Sent from my iPad Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com Elardus,
Funny is excellent for Friday, been a looooooooong week for me On Feb 3, 2012, at 4:18 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht <[email protected]> wrote: > Vernooij, CP wrote: > >> Veld is also Dutch and means the same. > > Ok. > >> We know the word 'kraal' but it is not used anymore. The dictonary explains >> it as 1) your enclosure for cattle and 2) a village for african tribes, >> probably enclosed too for protection. > > I used the first meaning in this thread. The second meaning was really needed > for protection (against really hungry meat loving predators) and keeping > cattle inside. > > >> Afrikaans split off from Dutch quite some time ago and the both developped >> into their own directions. That is why we understand Afrikaans, but it often >> sounds ancient or funny to us. But I suppose you will think the same of >> Dutch;-). > > Yes, I indeed think the same of Dutch. ;-D > > Actually there is a dictionary available which describes words with same > spelling in Afrikaans and Dutch, but they have different meaning, usually > offensive if you use that word in the 'wrong' language, causing gross > misunderstanding and perhaps a blue eye or two. > > :-D :-D :-D > > Ok, I'm outta this thread. Too off-topic for Friday fun. ;-D > > Groete / Greetings > Elardus Engelbrecht > > New local (electrifying shocking!) joke in South Africa: > > Eskom (the national electricity supplier) is POSITIVELY the ONLY company in > the world spending lots of money trying to encourage public NOT to use their > product! (To avoid blackouts...) > > :-D > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
