| Re: Capetonian language [boodskap #107935] |
Di, 20 Desember 2005 10:49  |
Moira de Swardt
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"Peter H.M. Brooks" wrote in message
> Afrikaans is clearly a language that has deep roots in Cape Town. In
> Afrikaans you can't actually ask the time of day - you can only ask how
> late it is. This is, of course, a most revealing reflection on the
> nature of Cape Town. It isn't a question of whether somebody or
> something is actually late, it is only a question of how late.
> I'm also having a staircase built at the moment. It was promised for
> July. It might be complete by February. The main objective, as far as I
> can see, is for the work to be visibly intruding into my life,
> something that couldn't be certain when I wasn't actually on
holiday.
This used to be a problem peculiar to Cape Town. Sadly, we in
Gauteng are starting to experience similar situations.
--
Moira de Swardt posting from Johannesburg, South Africa
Remove the dot in my address to find me at home.
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| Re: Capetonian language [boodskap #107938 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #107935] |
Di, 20 Desember 2005 12:31  |
P & L
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No, dear friend, you actually could not be more wrong - the sentance
"how late it is" - is a Dutch sentance and have been exported with
the Ducht settlers from the Oost Indische Compagie - it is a pure Dutch
sentance. Nothing to do with the actual nature of the Captonians at
this present moment.
Indeed Afrikaans is deep rooted in Cape Town, before the Duch setteled in
Cape Town no European language such as Dutch was spoken out there.
Just the beautiful local languages.Pity you do not write in Afrikaans,
it would be better to do so if you want to mail to this newsgroup!
As to your staircase - also this has nothing to do with your workforce
out there, guess it's everywhere in the world just the same.
Groete van Nederland,
Patrick
In article ,
Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
> I think that the time of year has made things a little worse than
> usual, which has led to the rather late dropping of the penny.
>
> Afrikaans is clearly a language that has deep roots in Cape Town. In
> Afrikaans you can't actually ask the time of day - you can only ask how
> late it is. This is, of course, a most revealing reflection on the
> nature of Cape Town. It isn't a question of whether somebody or
> something is actually late, it is only a question of how late.
>
> I'm also having a staircase built at the moment. It was promised for
> July. It might be complete by February. The main objective, as far as I
> can see, is for the work to be visibly intruding into my life,
> something that couldn't be certain when I wasn't actually on holiday.
>
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