LL-L "Idiomatica" 2005.05.08 (01) [E]

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From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at pandora.be>
Subject: Idiomatica

Hoj Ingmar,

You wrote:

> In het moderne Nederlands zou dat zijn: "Alles zal terecht
> komen mits iedereen zijn plicht doet", maar misschien komt
> die uitdrukking uit zeventiende eeuwse bijbeltaal of zo? Het
> eerste deel "alles sal reg kom"
> is geen Nederlands, <reg> in plaats van <recht> en <kom> ipv
> <komen>, en ook <sal> ipv <zal> is typisch Afrikaans, toch?
>
> In elk geval, Nederlanders kennen alleen het eerste stukje,
> dus "alles sal reg kom" en dat betekent gewoon "everything is
> gonna be alright", en zijn ervan overtuigd dat het Afrikaans is.

"Alles komt teregt" is the device of the very famous Dutch publishing house
of "Martinus Nijhoff" (many books about linguistics). More info here:
http://www.kb.nl/galerie/drukkersmerk/bode.html and:
http://www.kb.nl/galerie/drukkersmerk/bode2.jpg

Luc Hellinckx

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