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From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language history"

Beste Mark,

You wrote:

The other argument is that I have the impression that the English
immigration to America was much heavier and consisted mainly of farmers.
They were also more interested in the expansion of the Empire.  There was
less interaction with the local Indians and that the relationship between
settlers and the locals was much more painful.

The climate may also be a differing factor between America and South-Africa.


In the case of America, migration happened from East to West, and as such,
the climate doesn't change that much, which eases the movement of farmers
who are already used to that type of climate. Just look at the distribution
of family names in the US (North to South) and you can (still) roughly see
the same pattern as in Europe (North to South).

Whereas in South-Africa, the migrants landed already in one of the most
benign environments of the whole Earth. Moving South to North (heading to
the tropics), the climate changes more drastically, and therefore involves a
completely different lifestyle, which may have held some/many back. I guess
at the time, most Europeans had little or no knowhow/interest regarding
agriculture in the tropics (or in the desert).

Mining (and the search for gold) is another matter of course.

Kind greetings,

Luc Hellinckx

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