tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194421.post3412755845554230741..comments2024-03-20T00:34:27.373-07:00Comments on archy: The CSA constitution in light of the secession ordinancesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194421.post-19587077848832250452013-04-10T07:19:16.024-07:002013-04-10T07:19:16.024-07:00I am taunting you.
There are elephants in South...I am taunting you. <br /><br />There are elephants in South Africa, by the way. In case you did not know that. <br /><br />The Dutch you translated: was any of that from historic documents? Afrikaans is like some living dialects to the extent that some Dutchmen are quickly comfortable, and the two languages diverged recently enough that historical Dutch and historical Afrikaans would be closer. In fact, I'd suspect that you'd find the idiom of RSA writing and Orange Free State writing to be more different from each other in some areas than 1850s Dutch vs. 1850s Afrikaans. <br /><br />Greg Ladenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857616630819182647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194421.post-30968122286580215372013-04-10T07:19:03.110-07:002013-04-10T07:19:03.110-07:00I am taunting you.
There are elephants in South...I am taunting you. <br /><br />There are elephants in South Africa, by the way. In case you did not know that. <br /><br />The Dutch you translated: was any of that from historic documents? Afrikaans is like some living dialects to the extent that some Dutchmen are quickly comfortable, and the two languages diverged recently enough that historical Dutch and historical Afrikaans would be closer. In fact, I'd suspect that you'd find the idiom of RSA writing and Orange Free State writing to be more different from each other in some areas than 1850s Dutch vs. 1850s Afrikaans. <br /><br />Greg Ladenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857616630819182647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194421.post-58077634058956823542013-04-09T21:25:11.130-07:002013-04-09T21:25:11.130-07:00In working on the book I have translated French, G...In working on the book I have translated French, German, Latin, Russian, Danish, Swedish, Hungarian, Provençal, and Dutch, but no Afrikaans. You know that Colonial South Africa was one of my graduate specialties, so you're just taunting me, aren't you?John McKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08687505203164692983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194421.post-49079470842254293472013-04-09T20:29:06.548-07:002013-04-09T20:29:06.548-07:00Great piece. For now I have only a couple of comme...Great piece. For now I have only a couple of comments.<br /><br />First, someone should make a Word document (but please use Libra Office not MS Office) out of the US Constitution (is there such a thing now?) and then use "track changes" to make it into the CSA constitution.<br /><br />Second, I'd love your take on the two constitutions that made up what was to become a big chunk of South Africa (later on) in the mid 19th century, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. The two countries wrote their constitutions at about the same time as British Rule was ending, but used entirely different approaches and came up with very different results.<br /><br />You read Dutch, right?<br /><br />Greg Ladenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857616630819182647noreply@blogger.com