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Is die Amsterdamse stadsargitektuur die mees hemels in die wêreld? Winkels, huise, alles baie aangenaam. Burgerlik. (Ek moet teruggaan.)

Die Nederlanders het ’n samelewing met ’n semi-republikeinse mentaliteit maar met (amper) al die geseënde vrugte van ’n koninkryk. Beste van alle moontlike wêrelde…

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Published at 11:35 am on Tuesday 26 November 2024. Categories: Architecture Errant Thoughts Netherlands Tags: , , , , .
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A picture that all by its modest self manages to encapsulate everything about Amsterdam which makes it the world’s most charming capital city.

But why the Afrikaans? A patois much deprecated in the mother-country.

— Gousset van Heel 29 Nov 2024 6:34 pm

Afrikaans is a more highly evolved form of Dutch!

— Andrew Cusack 3 Dec 2024 1:56 pm

An eccentric viewpoint surely? And one the reasons for which I would be interested to learn.

— Gousset van Heel 4 Dec 2024 9:39 pm

An esteemed friend in Roermond claims that Afrikaans is what Dutch should be, except Dutch just stopped evolving.

(And yet, one can see the value in that.)

— Andrew Cusack 9 Dec 2024 11:57 am
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