Christa van der Walt

Teacher disguised as lecturer, language obsessed and deeply concerned about the lack of a reading culture in SA.

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@DURITZ79 @b_shaum I don’t have to. Have published all my research on this topic. Look for it.

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@MJHerbert @ilovenostalgia It was useful, not only for other languages but also for biology.

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@TomA3aenssens @ilovenostalgia Nee! Eg?

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@DURITZ79 @b_shaum Is this is the ‘homework’ you’re referring to? https://t.co/1AwoIRgpIQ There are a number of problems in this blog, like the ‘fact’ that Afrikaans is unique because it’s a pidgin. Linguists can’t even agree on what a language is, never mind when one is ‘born’.

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@DURITZ79 @b_shaum I would not say it’s the youngest language - how would you determine that? (I love Afrikaans, just not sure of that claim.)

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@notababelaas2 Left @ 8, hoping there’d be enough time for a 9.30 meeting in CT. From Sset West to the Jakes Gerwel turn-off, the time remaining for the trip (on navi) never went under 50 mins. JUST made it. Coming back, road works on the N2. Why???? Can’t this type of work be done at night?

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I’ve dabbled in this genre. 😂

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There's a genre of poem I think of as "All my little things are very special, in the sunlight. I've had a little drink"

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@LanguageCrawler Interesting. Although some of this makes sense at an intuitive level, I would like to know how the authors got their data. Surveys?

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@BothaMiriam @AgentLeonV3 Ek ken ook niemand wat komplikasies gehad het ná die inenting nie. Ek ken wel twee mense wat dood is van COVID. Sonder inenting.

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@LBFlyawayhome Isn’t this pretty standard for the time? Even during the Victorian period rhymes were meant to teach certain behaviours. Think of the various versions of ‘Struwelpeter’, and about the boy who wouldn’t eat his soup, with an illustration of his grave to drive the point home. 🫣

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Sad.

[JournalofHomeLanguageResearch @home_language]

The Journal of Home Language Research will be ceasing publication of new articles. This has been a very difficult decision, especially as we are proud of the recent high-quality publications that have contributed innovative studies to the field of home language research.

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@UlrichJvV Playing the piano.

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@Sargon_of_Akkad Blazing Saddles

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"You think evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots.

It doesn’t come like that.

Look at the language. It begins in the language."

—Joseph Brodsky

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@culturaltutor I’ve ALWAYS loved this cathedral, especially the simplicity of the chandelier and the ‘throne’.

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@smit_law Is it October yet? 😂

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@culturaltutor Helsinki’s Central Station with its imposing light carriers is my favourite. https://t.co/NehAii4ulv

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@gustav__muller Not sure you can anticipate this but you can respond well. We were warned on Friday and again yesterday morning. Standby teams were organized. Road repair vehicles have been on the streets all day. It’s the speed of the response and the communication that impresses me. #CapeStorm

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@steynclan Gordon’s Bay

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@chillpep Actually only one small area, Bikini Beach, was affected. It was bad yes, but the main Gordon’s Bay beach, harbour and beaches all along the estates up to Strand are fine.