I think the biggest clue of all was in his earlier email when he said he had looked up the definition of the word "fold" in his English-Dutch dictionary.
Bill Fairchild -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 1:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Returning to the fold Phil Smith wrote: >Kees Vernooij wrote: >>That confirms my other translation and answers my question about this term >>for sheep. >Since your name and domain look Dutch, you might be interested in the >etymology: Correct. His domain is KLM - 'Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij' - Royal Dutch Airlines - the oldest airlines in the world! >before 900; Middle English fold, fald, Old English fald, falod; akin >to Old Saxon faled pen, enclosure, Middle Low German vâlt pen, >enclosure, manure heap, Middle Dutch vaelt, vaelde Interesting. Thanks! :-) >So it's the same word as "veldt" in Afrikaans, and no doubt to other Dutch >words you'll be familiar with. No, the word 'Veld' meaning 'field' in English - wide open flat area covered by grass and scrub, same as 'Outback' (Australia), 'Prairie' - North America, 'Pampas' - South America). (veldt is somewhat archaic and is not used much these days.) For the holding places of cattle and other livestock - the word in Afrikaans is 'kraal' (enclosure) - same as fold. Afrikaans, my favourite language came from Kees favourite language! ;-D Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
