamente
> da un paio di anonymous remailer. Il mittente originale
> e' sconosciuto e non identificabile. Datevi pace.
>
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| Re: South Africa's Image Issues [boodskap #88682 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #88679] |
Vr, 02 Januarie 2004 05:40 |
Suidwester
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Darem net snaaks dat onlangse syfers van misdaad in die verskillende plekke
in die wêreld, wel SA bo plaas wat moorde aanbetref, maar wat algemene
diefstal en 'petty' crime aanbetref, is Australië ver voor SA. Leef julle
nie dalk in 'n illusie nie?
"Pieter Vermaak" skryf in boodskap news:C9PHGSIX37988.1008101852@anonymous.poster...
> An open letter to all right thinking South Africans:
>
> I guess any statements from anyone unlucky enough to be
> associated with South African Rugby at this time does not offer
> much in the way of credibility, however someone called Dave
> Edwards recently took the prize for the most laughable
> contribution yet.
>
> As was supported by an article in the October, 2003 version of
> the "YOU" magazine, there seems to be a lot of sadness and
> indeed embarrassment following South Africas demise, and
> placement in the number one slot as "village idiot" following
> the much publicised "staaldraad" episode.
>
> In looking at the most recent example of a rather poor attempt
> to draw attention away from the current South African
> predicament (see below), one wonders as to the underlying psyche
> that seeks to highlight good issues, and portray them as bad. In
> fact, this type of gutter journalism attempts to "make up the
> mind og the reader", rather that adopting the approach of -
> presenting the facts, then allowing readers to form their own
> opionions. Could it be that the writer of the article is
> invoking some dormant Aparheid-era brainwashing techniques? You
> be the judge of that.
>
> In looking at the boast that SAfricans have progressed to
> "better" and potentially more lethal drug cocktails, is rather
> a strong indictment on the cultural moralities of the South
> African community as a whole. This is pretty much like saying
> "we have degenerated faster that you - so we must be better" The
> following quote pretty much speaks for itself: "A cleaner, more
> civilised, more boring city you will never chance to visit. No
> litter, no beggars, no squatter camps, little crime." As
> astounding as this appears, one certainly questions whether both
> the writer and readers would acually believe this gross
> misunderstanding of what constitutes something good.
>
> Looking for a positive in this laughable babble, I find it by
> way of sending a message to two groups of South Africas who may
> be contemplating moving to Perth. For those who would like to
> leave, but unable to do so, they can believe the "negative good"
> and seek comfort in the knowledge that South Africa is "as good
> as it gets" and they need not look any further that the border
> of the wonderful rainbow nation. To those people planning to
> move to Perth, and are able to do so, I say "beware" as the
> shock of not expending energies on defending yourselves and your
> property with guns, razor wire and electric fences, may indeed
> be construed as a dull experience. But you never know, you may
> actually grow to like it, and be able to enjoy the fruits of a
> first world country that runs and operates with the concerted
> efforts of the population. Not a bad deal in my book.
>
> Pieter Vermaak
> Perth, Western Australia
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++
> YAP-TRAP JAPIE CRACKS WORLD-CLASS CLAPTRAP
>
> INSIDE COVER with Gary Adshead (West Australian Newspaper -
> 1/1/04)
>
> APOLOGIES straight away to all the South African expats who love
> Perth and have made it their home.
>
> And double apologies up front to all Inside Cover's South
> African-born journalist colleagues.
>
> But what kind of moronic, unfunny, unclever, unoriginal,
> jealous, spiteful and talentless bunch of South African
> reporters did we let into WA to cover the recent Rugby World Cup
> games?
>
> Guess what folks? Another buffoon from Bokland has put pen to
> paper in a magazine claiming Perth is a shocking place to live.
>
> IC has already featured a couple of attempts at South African
> satire, but this latest piece on our fair city by SA Rugby's
> Dave Edwards is pathetic, inaccurate and offensive.
>
> Just to get you warmed up, how's this extract.
>
> "The kids here do not mess about," he wrote.
>
> "Our laaities (guess that means youth) are getting into E,
> smoking joints and maybe doing a bit of coke if they can afford
> it.
>
> "Over here, it is heroin and crack. They don't muck about. They
> moved on from the recreational stuff ages ago."
>
> What? Was Edwards smoking crack-cocaine when he wrote that
> rubbish or is IC being a little precious here?
>
> The story's headline is "Perth Pain - Welcome to Dullsville".
>
> Pain? What, the endless kilometres of spectacular beaches? The
> ability still to afford your own four-bedroom home on a big
> block of land (without the need for razor wire and private
> security guards, we might add)?
>
> He then has the cheek to attack the need for a Northbridge
> curfew.
>
> This from a bloke who lives in a country where apartheid was law
> for decades.
>
> Black people weren't told to go home if they were caught in the
> wrong place at the wrong time, they were beaten and imprisoned.
>
> Edwards likens spending time in Perth to being on the set of Jim
> Carey movie The Truman Show.
>
> "So there we have an introduction to Perth," he wrote.
>
> "A cleaner, more civilised, more boring city you will never
> chance to visit. No litter, no beggars, no squatter camps,
> little crime."
>
> Hang on. What about all the crime those teenagers must surely be
> committing to feed their crack habits?
>
> "Little luxuries like domestic servants do not exist. I don't
> envy the Japies here one bit."
>
> Well, Dave, we don't envy the Japies living in Johannesburg
> where on New Year's Eve police were busy dealing with violence
> beyond belief.
>
> Where one idea of celebration is to throw fridges, microwaves
> and televisions out of apartment windows and fire off guns.
>
> One point, just one, made by the rugby writer, which had some
> truth to it, was the over-governing of WA - the nanny state
> culture that exists.
>
> "So many rules, so many laws; you can't do this, you can't do
> that," he wrote. "No wonder Perth is Dullsville from Monday to
> Friday. Everybody smiling and giddaying their heads off and then
> on the weekends all hell breaks loose when the locals blow off
> steam."
>
> But just to prove how generally off the mark this article was,
> there's a reference to The West's columnist Andre Malan.
>
> Edwards says Malan is the son of South Africa's "former defence
> boss Magnus Malan".
>
> No, he's not.
>
> IC thinks every South African-based reporter should make a New
> Year's resolution to stay where they are, write about their own
> backyard and come up with an original idea.
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++
> +++++++
>
> --
> Questo messaggio e' stato inoltrato automaticamente
> da un paio di anonymous remailer. Il mittente originale
> e' sconosciuto e non identificabile. Datevi pace.
>
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| Re: South Africa's Image Issues [boodskap #88684 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #88680] |
Vr, 02 Januarie 2004 05:45 |
Annette
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Hy kon nie eers in Engels reg skryf nie.
Ek weet van baie mense wat ontleer om Afrikaans te praat, maar moet nog hoor
van iemand wat dit skielik nie eers meer kan lees of selfs skryf nie as
hulle 'n poging aanwend om in kontak met Afrikaans te bly nie.
Vir dieselfde prys wat hy YOU lees, kan hy Huisgenoot lees.- nie een van die
twee wat ek juis sou aanbeveel vir insiggewende leesstof nie.
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Annette
"Ellie" skryf in boodskap news:yt5Jb.4602$6B.3047@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> Jonas, dalk woon hy al baie lank in Perth , maar net miskien is hy n regte
> egte Engelse ou met Afrikaanse name, dit kan ook gebeur. Goeie artikel
> darem, dis bietjie van n ou laai om ander plekke af te kraak om jou eie land
> beter te laat lyk, joernaliste oor die hele wereld doen dit gereeld in een
> of ander vorm.
>
> Ek woon al 23 jaar oorsee, en ek kan daagliks sien hoe my Afrikaans al hoe
> slegter word, mens kan later nie meer die woorde onthou nie, alhoewel die
> taalgebruik seker altyd iewers in die agterkop bly vassteek.
>
> Groete
> Elle
>
>
> "Jonas" wrote in message
> news:bt2mi5$ifj$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
>> Pieter - hoe lank het dit geneem om Afrikaans te "ontleer"?
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| Re: South Africa's Image Issues [boodskap #88686 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #88682] |
Vr, 02 Januarie 2004 07:10 |
Suidwester
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Net nog iets, pellie. Die manier waarop jy in jou eie nes sit en skyt,
wys veel meer van jou karakter as wat jy dink. Miskien sal ons almal in
Afrika van jou sê: 'Good riddance?'
"Suidwester" skryf in boodskap news:3ff5043d.0@news1.mweb.co.za...
> Darem net snaaks dat onlangse syfers van misdaad in die verskillende plekke
> in die wêreld, wel SA bo plaas wat moorde aanbetref, maar wat algemene
> diefstal en 'petty' crime aanbetref, is Australië ver voor SA. Leef julle
> nie dalk in 'n illusie nie?
> "Pieter Vermaak" wrote in message
> news:C9PHGSIX37988.1008101852@anonymous.poster...
>> An open letter to all right thinking South Africans:
>>
>> I guess any statements from anyone unlucky enough to be
>> associated with South African Rugby at this time does not offer
>> much in the way of credibility, however someone called Dave
>> Edwards recently took the prize for the most laughable
>> contribution yet.
>>
>> As was supported by an article in the October, 2003 version of
>> the "YOU" magazine, there seems to be a lot of sadness and
>> indeed embarrassment following South Africas demise, and
>> placement in the number one slot as "village idiot" following
>> the much publicised "staaldraad" episode.
>>
>> In looking at the most recent example of a rather poor attempt
>> to draw attention away from the current South African
>> predicament (see below), one wonders as to the underlying psyche
>> that seeks to highlight good issues, and portray them as bad. In
>> fact, this type of gutter journalism attempts to "make up the
>> mind og the reader", rather that adopting the approach of -
>> presenting the facts, then allowing readers to form their own
>> opionions. Could it be that the writer of the article is
>> invoking some dormant Aparheid-era brainwashing techniques? You
>> be the judge of that.
>>
>> In looking at the boast that SAfricans have progressed to
>> "better" and potentially more lethal drug cocktails, is rather
>> a strong indictment on the cultural moralities of the South
>> African community as a whole. This is pretty much like saying
>> "we have degenerated faster that you - so we must be better" The
>> following quote pretty much speaks for itself: "A cleaner, more
>> civilised, more boring city you will never chance to visit. No
>> litter, no beggars, no squatter camps, little crime." As
>> astounding as this appears, one certainly questions whether both
>> the writer and readers would acually believe this gross
>> misunderstanding of what constitutes something good.
>>
>> Looking for a positive in this laughable babble, I find it by
>> way of sending a message to two groups of South Africas who may
>> be contemplating moving to Perth. For those who would like to
>> leave, but unable to do so, they can believe the "negative good"
>> and seek comfort in the knowledge that South Africa is "as good
>> as it gets" and they need not look any further that the border
>> of the wonderful rainbow nation. To those people planning to
>> move to Perth, and are able to do so, I say "beware" as the
>> shock of not expending energies on defending yourselves and your
>> property with guns, razor wire and electric fences, may indeed
>> be construed as a dull experience. But you never know, you may
>> actually grow to like it, and be able to enjoy the fruits of a
>> first world country that runs and operates with the concerted
>> efforts of the population. Not a bad deal in my book.
>>
>> Pieter Vermaak
>> Perth, Western Australia
>>
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++
>> YAP-TRAP JAPIE CRACKS WORLD-CLASS CLAPTRAP
>>
>> INSIDE COVER with Gary Adshead (West Australian Newspaper -
>> 1/1/04)
>>
>> APOLOGIES straight away to all the South African expats who love
>> Perth and have made it their home.
>>
>> And double apologies up front to all Inside Cover's South
>> African-born journalist colleagues.
>>
>> But what kind of moronic, unfunny, unclever, unoriginal,
>> jealous, spiteful and talentless bunch of South African
>> reporters did we let into WA to cover the recent Rugby World Cup
>> games?
>>
>> Guess what folks? Another buffoon from Bokland has put pen to
>> paper in a magazine claiming Perth is a shocking place to live.
>>
>> IC has already featured a couple of attempts at South African
>> satire, but this latest piece on our fair city by SA Rugby's
>> Dave Edwards is pathetic, inaccurate and offensive.
>>
>> Just to get you warmed up, how's this extract.
>>
>> "The kids here do not mess about," he wrote.
>>
>> "Our laaities (guess that means youth) are getting into E,
>> smoking joints and maybe doing a bit of coke if they can afford
>> it.
>>
>> "Over here, it is heroin and crack. They don't muck about. They
>> moved on from the recreational stuff ages ago."
>>
>> What? Was Edwards smoking crack-cocaine when he wrote that
>> rubbish or is IC being a little precious here?
>>
>> The story's headline is "Perth Pain - Welcome to Dullsville".
>>
>> Pain? What, the endless kilometres of spectacular beaches? The
>> ability still to afford your own four-bedroom home on a big
>> block of land (without the need for razor wire and private
>> security guards, we might add)?
>>
>> He then has the cheek to attack the need for a Northbridge
>> curfew.
>>
>> This from a bloke who lives in a country where apartheid was law
>> for decades.
>>
>> Black people weren't told to go home if they were caught in the
>> wrong place at the wrong time, they were beaten and imprisoned.
>>
>> Edwards likens spending time in Perth to being on the set of Jim
>> Carey movie The Truman Show.
>>
>> "So there we have an introduction to Perth," he wrote.
>>
>> "A cleaner, more civilised, more boring city you will never
>> chance to visit. No litter, no beggars, no squatter camps,
>> little crime."
>>
>> Hang on. What about all the crime those teenagers must surely be
>> committing to feed their crack habits?
>>
>> "Little luxuries like domestic servants do not exist. I don't
>> envy the Japies here one bit."
>>
>> Well, Dave, we don't envy the Japies living in Johannesburg
>> where on New Year's Eve police were busy dealing with violence
>> beyond belief.
>>
>> Where one idea of celebration is to throw fridges, microwaves
>> and televisions out of apartment windows and fire off guns.
>>
>> One point, just one, made by the rugby writer, which had some
>> truth to it, was the over-governing of WA - the nanny state
>> culture that exists.
>>
>> "So many rules, so many laws; you can't do this, you can't do
>> that," he wrote. "No wonder Perth is Dullsville from Monday to
>> Friday. Everybody smiling and giddaying their heads off and then
>> on the weekends all hell breaks loose when the locals blow off
>> steam."
>>
>> But just to prove how generally off the mark this article was,
>> there's a reference to The West's columnist Andre Malan.
>>
>> Edwards says Malan is the son of South Africa's "former defence
>> boss Magnus Malan".
>>
>> No, he's not.
>>
>> IC thinks every South African-based reporter should make a New
>> Year's resolution to stay where they are, write about their own
>> backyard and come up with an original idea.
>>
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++
>> +++++++
>>
>> --
>> Questo messaggio e' stato inoltrato automaticamente
>> da un paio di anonymous remailer. Il mittente originale
>> e' sconosciuto e non identificabile. Datevi pace.
>>
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Vr, 02 Januarie 2004 13:03 |
Vusi
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Ellie - ek het familie wat reeds meer as 30 jaar in die buiteland woon -
sonder enige Afrikaanse bronne. Hulle het hul uitspraak behou - dis net die
woordeskat wat soms mank gaan.
Nee - Pieter sou lank reeds Peter geword het as die maat ver-engels het.
Hierdie Pieter is 'n valsnaam.
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| Oor Afrikaans [boodskap #88711 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #88680] |
Vr, 02 Januarie 2004 17:32 |
Katryn
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"Ellie" wrote:
> Ek woon al 23 jaar oorsee, en ek kan daagliks sien hoe my Afrikaans al hoe
> slegter word, mens kan later nie meer die woorde onthou nie, alhoewel die
> taalgebruik seker altyd iewers in die agterkop bly vassteek.
Ja, en dan is daar mense wat nie die voordeel gehad het wat ons gehad
het om met Afrikaans groot te word nie, wat 'n baie groter en beter
Afrikaanse woordeskat het as baie van ons, nè?
Dit laat my altyd skaam voel as ek na die skrywe van mense wat nie
Afrikaans as moedertaal geken het, kyk, en besef hoe sleg ek is om
woorde te vergeet of verkeerde sin konstruksies te gebruik.
Ek reken dit is seker makliker vir mense soos jy wat nogsteeds sterk
bande met jou Afrikaanse familie het, en jaarliks nog daar gaan kuier.
Nie dat daar enige verskoning is vir my algemene verswakking nie. Ek
dink dat my taalgebruik maar net nog nooit juis goed was nie, nou
gebruik ek maar net die feit dat ek in die buiteland sit, en al amper
'n kwarteeu met 'n buitelander getroud is, as verskoning.
;-)
Laat my dink - so ruk gelede het ek my seun gehelp met sy sielkunde
"projek" (Hy is nou al 2de jaar - ongelooflik eintlik. ) Elkgeval, hy
moes gereel het dat 'n redelik bekende hipnotiseur sy klas kom
toespreek en die sielkundige aspekte van hipnose ens. bespreek. Omdat
ek moes help om die man te kontak, het ek gevoel om sommer ook die
klas by te woon (sonder sy kennis natuurlik) Hy word altyd so maklik
skaam as hy sy ma of pa op kampus moet raakloop. ;-)
Tydens die praktiese sessie hipnotiseer die man toe 'n paar van die
studente, en o.a was daar 'n meisie wat skielik vlot in Japanees begin
praat. Een van die studente wat toevallig 'n uitruil student van
Japan was, het toe opgestaan en met haar 'n laaaang gesprek in
Japanees gevoer. Na die tyd vertel sy dat sy in Okinawa gebore was,
en was in die kleuterskole en skole daar waar haar maatjies heel
waarskynlik Japanees gepraat het. Sy was 5 toe hulle teruggekeer het
na die VSA, en het heeltemal "vergeet" dat sy ooit Japanees kon praat.
Weird, maar waar...
Punt is, jy is reg - mens sal NOOIT jou taal kan verleer nie. Jy mag
dalk so dink, maar met 'n klein bietjie moeite sal jy dit vinnig weer
optel. Maar as jy nie die woordeskat gehad het om mee te begin
nie...wel....dis seker 'n anders saak? ;-))
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