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Subject: Re: Afrikaaners.. German or Dutch ?
Author: Robert Schaft   (guest, 213.46.90.74)
Date: February 3, 2002 at 6:23:41 AM
Reply to: Re: the cost of education... by Phyllis
South Africa abounds with Afrikaaners who are decendants of mainly German settlers... but in order for them to all speak one language.. they used the one book available..
This was a Dutch bible.. and now they still speak a simple kind of Dutch that is easy to be understood by Dutch people like me :)
History is a funny thing!
Best regards, Robert

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