[Magdalen] Grammar Nightmare.

[Sally Davies]

I love Native American place names, they just sound so characterful.

Is Poughkeepsie an 'Indian' name? That's one I've always liked, and
Nantucket.

In South Africa we have an entire language, Afrikaans, which evolved from
combining languages. It started as a creole of Dutch that was used by
servants and slaves in the Western Cape ("Kitchen Dutch"). There was a
strong infusion from Malaysia and Indonesia (many of the servants and some
of the slaves came from there), then later on another big infusion of
French from the Huguenots. And indigenous African words and names, from the
Khoisan who were the original inhabitants of the region. Also from a few
other African groups.

The move to formalise it as a language was a political effort and marked a
split between "pure" Afrikaans (the white kind) and the language spoken by
working class people.

Unlike English, it's not a difficult language to learn though I find it
hard to speak. It's a very 'grounded' language, good for expressing
feelings.

Sally D

On Friday, July 10, 2015, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 7/10/2015 9:15:39 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> charles.wohlers at verizon.net <javascript:;> writes:
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> Indian  place names. >>>>>
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> Pennsylvania is loaded with Indian place names.  Most of the  towns
> along the Susquehanna (itself Indian) are Indian.  I almost bought  a
> home in downriver Wapwallopen just so I could claim that as an
> address.
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> David Strang from NW Wisconsin where nearby towns are
> Falun (after the Swedish city) and Siren (lilac in Swedish), and
> West Sweden.
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