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21 March 2006 * Volume 02
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From: Marcel Bas <marcelbas at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2006.03.20 (07) [E]


Hi, all.

Ingmar wrote:

>In the Dutch language the
>translation of 'people's car' can be 'volkswagen', so the word looks
>Dutch, and we pronounce it that way.

The other day I said that in South African English _Volkwagen_ seems 
Afrikaans due to the occurrence of the common Afrikaans surname _Cruywagen_, 
but the first morpheme _volks-_' must have given English speakers some 
strong Afrikaans impressions, too. Especially in the 30's and 40's, when 
Volkwagen beetles had been introduced, there were many Afrikaans cultural 
and political initiatives whose names started with 'Volks-' or 'Volk-', and 
that arose after the great symbolic Oxwagen Trek of 1938.

Best regards,

Marcel. 

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