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Ferrabra In reply to Duke-Nidhoggr [2014-04-01 07:04:59 +0000 UTC]

This is a painful question, but at this point I'm on the side of Afrikaners and Rhodesians. Should be established ethnic autonomy for these people!

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Duke-Nidhoggr In reply to Ferrabra [2014-04-01 18:06:41 +0000 UTC]

Yes, or at least stop the violent hate crimes against them. I think the Rhodesians should get their farms back. And though we British may have fought the Boers, we're all friends now. 

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Ferrabra In reply to Duke-Nidhoggr [2014-04-01 18:19:07 +0000 UTC]

You are right!
War is not an excuse for hatred. We have a saying: "The enemy does not betray!" Who was your enemy can be your friend.

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Duke-Nidhoggr In reply to Ferrabra [2014-04-01 18:48:20 +0000 UTC]

Indeed. Rhodesian singer John Edmond wrote an album about the Boer War. The final song was called "We are good friends now". 

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Ferrabra In reply to Duke-Nidhoggr [2014-04-02 05:31:51 +0000 UTC]

This is very interesting! Where can I find on this album?

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Duke-Nidhoggr In reply to Ferrabra [2014-04-02 17:31:03 +0000 UTC]

Here's one of the songs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRxxKG…

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Ferrabra In reply to Duke-Nidhoggr [2014-04-03 06:09:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, my friend!

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Duke-Nidhoggr In reply to Ferrabra [2014-04-03 08:03:57 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome. There's plenty more of his songs you can see. 

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Ferrabra In reply to Duke-Nidhoggr [2014-04-04 05:59:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, I have already recommended this songs to my friends and they were very pleased.

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Duke-Nidhoggr In reply to Ferrabra [2014-04-06 08:17:55 +0000 UTC]

Have you seen this one: 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtKKJSfYraU‎
It's by an Afrikaans singer. 

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Ferrabra In reply to Duke-Nidhoggr [2014-04-08 06:16:07 +0000 UTC]

Oh, God, this is an excellent song! This is my favorite song!
Here you can see my translations of songs dedicated to South Africa -
ferrabra.deviantart.com/art/Tr…
ferrabra.deviantart.com/art/Ma…

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Duke-Nidhoggr In reply to Ferrabra [2014-04-09 03:28:27 +0000 UTC]

Wow, those songs are great. I have a grudging admiration for the Boer people. They were worthy adversaries. 

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Ferrabra In reply to Duke-Nidhoggr [2014-04-09 05:13:27 +0000 UTC]

I have to say that the British also showed examples of great courage and self-sacrifice in this war.
British and Irish songs (in Russian translation) is also very popular in Russia. For example, "Song of Bob Kennedy" or "Rocky Road to Dublin."

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Ferrabra In reply to ce3Design [2012-05-25 12:41:13 +0000 UTC]

She has a cartridge in the barrel ...
Thank you

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ce3Design In reply to Ferrabra [2012-05-25 16:35:07 +0000 UTC]

Nice. Great photo BTW.

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shibamage In reply to SanarethTheBinder [2012-05-25 17:03:44 +0000 UTC]

No, you don't.
The Afrikaner nation is a South African nation of largely Dutch and French descent that speaks Afrikaans. (Lots of Afrikaners are part-Irish and part-Xhosa as well, but not all of them.)

In Afrikaans, the word "Afrikaner" literally means "African", as Ferrabra said, but since it's come to be so closely associated with this specific nation, the word "Afrikaan" is used for "African" these days.

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SanarethTheBinder In reply to shibamage [2012-05-25 17:10:39 +0000 UTC]

I meant more that fact that they were using English and suddenly switched to Dutch just for the last word.

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shibamage In reply to SanarethTheBinder [2012-05-25 20:25:42 +0000 UTC]

It's not Dutch, though: it's the international name for the Afrikaners. (Also, Afrikaans isn't Dutch. )

The slogan on the picture itself is Dutch, and the bottom line is Afrikaans, except for "Zuid Afrika" (it's "Suid-Afrika" in Afrikaans).

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Ferrabra In reply to SanarethTheBinder [2012-05-25 12:42:53 +0000 UTC]

Afrikaners - this word also means "Africans."

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