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Nedenstående fik jeg i dag tilsendt fra min gode ven Geoff Heard,
Generalsekretæren i Østtimor komiteen, omkring vores kære danske sprog.
Det oprindelige stod på hjemmesiden for Online Language Translators -
"Online Language Translators - A Subsidiary Translation Agency of ACR
Systems Inc., established in 1982". - Den er da ikke til at stå for...
mvh. Erik Richard
Geoff Heard wrote:
><
http://www.online-languagetranslators.com/danish.htm> is carrying the
>line at htehead of the page:
>
> Online Language Translators
>
>> We apologize for the mistakes we made in Danish language
>> on this page and appreciate the comments by caring
>> Danish-speaking colleagues and >visitors. We hope to
>> better serve you in the future. Thank you!
>
>Why do they say this?
>
>Because they had a really interesting page (relayed to the Canvas list
>by ever sharp Danish Canvaser, Thomas Baekdal) which read as follows:
>
>> - Danish: Official language of Danishsia, Brunei, and
>> national language of Singapore.
>>
>> - Number of Danish Speakers: 75 million worldwide.
>>
>>
>> - Danish Alphabet: Can be written in Arabic (called
>> Jawi), or Roman (called Rumi). Founder of Singapore,
>> Sir Stamford Raffles was instrumental in making the
>> language known in the Western world.
>>
>> - Danish Orthography: Phonetic language. It is easy to
>> pronounce.
>>
> - Danish Language History: Scripts go back to 13th century.
>> Polynesian culture has reflections in the language and
>> culture. Singapore was a part of Danishsia in the past.
>>
> - Danish Language Enriched by: Sanskrit, and Arabic. Unique
>> Features of Danish: Rich literature. Danish language in
>> Singapore's is similar to the language spoken in West
>> Danishsia. Bahasa Danishsia and Bahasa Indonesia were
>> originated from Danish language.
>
>Now they tell us that
>
>> Danish: Official language of Denmark.
>>
>> Number of Danish Speakers: Over five million in Denmark,
>> half million in Germany and Greenland.
>>
>> Danish Alphabet: Roman alphabet. Contains 29 letters,
>> including æ, ø and å. Nine vowel letters represent 16
>> different vocalic sounds
>
>etc.
>
>Frankly, I thought the earlier page was much more interesting!
>
>And we thought the first European contact with Australia might have
>been Portuguese ...
>
>Cheers
>Geoff Heard
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