On 24 December 2005 18:20, Ernie Schroder wrote: > On Saturday 24 December 2005 09:59, a tiny voice compelled Uwe Thiem to write: > > On 24 December 2005 15:49, Dale wrote: > > > Holly Bostick wrote: > > > >Dale schreef: > > > > > > Who is this schreef guy? I'm just Dale. > > > > That's Dutch for "wrote". ;-) > > Ahh but what would that read in Namibian?
There is no language "Namibian". We speak over 10 languages here, among them: Oshiwambo, Otjiherero, English, Afrikaans (<- that's why I can read *some* Dutch), German, Nama/Damara, Koi-San, Tswana and some small language spoken in the Kavango and Caprivi region, most of them similar to Oshiwambo and Otjiherero. When Namibian meet, say in a bar, the first thing is to find out which language all people are comfortable with. Since almost all Namibians speak several languages, that can take a while. ;-) Uwe -- Unix is sexy: who | grep -i blonde | date cd ~; unzip; touch; strip; finger mount; gasp; yes; uptime; umount sleep -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
