<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" id=":11q" class="ii gt"><div id=":11p"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="text-align:center">
<font size="2">==============================</font><font size="2">======================<br>
L O W L A N D S - L - 11 July 2011 - Volume 02<br>
<a href="mailto:lowlands.list@gmail.com" target="_blank">lowlands.list@gmail.com</a></font>
<font size="2"> - <a href="http://lowlands-l.net/" target="_blank">http://lowlands-l.net/</a><br>
Posting: <a href="mailto:lowlands-l@listserv.linguistlist.org" target="_blank">lowlands-l@listserv.linguistlist.org</a><br>
Archive: <a href="http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/lowlands-l.html" target="_blank">http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/lowlands-l.html</a><br>
Encoding: Unicode (UTF-08)<br>
Language Codes: <a href="http://lowlands-l.net/codes.php" target="_blank">lowlands-l.net/codes.php</a><br>
</font>
</div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="2">==============================</font><font size="2">=======================<br>
</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font size="2"><br>
</font>
</div>From: <span class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color:#5b1094">Mark and Ruth Dreyer</span> <span class="go"><a href="mailto:mrdreyer@lantic.net">mrdreyer@lantic.net</a></span></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gI">LL-L "Language varieties" 2011.07.10 (01) [EN]</span><br>
<br><div bgcolor="#ffffff"><div class="im">
<div>Hello Ingmar:</div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span> </div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Subject: </span>LL-L
"Language varieties" </div>
<div> </div>
</div><div> Thanks for the sweet compliment to my
translation, but we both know it owes more to the innate properties of both
languages than any input on my part.</div>
<div> As for “Diets”, we know it but it is
not generally used; only rarely does the context call for such niceness of
distinction. Not everybody can call up Netherlands roots;
but "Diets" has if only partially (because of the Hugenots -
& that is a part to be proud of) a share in all of us. However Brown
Afrikaners resort to the term more often, & to them we are 'Die
Dietsmansvolk' or 'Diesman'. 'Gantang' is a purely Slamaaier (Cape Malay)
flourish.</div>
<div> Yes, it is really only to us Caucasians
that pigmentation is seen as a useful mark of our kind. Most of Humanity sees
other points as more distinctive... Erm.</div>
<div> Thankfully, my People had comparatively
little exposure to Nazi dogmas, & for better & for worse we were - we
are a little naive to some of its nicities. I should include myself in
this, & offer a post-scriptal apology to anyone that finds the use of the
word distasteful.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Yrs,</div>
<div>Mark.<br></div></div><br><div style="text-align:center"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
=========================================================</font><font size="2"><br>
</font>
<font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Send posting submissions to <a href="mailto:lowlands-l@listserv.linguistlist.org" target="_blank">lowlands-l@listserv.linguistlist.org</a>.</font><font size="2"><br>
</font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"> Please display only the relevant parts of quotes in your replies.</font><font size="2"><br>
</font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"> Send commands (including "signoff lowlands-l") to</font><font size="2"><br>
</font>
<font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><a href="mailto:listserv@listserv.linguistlist.org" target="_blank">listserv@listserv.linguistlist.org</a> or <a href="mailto:lowlands.list@gmail.com" target="_blank">lowlands.list@gmail.com</a></font><font size="2"><br>
</font>
<font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html" target="_blank">http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html</a> .</font><font size="2"><br>
</font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#%21/group.php?gid=118916521473498" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/group.php?gid=118916521473498</a> </font><font size="2"><br>
</font>
<font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"> =========================================================</font></div>
</div></div>
</div></div>
</div></div>
</div></div>
</div></div>
</div></div>
</div></div>
</div></div>
</div></div>
</div></div>
</div></div>
</div></div>