Did a European tour with a Namibian tour guide. He said Afrikaans is known as "baby Dutch". The same way that us English speakers think of US English as "baby English".
On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 2:35 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht < [email protected]> wrote: > Steve Thompson wrote: > > >Radoslaw wrote: > >> (Disclaimer: my Enlgish is poor, some nuances can be lost in > translation. ) > > >I wish my German was as poor as your English. > >Or to put this as it is actually meant: I wish my German was as good as > your English. > > Hahaha, I wish my English is good, better and excellent like your and > others English. > > If I could only speak Afrikaans on IBM-MAIN, but I believe I'm in the > minority... ;-D > > Groete / Greetings > Elardus Engelbrecht > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
