racism kontrol (OT)

[Hendrik van Rooyen]

 "Wildemar Wildenburger" <lasses_w...so.net> wrote:


> Hendrik van Rooyen wrote:
> >  "Wildemar Wildenburger" <lasse....eso.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> (By the way: Accusing a German of racism is almost too easy an insult. 
> >> Not that I had taken any, just saying.)
> > 
> > I always thought that it would be insulting to a German if you accused
> > him or her of not being a racist...
> > 
> Very funny, Herr Dutsh-Mann. 

Afrikaans, not Dutch.

>>Dude, hailing from South Africa with a 
> Dutch name, I'd be careful with the word racist. That of course being 
> based on the fact that in South Africa the term never had relevance and 
> thus meaning. Hence I understand that you probably have as much 
> understanding of the term "racism", as we have of "a welcome Jew". Or, 
> for that matter, a "a Dutchman that is pleasant to listen to". Burn! ;)

I really must apologise for my accent - but then I was once mistaken
for a Scot by an Englishwoman in Hong Kong. But you know, it is
like being ugly - its not so bad for the perpetrator, it really bothers 
other people more.

Is there an equivalent of Godwin's law with "Hitler" being replaced
by "Apartheid" ? - there should be, in my opinion.  In that respect
Germany and South Africa are similar  - They both have murky
pasts.

> Sidenote: Its funny that everybody calls the Dutch "Dutch" (when 
> speaking English), which pretty much is the word "deutsch", which, guess 
> what, means "German" (cf. Pennsylvania Dutch). That has always baffled 
> me --- do Dutch people refer to themselves as "Dutch" when speaking 
> dutch? The term for "Dutch" is "Nederlands" or "Hollands", isn't it?

Yes to both  - with the "Ne" pronounced similar to English "neigh'...

One of these days I will try to learn to speak the language of my ancestors.

- Hendrik