James Campbell wrote:
> Would anyone be so kind as to enlighten me as to what Opperlands is? My
> knowledge of Dutch doesn't go this far...
A rather silly pun on "Nederlands", which is the name of the
language in itself: not "Netherlandish" but "Upperlandish".
> Oh, and BTW, what *does* Hottentot(ten^4)thingy mean?
Irina says "Hottentot tent exhibition".
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John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn.
You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn.
Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)