Libel a forum member thread.

[Techno]

Huh ?
What on Earth ? 
Cheers - Phil

[Nosher]

That's a tongue twister and a half !  (You try saying it twice really quickly !)

Not if you have all your own teeth...... 

[Tawa]

"Don't drink the lemonade!" 

[Westmarcher]

Fiercekitty is a Boer (?).

That's 3 times FK has been picked upon here. Worried, Phil?

[FierceKitty]

Fiercekitty is a Boer (?).

That's 3 times FK has been picked upon here. Worried, Phil?

Doesn't count as libel; I am 25% Boer, speak the language quite well, and used to be married to one.

[Techno]

That's 3 times FK has been picked upon here. Worried, Phil?

Certainly not !......Makes a pleasant change ! 
Cheers - Phil

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

OI - doorman - get yer dog under control, sorry it's FSN.....

IanS 

[Westmarcher]

.. I am 25% Boer ....

Damn that Moreau and his nefarious experiments!

[Fenton]

I am 25% Boer,

That means your 75% entertaining!... That's good thing

[FierceKitty]

My 75% entertaining what? Got se ballas, man, dis onverstaanbaar!

[OldenBUA]

My 75% entertaining what? Got se ballas, man, dis onverstaanbaar!

Shying away from the double negative? Dis nie verstaanbaar nie!

[FierceKitty]

That double negative attracts howls of derision if we're rash enough to use it in Holland.

[Techno]

Did I read/hear that the double negative was used in the (distant ?) past, to give extra emphasis to the negative aspect of whatever it was someone was talking about ?

Or am I thinking about a language other than English ?

Cheers - Phil

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Ask any teacher round here  - "I didn't do nuthin sir" is the standard cry. So what is it that FK did ?

IanS

[OldenBUA]

Did I read/hear that the double negative was used in the (distant ?) past, to give extra emphasis to the negative aspect of whatever it was someone was talking about ?

Or am I thinking about a language other than English ?

Cheers - Phil

Yes, it can be used as such, but it's a bit different than the usage in Afrikaans, as I understand it. I am sure there are more pedantic members of the forum who can bore you silly entertain endlessly on this subject.

That double negative attracts howls of derision if we're rash enough to use it in Holland.

The use of 'Holland' attracts frowned eyebrows (as a minimum) if you use it anywhere in the Netherlands. Well, in most parts anyway.

Mind you, my dentist is from South Africa, and his (standard) Dutch is pretty good. So there is hope yet.

[petercooman]

The use of 'Holland' attracts frowned eyebrows (as a minimum) if you use it anywhere in the Netherlands. Well, in most parts anyway.

Mind you, my dentist is from South Africa, and his (standard) Dutch is pretty good. So there is hope yet.

Yes, we have a collegue who's from arnhem, who explained that bit once, when someone called him a 'hollander'. 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Gelderland has got to be best!
Cf: 'A Knight's Tale'
http://youtu.be/heFkmvxZytY

[FierceKitty]

Afrikaans is a creolised and archaic Dutch which I think picked up the "nie...nie" negative from one of the indigenous black languages (may have been Xhosa). Not the sort of thing old-school Afrikaaners wanted to be reminded of!

[OldenBUA]

Afrikaans is a creolised and archaic Dutch which I think picked up the "nie...nie" negative from one of the indigenous black languages (may have been Xhosa). Not the sort of thing old-school Afrikaaners wanted to be reminded of!

Not something I heard before (but what do I know), but a quick google search also points in the direction of Koi (Hottentots) as a possible influence.

[FierceKitty]

Probably correct too. By the way, beware the word "Hottentot" if you're ever in the area; it's linguistic Semtex.