| Point Taken... [boodskap #28733] |
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let me firstly apologise if I offended you. This was never my intention.
In posting the response to your earlier writing I was seeking dialogue on what is a very pouplar perception in Australia. Many people (particularly the English) feel that the stranglehold that the Afrikaners held in South Africa on such areas like the Media, Government and Defence Force and the job reservation that they exercised and favoured their own might rear it's ugly head in Australia.
While this would be absurd to suggest as The Australians, as I'm sure that you're well aware, do not take kindly to discrimination of any kind.
I do have to remind you that in your previous posting - you made the point that it was wonderful for you to hear Afrikaans spoken everywhere etc. That of course is total nonsense and is a figment of your imagination.
I would be curious to find out though do you force your wife to speak Afrikaans? The boere that I worked with always wanted to keep speaking their own language to everyone - despite many not being fluent in the disgusting language. It must kill you to have to do all your day-to-day dealings in English!
I do feel thought that you should come to terms with the fact that Afrikaans is a dying language - without sound foundation, and a bastardisation of so many others.
Noslen Alednam
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| Re: Point Taken... [boodskap #28735 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #28733] |
Sat, 15 January 2000 00:00  |
Johan van Zyl
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----- Original Message -----
From: Noslen Alednam
Newsgroups: soc.culture.south-africa.afrikaans
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 8:13 PM
Subject: Point Taken...
| let me firstly apologise if I offended you. This was never my intention.
you did not offend me, but all intelligent South Africans, regardless of
language or creed.
| In posting the response to your earlier writing I was seeking dialogue on
what is a very pouplar perception in Australia. Many people (particularly
the English) feel that the stranglehold that the Afrikaners held in South
Africa on such areas like the Media, Government and Defence Force and the
job reservation that they exercised and favoured their own might rear it's
ugly head in Australia.
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| While this would be absurd to suggest as The Australians, as I'm sure that
you're well aware, do not take kindly to discrimination of any kind.
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The Australians can do that well enough on their own (Pauline Hanson) they
surely don't need the
aid of a few South Africans, who according to you can't make it here and run
back.
Look where she landed up.
| I do have to remind you that in your previous posting - you made the point
that it was wonderful for you to hear Afrikaans spoken everywhere etc. That
of course is total nonsense and is a figment of your imagination.
When last have you been to Melbourne, or Sydney?
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| I would be curious to find out though do you force your wife to speak
Afrikaans? The boere that I worked with always wanted to keep speaking their
own language to everyone - despite many not being fluent in the disgusting
language. It must kill you to have to do all your day-to-day dealings in
English!
You don't know my wife, nobody forces her to do anything. The language that
I speak at home
is mostly English, and I have no hangups about speaking English. Out of
common courtesy, I don't
speak Afrikaans if the people that are with us don't understand it.
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| I do feel thought that you should come to terms with the fact that
Afrikaans is a dying language - without sound foundation, and a
bastardisation of so many others.
You are the one that should come to terms with the fact that Afrikaans is
not a dying language,
despite your rant and raves.
Like I've mentioned before, There are more "coloureds" in SA that speak
Afrikaans than
whites.
All languages are derived from other ancient languages, there's a lot of
commonalities
between many European languages.
Dutch for instance, can be argued to be a "low" form of German, but it is
widely spoken
and is a strong language that evolved in its own right, It is also the
official language of
Suriname, a South American country.
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| Noslen Alednam
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Nelson Mandela is a well educated and eloquent individual, please use
someone more
on your level to practise your poor anagrammatic skills upon.
Johan
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Under
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