Helen,
=> <Are Dutch and Afrikaans unintelligble?When did that happen? :-) >
I was implying these Dutch and Afrikaans are considered two SEPARATED languages thus a Dutch speaker may find it hard to understand Afrikaans and via versa.
You understand now Sander? <=
Mutual intelligblity and being a separate language are two very different things.Afrikaans and Dutch are intellible eventhough they are separate languages.
Let's see what else,
" Adret " still thinks I'm interested, and Greg still doesn't know when to shut up.
=> <Are Dutch and Afrikaans unintelligble?When did that happen? :-) >
I was implying these Dutch and Afrikaans are considered two SEPARATED languages thus a Dutch speaker may find it hard to understand Afrikaans and via versa.
You understand now Sander? <=
Mutual intelligblity and being a separate language are two very different things.Afrikaans and Dutch are intellible eventhough they are separate languages.
Let's see what else,
" Adret " still thinks I'm interested, and Greg still doesn't know when to shut up.