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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" [AF_EN]</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle">Beste</span> <span class="spelle">Laaglanders</span>,</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">From: Marcus Buck <<span style="cursor: pointer; background-attachment: scroll;" id="lw_1291140573_0"><span class="yshortcuts"><a href="mailto:list@marcusbuck.org">list@marcusbuck.org</a></span></span>></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">“There's another option: just help the Blacks raise to the same higher
statuses.”</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">From: Mark Dreyer <<span style="cursor: pointer; background-attachment: scroll;" id="lw_1291140573_1"><span class="yshortcuts"><a href="mailto:mrdreyer@lantic.net">mrdreyer@lantic.net</a></span></span>></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Mark Dreyer se <span class="spelle">oorspronklike</span> <span class="spelle">bydrae</span> was <span class="spelle">redelik</span> in die <span class="spelle">kol</span>. <span class="spelle">Hy</span> <span class="spelle">eindig</span>
met:</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">“Lastly, if we may impute malign motivations, Afrikaans schools &
indeed everything Afrikaans is being targeted for exclusion, marginalisation
& <span class="spelle">absorbtion</span>.”</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Tog <span class="spelle">maak</span> Marcus Buck <span class="spelle">dit</span>
<span class="grame">af</span> as <span class="spelle">wens-denkery</span>.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle">Dit</span> <span class="spelle">lyk</span> <span class="spelle">vir</span> my Marcus <span class="spelle">moet</span> <span class="spelle">Suid</span> <span class="spelle">Afrika</span> toe <span class="spelle">kom</span> <span class="spelle">vir</span> ‘n <span class="spelle">paar</span>
<span class="spelle">jaar</span> en Afrikaners <span class="spelle">wys</span> hoe <span class="spelle">hy</span> die <span class="spelle">swartes</span> tot ‘n <span class="spelle">hoër</span> status <span class="spelle">gaan</span> <span class="spelle">verhoog</span>.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Apartheid was <span class="spelle">politieke</span> <span class="spelle">beleid</span>
in <span class="spelle">Suid</span> <span class="spelle">Afrika</span> van
1948-1990. <span class="spelle">Dit</span> is ‘n <span class="spelle">handige</span>
<span class="spelle">stok</span> <span class="spelle">om</span> <span class="spelle">mee</span>
<span class="spelle">te</span> <span class="spelle">slaan</span>. <span class="spelle">Maar</span> <span class="spelle">wat</span> van die <span class="spelle">onderwys</span> in die <span class="spelle">res</span> van <span class="spelle">Suidelike</span> <span class="spelle">Afrika</span>. Die <span class="spelle">handige</span> <span class="spelle">stok</span> <span class="spelle">hier</span>
is <span class="spelle">kolonialisme</span>. <span class="spelle">Dit</span> <span class="spelle">lyk</span> <span class="spelle">dus</span> <span class="spelle">asof</span>
<span class="spelle">swartmense</span> <span class="spelle">onskuldig</span> <span class="grame">is</span> <span class="spelle">omdat</span> <span class="spelle">hulle</span>
<span class="spelle">onderdruk</span> is <span class="spelle">deur</span> <span class="spelle">magte</span> <span class="spelle">buite</span> <span class="spelle">hulle</span>
<span class="spelle">beheer</span>.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="grame">Dit bring</span> my tot ‘n <span class="spelle">belangrike</span> punt: die <span class="spelle">slagoffer</span> <span class="spelle">sindroom</span>. <span class="spelle">Daar</span> is ‘n <span class="spelle">paar</span> <span class="spelle">biljoen</span> <span class="spelle">mense</span>
<span class="spelle">hedendaags</span> <span class="spelle">wat</span> <span class="spelle">aan</span> <span class="spelle">hierdie</span> <span class="spelle">sindroom</span>
lei. <span class="spelle">Geen</span> <span class="spelle">politiek</span>, <span class="spelle">mag</span> of geld <span class="spelle">ter</span> <span class="spelle">wêreld</span> <span class="grame">kan</span> <span class="spelle">mense</span>
van <span class="spelle">hierdie</span> <span class="spelle">sindroom</span> <span class="spelle">genees</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span>. <span class="spelle">Dit</span>
<span class="grame">kan</span>
<span class="spelle">slegs</span> <span class="spelle">innerlik</span> <span class="spelle">genees</span> word <span class="spelle">mits</span> die <span class="spelle">begeerte</span> <span class="spelle">daar</span> is <span class="spelle">om</span> <span class="spelle">genees</span> <span class="spelle">te</span>
word.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Hoe word <span class="spelle">hierdie</span> <span class="spelle">begeerte</span>
<span class="spelle">wakker</span>? <span class="spelle">Een</span> van die <span class="spelle">vernaamste</span> <span class="spelle">redes</span> is ‘n <span class="spelle">liefde</span> <span class="spelle">vir</span> die <span class="spelle">eie</span> <span class="spelle">taal</span>, <span class="spelle">om</span>
<span class="spelle">dit</span> <span class="spelle">reg</span> <span class="spelle">te</span>
<span class="spelle">gebruik</span> en <span class="spelle">om</span> <span class="spelle">dit</span> <span class="spelle">uit</span> <span class="spelle">te</span>
<span class="spelle">bou</span> op <span class="spelle">alle</span> <span class="spelle">gebiede</span> van die <span class="spelle">lewe</span>. <span class="grame">Ek </span><span class="spelle">suig</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">dit</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">nie</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">uit</span><span class="grame"> my </span><span class="spelle">duim</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">nie</span><span class="grame">.</span> <span class="spelle">Doen</span> <span class="spelle">gerus</span>
<span class="spelle">navorsing</span> <span class="spelle">oor</span> <span class="spelle">streke</span> <span class="spelle">wat</span> <span class="spelle">aan</span>
die <span class="spelle">verval</span> is en <span class="spelle">waarin</span> <span class="spelle">onheil</span> <span class="spelle">seëvier</span>. <span class="spelle">Kyk</span> hoe <span class="spelle">dit</span> met tale (<span class="spelle">veral</span> die <span class="spelle">inheemse</span>) in elk van <span class="spelle">daardie</span> <span class="spelle">streke</span> <span class="spelle">gaan</span>.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">As <span class="spelle">mense</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span> <span class="spelle">respek</span> <span class="spelle">vir</span> <span class="spelle">hulle</span>
<span class="spelle">eie</span> <span class="grame">taal</span> <span class="spelle">het</span>
<span class="spelle">nie</span>, <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">hulle</span> <span class="spelle">vir</span> min <span class="spelle">ander</span>
<span class="spelle">dinge</span> <span class="spelle">respek</span>. In die <span class="spelle">plek</span> van <span class="spelle">respek</span> <span class="spelle">jaag</span> <span class="spelle">hulle</span> die <span class="spelle">sewe</span> <span class="spelle">doodsondes</span> (van Dante) <span class="spelle">soos</span> <span class="spelle">hebsug</span>, <span class="spelle">magsug</span>
en <span class="spelle">eersug</span> <span class="grame">na</span>.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">‘<span class="grame">n</span> <span class="spelle">Mens</span> <span class="spelle">kan</span>
die <span class="spelle">respek</span> <span class="spelle">vir</span> ‘n <span class="spelle">eie</span> <span class="spelle">taal</span> <span class="spelle">peil</span>
<span class="spelle">deur</span> <span class="spelle">te</span> <span class="spelle">kyk</span>
<span class="spelle">hoeveel</span> <span class="spelle">hulp-taalboeke</span> (<span class="spelle">woorde</span>, <span class="spelle">grammatika</span>, <span class="spelle">stelwyse</span> <span class="spelle">ensovoorts</span>) <span class="spelle">deur</span> <span class="spelle">daardie</span> <span class="spelle">mense</span>
<span class="spelle">geskep</span> is en <span class="spelle">nog</span> steeds <span class="spelle">geskep</span> word. Lank <span class="spelle">voor</span> Apartheid
en <span class="spelle">veral</span> <span class="spelle">gedurende</span>
Apartheid is 98% van <span class="spelle">alle</span> <span class="spelle">hulp-taalboeke</span>
<span class="spelle">vir</span> swart tale <span class="spelle">deur</span> <span class="spelle">witmense</span> <span class="spelle">geskep</span> en met <span class="spelle">witmense</span> se <span class="spelle">belasting</span> <span class="spelle">betaal</span>. <span class="spelle">Dit</span> is <span class="spelle">nou</span> 20jaar <span class="spelle">sedert</span> Apartheid <span class="spelle">geval</span> <span class="spelle">het</span>. <span class="spelle">Witmense</span>
<span class="spelle">betaal</span> <span class="spelle">nog</span> <span class="grame">steeds</span> <span class="spelle">belasting</span>, <span class="spelle">maar</span> <span class="spelle">dis</span> <span class="spelle">oorwegend</span>
<span class="spelle">swartmense</span> <span class="spelle">wat</span> <span class="spelle">dit</span> <span class="spelle">nou</span> <span class="spelle">uitgee</span>.
<span class="spelle">Het</span> <span class="spelle">hulle</span> al <span class="grame">begin</span> <span class="spelle">om</span> <span class="spelle">hulp-taalboeke</span>
die <span class="spelle">lig</span> <span class="spelle">te</span> <span class="spelle">laat</span> <span class="spelle">sien</span>? <span class="spelle">Doen</span>
self <span class="spelle">navorsing</span> <span class="grame">om</span> die <span class="spelle">skokkende</span> <span class="spelle">antwoord</span> <span class="spelle">te</span> <span class="spelle">vind</span>.</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Marcus, you make a grave error. Afrikaans emerged (was born) in the
south-west tip of Africa during the late
1600's. <span class="grame">Although its forbears were Germanic languages and
very much so from the lowland countries, it is an African language.</span>
Unfortunately, because of black politics, it has now also become a major
language in <span class="spelle">diaspora</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"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">At de Lange</p>
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