<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">L O W L A N D S - L - 27 April 2007 - Volume 07</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">From: </span><span id="_user_ezinsser@icon.co.za" style="color: rgb(91, 16, 148); font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Elsie Zinsser <<a href="mailto:ezinsser@icon.co.za">ezinsser@icon.co.za
</a>></span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial,sans-serif;" class="lg"></span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
Subject: LL-L "Language maintenance" 2007.04.27 (03) [A/E/LS]</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><p style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;" lang="DE">
Goeiedag Laaglanders!</span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;" lang="DE">Tomoki, dis gaaf
dat jy in Afrikaans belangstel. ("Ek stel belang in Afrikaans").</span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;" lang="DE">-Ja, Suid-Afrikaners
gebruik al elf tale in die openbaar! Die regering neig om voorrang<br>te gee aan
Engels in die openbaar maar dit is Suid-Afrikaners se demokratiese reg om<br>enige landstaal
te gebruik. Wanneer ek dus die polisie bel, of in 'n hof sou moet verskyn,<br>kan ek vra om
in Afrikaans bedien te word, maar dit is nie altyd prakties uitvoerbaar nie. <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;" lang="DE">-Meeste Afrikaansprekende
kinders word in hul moedertaal opgelei en leer Engels as 'n<br>tweede taal. (Kinders
in Suid-Afrika kry moedertaal onderrig in die primêre en sekondêre<br>skool maar ouers
is vry om hulle kinders in enige taal-medium te laat onderrig). <span> </span><span> </span></span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Groete,</span></font></p><font style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;" size="2"><span class="sg">
<p><font color="black"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Elsie Zinsser</span></font></p></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="q">
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">From: Tomoki Minohara <<a href="mailto:mino_engelachtig@yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mino_engelachtig@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Subject: Language maintenance</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Goiedag!
My naam is Tomoki. </span></font><font size="4">Ek is Japanner, en
belangstel in Afrikaans.<br><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="DE">Die taal Afrikaans is een van die elf amptelike tale van
Suid-Afrika en</span></font><font size="1"><br><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="DE">word deur omtrent 6 miljoen persone as 'n eerste taal
gebruik.</span></font></font><font size="2"><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="DE">Gebruik se Engels in die openbaar?</span></font><font size="2"><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Leer
hulle Engels as tweede taal op skool?</span></font><font size="2"><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Groete,</span></font><font size="2"><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tomoki Minohara</span></font></p></span></font><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
----------</span><br><br>From: <span id="_user_altkehdinger@freenet.de" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Jonny Meibohm <<a href="mailto:altkehdinger@freenet.de">altkehdinger@freenet.de</a>></span><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="lg">
</span><br>Subject: LL-L "Language maintenance" 2007.04.27 (03) [A/E/LS]<br><br><div><span><font face="Courier">Beste
Reinhard,</font></span></div>
<div><span></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Courier">Du
schreyvst:</font></span></div><span class="q">
<div><span></span> </div>
<div><span><font color="#008080" face="Arial">> There
are lots of Low-Saxon-speaking actors (not only amateurs) and other sorts of
entertainers that could be trained to host programs if </font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial"><font color="#008080">>
they haven't been already,* also people that already act as LS-speaking radio
hosts.</font> </font></span></div>
<div><span></span> </div></span>
<div><span><font face="Courier">... and there are some
amongst them who speak rather a good LS!</font></span></div><span class="q">
<div><span></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Courier"><font color="#008080" face="Arial">> Some pick and choose from a large spread of dialects,
such as Radio Bremen, and only the most fervent naysayers and other types of
</font></font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Courier"><font color="#008080"><font face="Arial">> curmudgeons complain about that. </font><br></font></font></span></div></span>
<div><span><font face="Courier"><font color="#000000">Anscheeten! This time I'm NOT amongst them
;-)!</font></font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Courier">I know that a lot of
older people- native speakers of LS!- enjoy to listen regularly to
them.</font></span></div>
<div> </div>
<div align="left"><font face="Courier">Allerbest!</font></div>
<div align="left"> </div>
<font face="Courier">Jonny Meibohm<br><br><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">----------</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>></span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Subject: Language maintenance</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"></font><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Moin, Jonny!</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
Woso "anscheten"? Did you assume I had </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: italic;">y</span>ou</span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> in mind? If so, why did you, and why would I? Sure! You're important to me and all, but you're not all
</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">that</span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> central to my thoughts. Besides, I hope you don't think I apply such clumsy labeling to people.
</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Kumpelmenten,</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
Reinhard/Ron</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"></span><br>