On Sunday 25 December 2005 02:45, a tiny voice compelled Uwe Thiem to write: > On 24 December 2005 18:20, Ernie Schroder wrote: > > Ahh but what would that read in Namibian? > > There is no language "Namibian". We speak over 10 languages here, among > them: Oshiwambo, Otjiherero, English, Afrikaans (<- that's why I can read > *some* Dutch), German, Nama/Damara, Koi-San, Tswana and some small language > spoken in the Kavango and Caprivi region, most of them similar to Oshiwambo > and Otjiherero. > > When Namibian meet, say in a bar, the first thing is to find out which > language all people are comfortable with. Since almost all Namibians speak > several languages, that can take a while. ;-) > > Uwe > > -- > Unix is sexy: > who | grep -i blonde | date > cd ~; unzip; touch; strip; finger > mount; gasp; yes; uptime; umount > sleep
well then Otatu ku halele okili iwa nodula ipe iwa! -- Regards, Ernie 100% Microsoft and Intel free 08:41:21 up 4 days, 21:46, 4 users, load average: 0.04, 0.13, 0.16 Linux 2.6.14-gentoo-r42.6.14-r-4_new i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
