Re: Why does that streak of blood, rip the petal of your cheek?

From: Noons <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: 21 Jul 2005 15:56:26 -0700
Message-ID: <1121986586.710387.212370@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

Frank van Bortel wrote:

> According to the Wikipedia link, it could be related to the
> Ducth "kever", or beetle. I don't believe it for a bit.

Ah yes, the Wikipedia. I've shied away from it after a few glaring errors recently. Have you checked relational db? Deranged...

> Of course, the Dutch have been around in South Afrika for
> quite some years, and understanding Afrikaans is quite easy.

Hmmm, I thought the Spanish and Portuguese had actually "found" ZA all the way back in 1480? Probably been around there a lot longer than the Dutch...

> I'll go for the "kaffir" or "kaffer", the latter still being
> vulgar in Dutch (~"stupid"), having it's origin in Arabic or Hebrew.

Got a funny feeling "cafre" like "kaffer" will also be Arabic, but it'll be like paddling upstream to get a Porto or Castillan to admit Arab roots about anything... ;) Received on Thu Jul 21 2005 - 17:56:26 CDT