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From: "JCCI\\MAUREEN BRADY" <>
Subject: Re: Languages in SA
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 11:33:56 +0200


Beg to differ: French 'fenêtre', 'table', 'parapluie' all from Latin,
'fenestra', 'tabula', 'parãre' - to prepare, 'para' - to ward (off), cf
para-sol.
Regards
Maureen
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From: Leo van de Pas <>
To: <>
Date: 03 July 1999 12:56
Subject: Re: Languages in SA

>
>Dear Sonia,
> Where do you come from (Belgium?)? You are
>aware, of course, that the French borrowed :-)
>several Dutch words. Venster, tafel and paraplu
>just to mention a few :-) I'd better stop here :-)
>Best wishes,
>Leo van de Pas
>
>At 03:07 PM 7/2/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>>I am glad that the article by Andre van Rensburg was translated. I am
>>sure Andre would have answered thre queries on his post himself, but he
>>advised me he was going to NZ and probably had not seen the postings.
>>
>>You may not have realized that there are a number of French words which
>>somehow got squeezed into Afrikaans.
>>
>>I come from a bi-lingual country also, ha, ha, but our French is very
>>minimal. But even this non-French speaking Canadian noticed on my first
>>visit to SA that the word for window was spelled like the French, but I
>>marvelled at your pronunciation of the word. In French it is pronounced
>>FENETRE, whereas in Afrikaans it is pronounced FENSTER.
>>
>>Then your pronunciation of Mont aux Sources really amazed me. In French
>>it would be pronounced MONT O SORS.
>>
>>Just some observations from an outsider.
>>
>>Sonia
>>
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