LL-L "Etymology" 2009.01.02 (05) [E]

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

Beste Diederik,



You wrote:

>>"ne gelukkige vöö allegaa 't *noste* jaar"...

>>

>>Yrs,

>>Mark

Not entirely sure what you meant here, but the word 'noste' definately
hasn't got anything to do with Latin...

noste/nöste etc. = English 'next', Dutch naast (which now only means "next
to","besides"), also used in older Antwerp dialect and in most of southern
Dutch. Dutch "volgend" has nowadays taken over, tho.



Oh yes, definitely true that "volgend(e)" is gaining popularity.



But I'm anticipating a little...given the approximately 2 000 M people on
this world who are speaking either English or German as a first or second
language (who both use "next" / "nächste" in this case), my "noste" (=
naaste, superlative of na(ar) - nader - naast) won't be entirely out of tune
by the time Dutch gets its ass whooped.

7 M guys in de Randstad saying "volgende" won't be able to turn the tide,
that chance was lost already in the 17th century.



Kind greetings,



Luc Hellinckx
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