<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 July 2007 - Volume 01</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(0, 104, 28); font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Maria Elsie Zinsser</span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial,sans-serif;" class="lg">
<<a href="mailto:ezinsser@icon.co.za">ezinsser@icon.co.za</a>></span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Subject: LL-L "Morphophonology" 2007.07.26 (02) [A/E]
</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Hi all,</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">I remembered this morning that the typical Afrikaans word for prompting a dog to attack an intruder is "Sa!".</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Could this be a shortened for "Sê!" as in 'the command is spoken'.</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Incidentally the
best word to chase a dog away is: Voertsek! a word my children's German
granny hates with a passion because it sounds so harsh. It is the
shortened form for 'Voert sê ek!' and showed its effectiveness when
a Barrington, RI dog wouldn't stop barking at me. </span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">I hissed one 'voertsek!, and it stopped, turned around and walked back to into its yard. And no, it wasn't a boerboel :-)
</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;" class="sg"><br>Elsie Zinsser<br><br>----------<br><br></span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">From: Luc Hellinckx <
<a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a>></span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial,sans-serif;" class="lg"></span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
Subject: LL-L "Etymology"</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
Beste Ron,</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
You wrote:</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
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<div style="direction: ltr;"><span class="q">It sounds as though the
worst Luc and I (each with a political border against him) can expect
is to be martyred and then to be remembered as glorious figures that
were treated as heretics because they were ahead of their time. What
could be more European?
<br>
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</span><span class="q">Imagining possible technical combinations used
in the execution boggles the mind.</span><span class="q"> Who will
throw the first match? And how long ahead of time do you have to start
applying for sainthoods?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Since it was you who discovered the German roots of "fiets" (D), it
will be you as well who will get the recognition of the entire Dutch
academic world...but alas, the scorn of the rest of the population will
also be your part </span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;" class="moz-smiley-s5"><span> :-D </span></span><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;">
I'm willing to negotiate however. </span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
I could first tell the jury that it was me who whispered those foolish
things in your ears. Next it would be a piece of cake for me to let
myself declare "non compos mentis" towards the Dutch jury (helps being
Belgian and Borat's alter ego). </span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
You should plead guilty though...but!...dish up a story about being
socially ill-conditioned and spending a miserable youth due to a very
strict Prussian father...and a Jewish mother. That will help Reintje
get away with it. </span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
Then move to Amsterdam, unswear every oath you ever made in your
life...and apply for the Nobel prize.</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
Kind greetings,</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
Luc Hellinckx</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">