LL-L "Etymology" 2005.09.20 (06) [A/E]

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From: Elsie Zinsser <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L Etymology" 2005.09.19 (06) [A/E]

Hi all,

Paul, kan ek raai (guess) that you have not spent much time in the Cape 
province
platteland or amongst much older Afrikaans speaking folk?
The use of 'sinds' seems to be limited to the Cape, and in the Eastern Cape 
the word was
possibly reinforced by the English form 'since' of the 1820 settlers.

Cheerio,
Elsie Zinsser

Paul [corrected]: Ba[a]ie interessant. Toe ek in Suid Afrika gebly het, het 
ek nooit 'sinds'
gehoor nie. Dit was 30 [jaar] jare terug [gelede].

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From: Elsie Zinsser <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L Etymology" 2005.09.19 (12) [A/E/LS]

Hi all,

Looks to me as if the following Afrikaans words all relate to Johny's 'nuk' 
in the
sense of being crooked/cornered/bent/crazy:

nuk - obstinate
nukkerig - as in LS "upsternaatsch"
neuk - to hit (originally to copulate),
nok - corner (nook),
beneuk -moody/uneven temper.

Not?
Elsie Zinsser

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