Originally posted by Fries It might by kitchen Dutch, but you nailed it! Speaking of languages and their history; one of my language is Frysk (spoken in one northern province of the Netherlands) and there is one short rhyme that is supposed to be from the fifteenth century. It goes like this:
Bûter, brea en griene tsjiis
(Butter, rye bread and green cheese)
Wa dat net sizze kin, is gjin oprjochte Fries
(If you can't pronounce that, you are no a real Frisian)
This rhyme had a rather practical purpose. The Frisians were at war with the guy's from Holland and attacked trading ships. Upon capture the whole crew had to repeat the rhyme to make sure there were no Frisians crew members among them. The ones who couldn't say the rhyme properly were tossed overboard. But noting was captured on camera and that is why I won't buy (another) K-3..
Originally posted by MarkJerling Thanks for sharing! In Afrikaans there's a few similarities to some of those words:
Buter = botter
Griene = groene
Gjin = geen
Oprjochte = opregte
But, some words are decidedly different:
Brea = brood
Tsjiis = kaas
There's also the very interesting vowel shift that occured, much like what is called "The Great Vowel Shift" for the English language, but which actually affected most of the Germanic languages. Thats why you see words like your "griene" becoming in a later language "groene". My family name is Jerling, but in the 1700's, that was still spelt Jarling.
Languages are fascinating. They are also constantly in flux, changing and evolving.
And many are disappearing.
I recently I read that linguistic diversity is declining. Something like 50 to 90 percent of languages that exist today are estimated to be extinct by 2100.
Originally posted by Parallax LOL
This guy is a man of few words.
Originally posted by MarkJerling But it is still bacon.
Originally posted by Bagga_Txips When I was kid my family was given a jar of pickles by a German neighbor, and from then on we used to enjoy teasing her about "Zowerkrowt mitt borsht unt shpeck"!
Borscht is delicious. I used to live not far from Grand Forks, Canada. Russian immigrants settled there in the early 1900's. There are many restaurants there that have traditional Russian cuisine. Having found the dish a tasty treat I took Racer there when we were traveling near there.
Now he always wants me to make it for him.
But my ancestrty is Norwegian. We prefer rullepølse, pinnekjøtt, lutefisk and lefse.
Oh, and don't leave out rakfisk
. Igunak doesn't hold a candle to rakfisk.
Ya sure you betcha.
Originally posted by normhead Tess and I are both part German, she's half, I'm a quarter, but I'm the one that like Oktoberfest sausages and sauerkraut, how is that possible? She should like sauerkraut twice as much as I do.
Racer doesn't have a speck of Norwegian in him. But he has taken to the cuisine more than I ever have.
Originally posted by Parallax Sleep well, Monsieur. This thread is the Aether of this forum. It is immortal.
LOL
(had to look that one up)
Originally posted by FantasticMrFox But about a week ago the Fox encountered some friends, a couple of the species Canis mesomelas. He quizzed them on the best way to snatch up some lion kill and how to hide it from pesky hyenas. The two agreed that dosing in the magic hour and watching the sunsets must be their favourite thing about their home (the Etosha National Park). He was also impressed to learn that they are monogamous for life and always venture out together in their daily adventures.
Mongamy is best.
The foxes look very affectionate.