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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">From: <span class="fontdarkgray">dealangeam</span><span class="cgselectable">

<<a href="mailto:atdelange@iburst.co.za">atdelange@iburst.co.za</a>></span></p>

<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Subject: <span class="cgselectable">LL-L "Language politics" 2010.10.?? (0?) [AF]</span></p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle">Taal</span> <span class="spelle">Emosies</span></p>

<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle">Beste</span> <span class="spelle">Laaglanders</span> en Mark

Dreyer,</p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle">Om</span> <span class="spelle">een</span> of <span class="grame">ander</span> <span class="spelle">rede</span>,

ten <span class="spelle">spyte</span> van al Ron se <span class="spelle">wenke</span>,

<span class="spelle">wil</span> die LL-L <span class="spelle">bediener</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span> my epos <span class="spelle">vanaf</span> <a href="http://iburst.co.za/" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts">iburst.co.za</span></a>

<span class="spelle">aanvaar</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span>. Ron <span class="spelle">moet</span> <span class="spelle">dus</span> <span class="spelle">elkeen</span>

van my <span class="spelle">eposse</span> met <span class="grame">die</span> hand <span class="spelle">laai</span>. <span class="spelle">Laat</span> <span class="spelle">ons</span>

die <span class="spelle">oorwerkte man <span class="spelle">respekteer.

<span class="grame">Daarom </span><span class="spelle">sal</span><span class="grame">

</span><span class="spelle">ek</span><span class="grame"> net </span><span class="spelle">jou</span><span class="grame"> epos </span><span class="spelle">beantwoord</span><span class="grame">.</span></p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle">Ek</span> is <span class="spelle">nie</span> <span class="spelle">konserwatief</span> of <span class="spelle">liberaal</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span>. <span class="spelle">Ek</span> is <span class="spelle">nie</span>

<span class="spelle">ryk</span> of arm <span class="spelle">nie</span>. (<span class="spelle">Ek</span> <span class="spelle">het</span> 12 <span class="spelle">neringe</span>

en 13 <span class="spelle">ongelukke</span> ;-) <span class="spelle">Eintlik</span>

<span class="grame">kan</span> <span class="spelle">ek</span> <span class="spelle">kan</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span>

<span class="spelle">geklas</span> word <span class="spelle">nie</span>. <span class="grame">Ek </span><span class="spelle">het</span><span class="grame"> by LL-L

in 1995 </span><span class="spelle">aangesluit</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">omdat</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">ek</span><span class="grame"> ‘n </span><span class="spelle">passie</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">het</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">vir</span><span class="grame"> die </span><span class="spelle">Laag-Saksers</span><span class="grame"> (</span><span class="spelle">Nederduitsers</span><span class="grame">).</span>

<span class="spelle">Dit</span> <span class="spelle">het</span> in 1967 begin <span class="spelle">gedurende</span> my MSc <span class="spelle">jare</span> in <span class="spelle">fisika</span>. In 1972 <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">ek</span> <span class="spelle">uit</span> die <span class="spelle">bloute</span>

‘n <span class="spelle">kosbare</span> <span class="spelle">geskenk</span> <span class="spelle">gekry</span>: Wolfgang von <span class="spelle">Eschenbach</span> se

<span class="spelle">verhale</span>. My <span class="spelle">kosbaarste</span> <span class="spelle">besitting</span> is ‘n <span class="spelle">gedig</span> <span class="spelle">wat</span> Cato Brink in die <span class="spelle">middeleeue</span> <span class="spelle">oor</span> die Swart <span class="spelle">Dood</span> in <span class="spelle">Nederduits</span> <span class="spelle">geskryf</span> <span class="spelle">het</span>. <span class="spelle">Daarin</span> word <span class="spelle">ek</span> <span class="spelle">bewus</span> van Afrikaans 300 <span class="spelle">jaar</span> <span class="spelle">voor</span> <span class="spelle">dit</span>

in die 1650’s <span class="spelle">gebore</span> is.</p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle">Ek</span> <span class="spelle">snuffel</span> <span class="spelle">dus</span> as Afrikaner reeds 43 <span class="spelle">jaar</span>

die <span class="spelle">Nederduitse</span> spoor en 25 <span class="spelle">jaar</span>

die <span class="spelle">Oergermaanse</span> spoor. <span class="spelle">Dit</span>

was <span class="spelle">alles</span> die <span class="spelle">moeite</span> <span class="spelle">werd</span>.</p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Die <span class="spelle">mens</span> <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">klip</span>-gravure (“<span class="spelle">petroglyphs</span>”)

begin <span class="spelle">maak</span> <span class="spelle">sowat</span> 15,000 <span class="spelle">jaar</span> <span class="spelle">gelede</span>. <span class="spelle">Daarmee</span>

<span class="spelle">het</span> die <span class="spelle">mens</span> <span class="spelle">sy</span> <span class="spelle">groot-brein</span> (“cortex”) <span class="grame">begin</span> <span class="spelle">gebruik</span>, <span class="spelle">gevoer</span>

<span class="spelle">deur</span> die <span class="spelle">klein-brein</span> (“limbic

system”). <span class="spelle">Dit</span> was ‘n <span class="spelle">unieke</span>

<span class="spelle">opknouing</span> (“emergence”). <span class="spelle">Dit</span>

<span class="spelle">het</span> die <span class="spelle">mens</span> <span class="grame">anders</span> as <span class="spelle">alle</span> <span class="spelle">ander</span>

<span class="spelle">gewerwelde</span> <span class="spelle">diere</span> <span class="spelle">gemaak</span> <span class="spelle">het</span>. <span class="spelle">Dit</span>

was die <span class="spelle">grootste</span> <span class="spelle">uitvinding</span>

in die <span class="spelle">geskiedenis</span> van die genus Homo. <span class="spelle">Dit</span> is die <span class="spelle">geskiedenis</span> van Homo

sapiens.</p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Die <span class="spelle">groot-brein</span> <span class="spelle">hanteer</span>

die <span class="spelle">mens</span> se <span class="spelle">bouende</span> <span class="spelle">denke</span> (“rational thinking”). Die <span class="spelle">klein-brein</span>

<span class="spelle">hanteer</span> die <span class="spelle">emosies</span> <span class="spelle">soos</span> in die <span class="spelle">oer-geskiedenis</span> (“<span class="spelle">paleontology</span>”) van <span class="spelle">gewerwelde</span> <span class="spelle">diere</span>. <span class="spelle">Enigeen</span>, <span class="spelle">veral</span> <span class="spelle">politici</span>, <span class="spelle">wat</span> die <span class="spelle">wêreld</span> se <span class="spelle">huidige</span> <span class="spelle">probleme</span> <span class="spelle">wil</span> <span class="spelle">oplos</span> en <span class="spelle">niks</span>

<span class="spelle">weet</span> van die <span class="spelle">twee</span> <span class="spelle">breine</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span>, <span class="spelle">speel</span>

met <span class="spelle">dinamiet op ‘n reuse <span class="spelle">tenker.

<span class="spelle">Intussen</span> begin <span class="spelle">afsterf</span>

(“die-off”) <span class="spelle">oploem</span>.</p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Die <span class="spelle">klein-brein</span> <span class="spelle">voer</span>

die <span class="spelle">groot-brein</span> met <span class="spelle">inligting</span>

(“information”) op die <span class="spelle">vlak</span> van <span class="spelle">stomkennis</span>

(“tacit knowledge”, Michael <span class="spelle">Polanyi</span>). <span class="spelle">Om</span> <span class="spelle">hierdie</span>

<span class="spelle">stomkennis <span class="grame">na <span class="spelle">buite <span class="spelle">te bring, <span class="spelle">moet die <span class="spelle">mens van <span class="spelle">vorm <span class="spelle">gebruik <span class="spelle">maak.

<span class="spelle">Daar</span> is <span class="spelle">baie</span> <span class="spelle">soorte</span> <span class="spelle">vorme</span>. <span class="spelle">Vir</span>

<span class="grame">taal</span> is <span class="spelle">grammatika</span> die <span class="spelle">belangrikste</span> <span class="spelle">vorm</span>.</p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="grame">Hierdie </span><span class="spelle">onderstelling</span><span class="grame">

(“conjecture”) </span><span class="spelle">het</span><span class="grame">

</span><span class="spelle">ek</span><span class="grame"> in </span><span class="spelle">in</span><span class="grame">

1972 </span><span class="spelle">ontdek</span><span class="grame">.</span> Die <span class="spelle">opknouing</span> (“emergence”) van <span class="spelle">stomkennis</span>

<span class="grame">na</span> <span class="spelle">vorm-kennis</span> (“formal

knowledge”) <span class="spelle">geskied</span> met die <span class="spelle">minste</span>

<span class="spelle">weerstand</span> (“free energy barrier”) in die <span class="spelle">mens</span> se <span class="spelle">moedertaal</span>!</p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle">Mense</span> <span class="spelle">besef</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span> <span class="spelle">watter</span> <span class="spelle">ongelooflike</span>

<span class="spelle">insette <span class="spelle">sedert die 1920's <span class="spelle">nodig was <span class="grame">om Afrikaans as <span class="spelle">volledige <span class="spelle">taal <span class="spelle">te <span class="spelle">vestig <span class="spelle">nie.

<span class="spelle">Dit</span> is <span class="spelle">omdat</span> <span class="spelle">hulle</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span> <span class="grame">meer</span>

<span class="spelle">ou</span> <span class="spelle">boeke</span> lees <span class="spelle">nie</span>. <span class="spelle">Engelse</span> <span class="spelle">glipsies</span>

(<span class="spelle">leen</span> <span class="spelle">woorde</span> - “<span class="spelle">Anglicisms</span>”) was <span class="spelle">nie</span> <span class="spelle">aanvaarbaar</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span>. <span class="spelle">Woorde</span> van <span class="spelle">Romaanse</span> <span class="spelle">herkoms</span> (<span class="spelle">Latyn</span> en <span class="spelle">Grieks</span>) is in <span class="spelle">woordeboeke</span> <span class="spelle">opgeneem</span> <span class="spelle">eers</span> <span class="spelle">nadat</span>

die <span class="spelle">Germaanse</span> <span class="spelle">woord</span> <span class="spelle">opgediep</span> is <span class="spelle">uit</span> <span class="spelle">boeke</span> en <span class="spelle">gesprekke</span> met <span class="spelle">ou</span> <span class="spelle">mense</span>, <span class="spelle">gebore</span>

tot so <span class="spelle">ver</span> <span class="spelle">terug</span> as 1850. <span class="spelle">Sou</span> die <span class="spelle">huidige</span> <span class="spelle">Nederduitsers</span> so hard en <span class="spelle">besield</span> <span class="spelle">werk</span>, <span class="spelle">sal</span> die <span class="spelle">Nederduitse</span>

<span class="grame">taal</span> <span class="spelle">binne</span> 20 <span class="spelle">jaar</span> <span class="spelle">weer</span> <span class="spelle">herrys</span>

<span class="spelle">soos</span> die <span class="spelle">geval</span> met <span class="spelle">Hebreeus</span>.</p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Die <span class="spelle">einste</span> <span class="spelle">bose</span>

apartheid <span class="spelle">regering</span> <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">dieselfde</span> <span class="spelle">vir</span> <span class="spelle">Bantoe</span>

tale <span class="spelle">probeer</span> <span class="spelle">doen</span>. <span class="spelle">Dit</span> <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">veel</span>

geld en <span class="spelle">tyd</span> <span class="spelle">gekos</span>. <span class="spelle">Maar</span> nee, <span class="spelle">Bantoes</span> was <span class="grame">meer</span> <span class="spelle">begaan</span> <span class="spelle">om</span>

<span class="spelle">Engels</span> <span class="spelle">te</span> <span class="spelle">kan</span> <span class="spelle">praat</span>, lees en <span class="spelle">skryf</span>. <span class="spelle">Skaar</span> <span class="spelle">jou</span> <span class="spelle">eerder</span>

by die <span class="spelle">slawe</span> <span class="spelle">heerser</span> as <span class="grame">om</span> <span class="spelle">vir</span> <span class="spelle">jou</span>

<span class="spelle">eie</span> <span class="spelle">vryheid</span> <span class="spelle">te</span> <span class="spelle">werk</span> – die <span class="spelle">kospotte</span>

van <span class="spelle">Egipte</span>. <span class="spelle">Ek</span> <span class="spelle">weet</span> van <span class="spelle">geen</span> <span class="spelle">boek</span>

<span class="spelle">vir</span> <span class="spelle">enige</span> <span class="spelle">natuurwetenskap</span> <span class="spelle">wat</span> op <span class="spelle">naskoolse</span> <span class="spelle">vlak</span> in <span class="spelle">enige</span> <span class="spelle">Bantoe</span> <span class="spelle">moedertaal</span>

<span class="spelle">geskryf</span> is <span class="spelle">nie</span>.</p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle">Baie</span> <span class="spelle">sal</span> <span class="spelle">beweer</span> <span class="spelle">dat</span> <span class="spelle">dit</span>

<span class="spelle">weer apartheid se <span class="spelle">skuld is.

<span class="spelle">Ek</span> en ‘n <span class="spelle">klompie</span> <span class="grame">ander</span> by die <span class="spelle">universiteit</span> <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">jare</span> lank <span class="spelle">probeer</span>

<span class="spelle">om</span> <span class="spelle">Bantoe</span> <span class="spelle">professore</span> en <span class="spelle">lektore</span> <span class="spelle">te</span> <span class="spelle">oortuig</span> <span class="spelle">dat</span>

<span class="spelle">dit</span> <span class="spelle">nodig</span> is <span class="spelle">om</span> <span class="spelle">hulle</span> self-<span class="spelle">respek</span>

<span class="spelle">te</span> <span class="spelle">verdien</span>. <span class="grame">Daarvan </span><span class="spelle">het</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">niks</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">gekom</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">nie</span><span class="grame">.</span></p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Mark, <span class="spelle">jy</span> <span class="spelle">skryf</span> <span class="grame">“ Taal</span> is <span class="spelle">maar</span> 'n <span class="spelle">kommunikasiemiddel</span>.” 999 <span class="spelle">uit</span> 1000 <span class="spelle">mense</span> <span class="spelle">sal</span> met <span class="spelle">jou</span> <span class="spelle">saam</span>

stem, <span class="spelle">maar <span class="spelle">ek <span class="spelle">nie <span class="grame">meer <span class="spelle">nie.

<span class="spelle">Taal</span> is die <span class="spelle">mens</span> se <span class="spelle">belangrikste</span> <span class="spelle">hulpmiddel</span> <span class="grame">om</span> <span class="spelle">sy</span>

gees <span class="spelle">gesond</span> <span class="spelle">te</span> <span class="spelle">hou</span>. <span class="spelle">Daarsonder</span> bots die <span class="spelle">groot-brein</span> en <span class="spelle">klein-brein</span> <span class="spelle">sodat</span> <span class="spelle">gedagte-warboel</span> (“<span class="spelle">logoschaos</span>”) <span class="spelle">onstaan</span>. Die <span class="spelle">aller</span> <span class="spelle">ergste</span> <span class="spelle">neurologiese</span>

en <span class="spelle">psigologiese</span> <span class="spelle">afwykings</span> <span class="spelle">volg</span> <span class="spelle">daaruit</span>. </p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="grame">Mark, </span><span class="spelle">jy</span><span class="grame">

</span><span class="spelle">vra</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">ook</span><span class="grame">

“At, </span><span class="spelle">wat</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">wil</span><span class="grame">

</span><span class="spelle">jy</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">eintlik</span><span class="grame">

</span><span class="spelle">sê</span><span class="grame">?</span> <span class="spelle">Wat</span> <span class="spelle">wil</span> <span class="spelle">jy</span>

<span class="spelle">eintlik</span> <span class="spelle">hê</span>?<span class="grame">”.</span> <span class="spelle">Ek</span> dink <span class="spelle">ek</span>

<span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">saam</span> met my <span class="spelle">eerste</span> <span class="spelle">bydrae</span> <span class="spelle">genoeg</span>

<span class="spelle">gesê</span>. <span class="spelle">Ek</span> <span class="spelle">wil</span> ‘n <span class="spelle">kopskuif</span> (“paradigm shift”)

<span class="spelle">hê</span> by <span class="spelle">almal</span> <span class="spelle">wat</span> <span class="spelle">lief</span> (“passion”) is <span class="spelle">vir</span> tale en <span class="spelle">veral</span> <span class="spelle">enige</span> <span class="spelle">Germaanse</span> <span class="spelle">taal</span>. <span class="spelle">Dit</span> <span class="spelle">het</span>

<span class="spelle">niks met <span class="spelle">Naziisme <span class="grame">te <span class="spelle">doen <span class="spelle">nie.

<span class="spelle">Ek</span> <span class="spelle">wil</span> <span class="spelle">hê</span>

<span class="spelle">dat</span> <span class="spelle">mense</span> <span class="spelle">heelnis</span> (“wholeness”) begin <span class="spelle">respekteer</span>

want <span class="spelle">ons</span> <span class="spelle">stoflike</span> en <span class="spelle">geeslike</span> <span class="spelle">wêrelde</span> is <span class="spelle">besig</span> <span class="grame">om</span> <span class="spelle">uit</span>

<span class="spelle">mekaar</span> <span class="spelle">te</span> val. <span class="spelle">Politici</span> <span class="spelle">slaan</span> <span class="spelle">munt</span> <span class="spelle">daaruit</span>.</p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Mark, <span class="spelle">jy <span class="spelle">skryf “<span class="spelle">taalgebruik <span class="grame">...(is) <span class="spelle">Maar net <span class="spelle">gereedskap”. <span class="spelle">Ek stem <span class="spelle">nie met die <span class="spelle">stelling <span class="spelle">saam <span class="spelle">nie.

<span class="spelle">Ek</span> <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">soos</span>

<span class="spelle">biljoene</span> <span class="grame">ander</span> <span class="spelle">mense</span> <span class="spelle">nege</span> <span class="spelle">maande</span>

in ‘n <span class="spelle">baarmoeder</span> <span class="spelle">gegroei</span> en

<span class="spelle">na</span> ma se <span class="spelle">gepraat</span> <span class="spelle">geluister</span>. <span class="spelle">Dit</span> <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">deel</span> van my gees <span class="spelle">geword</span>. <span class="spelle">Ek</span> <span class="spelle">het</span>

9 <span class="spelle">maande <span class="grame">na my <span class="spelle">geboorte begin <span class="spelle">om self <span class="spelle">te <span class="spelle">probeer <span class="spelle">praat.

Op 2 was <span class="spelle">ek</span> <span class="spelle">praat</span> <span class="spelle">vaardig</span>, al was <span class="spelle">dit</span> <span class="spelle">baie</span> <span class="spelle">eenvoudig</span>. </p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Hoe <span class="grame">kan</span>

so ‘n <span class="spelle">deel</span> van my gees <span class="spelle">gereedskap</span>

<span class="spelle">wees</span>? <span class="spelle">Nog</span> <span class="grame">meer</span>, hoe <span class="spelle">kan</span> my <span class="spelle">volle</span>

gees en <span class="spelle">selfs</span> <span class="spelle">liggaam</span> <span class="spelle">enig</span> <span class="spelle">iemand</span> se <span class="spelle">gereedskap</span> <span class="spelle">wees</span>? Die <span class="spelle">Nederduitse</span> <span class="spelle">bloed</span> in my <span class="spelle">roep</span> <span class="spelle">dit</span> <span class="spelle">uit</span>:</p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="grame"><b>Ek </b></span><span class="spelle"><b>het</b></span><span class="grame"><b> </b></span><span class="spelle"><b>vry</b></span><span class="grame"><b> </b></span><span class="spelle"><b>geword</b></span><span class="grame"><b>.</b></span><b> <span class="grame">Ek </span><span class="spelle">sal</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">nooit</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">weer</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">iemand</span><span class="grame"> se </span><span class="spelle">gereedskap</span><span class="grame">

of </span><span class="spelle">slaaf</span><span class="grame"> word </span><span class="spelle">nie</span><span class="grame">.</span> <span class="grame">My </span><span class="spelle">moedertaal</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">ook</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">nie</span><span class="grame">.</span></b></p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle">Jy</span> <span class="spelle">skryf</span> <span class="spelle">laastens</span> “<span class="spelle">Sterkstaan</span>; <span class="spelle">ek</span> <span class="grame">kan</span> <span class="spelle">sommer</span>

<span class="spelle">huil</span>”. <span class="spelle">Ek</span> <span class="spelle">huil</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span> <span class="grame">meer</span>

<span class="spelle">nie</span>. My <span class="spelle">dood</span> is <span class="grame">te</span> <span class="spelle">naby</span>. As <span class="spelle">enige</span>

<span class="grame">mede</span> <span class="spelle">Laaglander</span> <span class="spelle">wil</span> <span class="spelle">weet</span> <span class="spelle">hoekom</span>,

lees <span class="spelle">een</span> van my <span class="spelle">jongste</span> <span class="spelle">artikels</span> (“<span class="spelle">Twyfel</span> <span class="spelle">jy</span> <span class="spelle">nog</span>?”) by:</p>

<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.woes.co.za/artikels/vertoon/96743_Twyfel_jy_nog.htm" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts">http://www.woes.co.za/artikels/vertoon/96743_Twyfel_jy_nog.htm</span></a></p>

<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle">Daarin</span> <span class="spelle">skryf</span> <span class="spelle">ek</span> <span class="spelle">onder</span> <span class="spelle">andere</span>

<span class="spelle">oor</span> die San se <span class="spelle">rotsgravure</span>

van 10,000 <span class="spelle">jaar</span> <span class="spelle">gelede</span>.</p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="grame">Geniet </span><span class="spelle">dit</span><span class="grame">.</span></p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle">Mooi</span> loop</p>

<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">At de Lange</p>

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