Happy Christmas, ya knob'eads

in article 1gppy2h.129zew71ly7pfyN%hcdejong@zzzzonnet.nl.invalid, Harro de
Jong at hcdejong RemoveThis @zzzzonnet.nl.invalid wrote on 1/1/05 7:38 AM:

 > Michael Emrys <emrys RemoveThis @olypen.com> wrote:
 >
  >> in article 1gpo5xv.mlfyex3ghqgqN%hcdejong@zzzzonnet.nl.invalid, Harro de
  >> Jong at hcdejong RemoveThis @zzzzonnet.nl.invalid wrote on 12/31/04 8:45 AM:
  >>
   >>> ...a Bible (in the new translation that's just been published - yay!)
  >>
  >> Into Dutch, I presume? (I mean, that would make sense, wouldn't it?)
 >
 > Yes. Modern-day Dutch, as opposed to the 50-70 year-old (and outdated
 > when it was published) version we had before. The language has changed
 > so much in that time that understanding it was becoming a problem.

Now that's interesting. I hadn't realized that Dutch was evolving anything
like that rapidly. Is this because national barriers in the EU are
dissolving, or for some other reason?

Michael<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->

In article <1gppy2h.129zew71ly7pfyN%hcdejong@zzzzonnet.nl.invalid>,
Harro de Jong <hcdejong.DeleteThis@zzzzonnet.nl.invalid> wrote:
* Michael Emrys <emrys.DeleteThis@olypen.com> wrote:
*
* > in article 1gpo5xv.mlfyex3ghqgqN%hcdejong@zzzzonnet.nl.invalid, Harro de
* > Jong at hcdejong.DeleteThis@zzzzonnet.nl.invalid wrote on 12/31/04 8:45 AM:
* >
* > > ...a Bible (in the new translation that's just been published - yay!)
* >
* > Into Dutch, I presume? (I mean, that would make sense, wouldn't it?)
*
* Yes. Modern-day Dutch, as opposed to the 50-70 year-old (and outdated
* when it was published) version we had before. The language has changed
* so much in that time that understanding it was becoming a problem.

Heh. There are still some American churches that use the Kings James Bible,
known inaccuracies and all, and that was written, what, 400 years ago?

p
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