SCNR On 4-8-2012 18:25, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > On 4 August 2012 12:17, Hans-Peter Diettrich <[email protected]> wrote: > So yes, Afrikaans has 100% native > terms for the computer related subjects, and so too it has native > names science, biology (eg: plant names) etc. I'm teaching my 3 year > old son Afrikaans now, and it is amazing how damn confusing the > English language is. Afrikaans is a much better defined language > compared to English. Perhaps Afrikaans is your mother tongue, in which case you may be a bit biased in your opinion of that language being more obvious and clear (not to say you may not be right)... As a non-Afrikaans/non-English native speaker, both languages have their pluses and minuses for me... though I never really use computer terms in Afrikaans TBH.
>You also don't have the same Afrikaans word that > means two different things like you often find in English (or two > words that sound exactly the same but spelled differently). What about bank (i.e. financial institution/couch or place to sit)? Groete, Reinier -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
