<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 - 21 July 2007 - Volume 03</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">From: </span><span id="_user_elainekh@eject.co.za" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28); font-family: arial,sans-serif;">elaine kruger-haye <<a href="mailto:elainekh@eject.co.za">elainekh@eject.co.za
</a>></span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Subject: LL-L etomology "fiets"</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
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<div><font size="2">New to the list so forgive errors.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">The orgin ' of the word fiets' or 'trapfiets' for
bicycle, velo, etc seems to be not well documented in Nederlands or
Afrikaans. Does anyone have information? Are there other languages where a
bicycle is called a fiets?<br><br>----------<br><br>From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>Subject: Etymology<br><br>Goeiemôre, Elaine, en welkom op ons lys! <br><br>Ons kan nie te veel lede van Suid-Afrika hê nie, s
</font><font size="2">ê ek</font><font size="2">. Elsie en Mark het tot hier toe die meeste van die Afrikaans-las gedra. Die ander sê niks; hulle is te skaam en sit agter die gordyn van naamloosheid. <br><br>(My Afrikaans kan nie getel word nie.
</font><font size="2">As almal hier weet </font><font size="2">is dit 'n saak van vermaaklikheid, als ook my Fries en Scots. Maar ek gebruik hulle </font><font size="2">in elk geval</font><font size="2"> met respek, alhoewel die resultate dikwels baie snaaks is.)
<br><br>Groete!<br>Reinhard/Ron<br><br></font></div></div><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">