LL-L "Lexicon" 2005.10.27 (03) [E]

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   L O W L A N D S - L * 29 October 2005 * Volume 03
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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2005.10.27 (02) [E]

Part Reynolds wrote:
> >Hottentottententententoonstelling
> I've been chuckling at this ... but isn't Khoikhoi the polite and
> considerate term today?  Would that be Khoikhointentententoonstelling ?
> It just doesn't have the same ring (is it the right way of spelling it,
> even?)  Or does 'Hottentotten' refer to the mountains rather than the
> people?

I think the Khoikhoi may forgive us, at least those among them that like
"cool" words.

In the late 1930, when race became a big issue in Germany, every child in my
mother's class had to say where their ancestors came from. My blonde,
blue-eyed mother had them rolling on the floor when she said her ancestors
were "Hottentotten". She had confused them with "Hugenotten".

Want another really neat Dutch word, with a consonant in the front and in
the back, and no less than seven (!) vowels in between:

koeieuier   (cow's udder)

Can anyone beat that?
(I think the latest spelling reform may have changed it to "koeienuier", how
could they?)

Gabriele Kahn 

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