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L O W L A N D S - L - 07 September 2008 - Volume 05<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br>
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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Elsie Zinsser</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe"> </span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:ezinsser@icon.co.za">ezinsser@icon.co.za</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Names" 2008.09.06 (03) [E]</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Hi all, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I suspect many
folks took the pond names with when they immigrated into southern Africa! </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Amongst our
surnames are Poggenpoel and Swanepoel. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Elsie</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">From: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Wolfram Antepohl</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> <<a href="mailto:wolfram@antepohl.se" target="_blank">wolfram@antepohl.se</a>><br>
Subject: LL-L "Names"</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">I must have
been a landscape full of ponds and pools at some time considering all the
"Gausepohls" (goose ponds), "Poggenpohls" (frog ponds),
"Swahnepohls" (swan ponds) and even "Krakenpohls" (crow
ponds - they must have been running out of water animals).</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><br>
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From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>>
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Subject: Names<br>
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Elsie,<br>
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I think we can safely assume that those names are Neerlandized Low Saxon names,
at least Poggenpoel, since (<i>pogge</i> >) <i>pog</i> 'frog' is Low Saxon.
Or is there a related word in Dutch and/or Afrikaans?<br>
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I believe we once had a South African by the name of Swanepoel on the List.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Reinhard/Ron</span></p>
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