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October 22, 2005
More Dhimmitude: 'No more "Christ" with a capital C in the Netherlands ' (Updated)
Topics: DhimmitudeAs Muslims in Europe continue to influence societal changes at the detriment of any faith but Islam, the Netherlands and Belgium have just kicked over 1500 years of history out the door and introduced a new grammar rule that requires the name "Christ" to be written with a lower-case "c". The rule change was stipulated by an orthography reform published last Friday.
According to the Kath.net agency, the new spelling rules also will stipulate that the Dutch word for "jews" (joden) be spelled with a capital "J" when referring to nationality and with a lower-case "j" when referring to the religion. The changes will be mandatory starting in August 2006.And what about "Muhammad"? Will Muhammad become "muhammad"? It appears that he isn't the issue, only Christ (the very embodiment of peace, love, and forgiveness) and Jews need to be demoted to christ and jews; since muhammad wasn't mentioned, from this point on, I suggest that we "stipulate an orthography reform," and henceforth implement changes such that Islam is now islam, Muslims are now muslims, and "Muham-Mad" (the pedophile warrior of vengence) is now "muhammad".
Whatever is going on in the minds of the Europeans that they subject themselves prostrate before the Islamic onslaught against their civilization, they do serve one purpose - a model for Americans to reject, whole heartedly and vociferously.
Hat tip - Dhimmi Watch
Update: A reader (comments below) advises us that we are "misinformed."
Christ, as a reference to the holy man, is still written with a capital C. There has been some commotion about this in The Netherlands as well and I think the article you linked to was copied from Dutch media. In the following links here and here - you will find the true rules of Dutch spelling (although I must admit that even for me as a Dutch person it's getting ridiculously complicated, so I don't blame you for misunderstanding). Im sorry they are in Dutch, maybe you know somebody to translate it.
In the next link you'll find a qoute of one of the founders of the new rules, secretary of the Dutch language association (Linde van den Bosch). There is a paragraph called "Christus" and the last four lines read:Until we have information to the contrary, we have no reason not to trust the Dutch reader on this. As always, we remain open to further input, particularly regarding to the translation and links to any sources on the rules."Linde van den Bosch veegde enkele interpretaties in de media als onjuist van tafel. "Het is niet zo dat Christus voortaan met een kleine letter wordt geschreven als de "heilige persoon" wordt bedoeld."
Translation: Linde van den Bosch swept some interpretations from the media of the table. "It is not true that Christus (Christ), in reference to the "holy person", has to be written with a little c."
Posted by Richard at October 22, 2005 9:33 AM
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Comments
You are misinformed. Christ, as a reference to the holy man, is still written with a capital C. There has been some commotion about this in The Netherlands as well and I think the article you linked to was copied from Dutch media. In the following links you will find the true rules of Dutch spelling (although I must admit that even for me as a Dutch person it's getting ridiculously complicated, so I don't blame you for misunderstanding). Im sorry they are in Dutch, maybe you know somebody to translate it.
http://taalunieversum.org/taal/spelling/woordenlijst_nederlandse_taal_overzicht_veranderingen.doc
In the next link you'll find a qoute of one of the founders of the new rules, secretary of the Dutch language association (Linde van den Bosch). There is a paragraph called "Christus" and the last four lines read:
"Linde van den Bosch veegde enkele interpretaties in de media als onjuist van tafel. "Het is niet zo dat Christus voortaan met een kleine letter wordt geschreven als de "heilige persoon" wordt bedoeld."
Translation: Linde van den Bosch swept some interpretations from the media of the table. "It is not true that Christus (Christ), in reference to the "holy person", has to be written with a little c."
http://www.hln.be/hln/cch/det/art_131954.html
I would really appreciate if you could update your readers on this. Thank you in advance.
Posted by: Mezcal at October 22, 2005 11:08 AM
Hi all,
It seems to me the comment by Mezcal is right. There is a lot of misunderstanding of the new 'all clear' rules of spelling in The Netherlands...
The general new rule is:
Hoofdstuk 16 HOOFDLETTERS
Chapter 16: CAPITAL LETTERS
Regel 16.A Een eigennaam krijgt een hoofdletter; een soortnaam schrijven we klein.
Rule 16.A A proper noun starts with a capital letter; an common noun starts with a lower case letter.
Hope my amateur translation makes sense :)
Source: http://taalunieversum.org/taal/spelling/woordenlijst_nederlandse_taal_overzicht_veranderingen.doc page 12
Posted by: Lepeau at October 22, 2005 5:48 PM
Christus, Christ will be spelled 'christus' when it does not indicate the person Christus but used as -for example only!- a curse.
Now a very vertile breading ground for discussion lies open here and - no surprise- that's whats going on in The Netherlands this very moment.
Posted by: Lepeau at October 22, 2005 6:02 PM
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