LL-L "Language varieties" 2007.11.29 (02) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L  -  29 November 2007 - Volume 02
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From: Maria Elsie Zinsser <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Language varietes" 2007.11.28 (03) [E]

Hi all,

David, Ron, I love it when one's language illusions are challenged.

Once I listened to a radio program in the '60s about Afrikaans elsewhere in
the world and heard a young 'black' cattle farmer in Botswana speaking in
Afrikaans. I soon realized my mistake when the guy spoke about getting on
very well with his black Botswana compatriots.

And while visiting the Maritz family in northern rural Natal I wandered one
morning through their rambling old house and heard the happy chatter of Zulu
women making beds. Peeking around the door I found old tannie Maritz to be
the loudest chatter!

Finally, out near the Mozambique border is a small town called Komatiepoort
where they have a fabulous shop selling everything from Shangaan
drums, handmade clay pots and German print material (*Seshoeshoe*) to fresh
sugarcane and unroasted coffeebeans. While I was lost in browsing, a
young girl's voice said '*Is daar iets besonders waarna tannie soek?* and it
was the proprietor's adopted black teenage daughter.

Language varieties or human varieties?

Elsie Zinsser

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