Lance, my understanding of South-African is that it is more a derivative from Dutch than any other language. Not doubting where your heritage lies, but Buitendag sounds more Dutch than German to me. Since they it's a combination of 2 words spelled exactly the same in Dutch (buiten & dag) and translating those words to german it would look like Austag. My returning on this subject is because it fascinates me. I like languages and their history and also my father has lived in former Rhodesia and South-Africa.
Boudewijn On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Paul Maynard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ________________________________ > Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 11:14:36 -0500 > Subject: New "get to know you" question > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Who is everyone? For instance: age, location, job, family, outside > interests? > > > I'm 25 and live in Birmingham, England. I work as a Business > Developer/Account Manager for an air conditioning company (with the focus > very much turning toward heating now - about 9C here today!). Holding off on > the marriage/kids stuff until I've lived a bit more for myself, I have a > ridiculously busy social life which I don't feel like giving up just yet! My > family is pretty close-knit with grandparents/aunts/cousins all living > within a 10 mile radius. > > I've a big interest in football (actual FOOTball, haha) being a season > ticket holder for Aston Villa F.C and also playing myself at least twice a > week which at the moment is just about keeping me in some kind of decent > shape in it's war with my terrible diet. I've also been a Patriots fan since > my friend got me in to NFL back in 2007. I'm rarely without a book, and I'm > an avid film fan - to date this year I've watched over 60 films at my local > cinema. > > Paul > > >
