Re[2]: [tied] Re: My version

At 2:14:20 PM on Saturday, February 21, 2009, Rick
McCallister wrote:

> --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Brian M. Scott <BMScott@...>
> wrote:

[...]

>> [Afrikaans is] certainly descended from Dutch dialects --
>> southern dialects, if I remember correctly, but for
>> obvious reasons it's generally accounted a distinct
>> language. E.g., Afrikaans is one of the official
>> languages of South Africa; Dutch isn't.

> It supposedly has German and Dutch influence as well.
> Other thn <die>, what would that be?

It's not clear to me that <die> has to be the result of
German influence: Middle Dutch had <die> in the nom. sing.
masc. and fem. and the nom. pl.

> It's often considered as a creole as well.

The position isn't very defensible.

Brian