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From: "joy" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes.
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:38:18 +0200
References: <003201c8fbee$ff8d07c0$eb9fd0c4@kirkman><6C356986379EAE47A03EDDE2C36D312F29F3B1@24CPT-MSG03.za.ds.naspers.com><005a01c8fc46$e361d910$6401a8c0@GERDA2>

Morning Chuckle

Afrikaans has a basic concept (to the best of my erratic knowledge) that "one thing is one word". This leads to humourous place names such as "eenrenostermetnhaelgeweerdwardsdeurdiekopmorsdoodskietfontein" - reputedly the longest place name anywhere in the real or make believe world. Beats that place in Wales !
A reasonable translation for our Afrikaans Challenged bretheren would go something like this "A rhino shot dead right through the head with a shotgun Fountain"
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From: Gerda gmail
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Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes.
Therefore different linguistic protocols could account for the confusion.

This thread:

• [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "Peter Kirkman" <>
  • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "Heather MacAlister - Ancestry 24" <>
    • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "Tombi Peck" <>
    • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "Gerda gmail" <>

      • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "joy" <>

  • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "terrycoc" <>
    • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "Tombi Peck" <>
      • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "Peter & Lynn Couperthwaite" <>
        • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "terrycoc" <>
        • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "Gary Beatty" <>
          • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "Geoff Penny" <>
            • [ZA-EC] school reunion by "Lynette Troughton" <>
              • Re: [ZA-EC] school reunion by "Penny" <>
                • Re: [ZA-EC] school reunion by "Mark Pautz" <>
                  • Re: [ZA-EC] school reunion by "Lynette Troughton" <>
  • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by Pat <>
    • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "Ian Currie" <>
      • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "Terry Turner" <>
        • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "Ian Currie" <>
      • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "Lynn MacLeod" <>
        • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "Ian Currie" <>
  • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "Francois Greeff" <>
    • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "Heather MacAlister - Ancestry 24" <>
      • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "Chew G" <>
        • Re: [ZA-EC] Place name changes. by "Paxie Kelsey" <>
  • [ZA-EC] Fw: Place name changes. by "Ian Currie" <>