Show bilin bilingualism dualism in africa amusing to americans one of thi the first features to strike an american visitor to south africa Is the count rys bilingualism As he steps off the boat nt at cape town lie he la Is confronted by the double admonition no smoking nie hook nip walking up adderley street principal thoroughfare ough fare of the city lie he lei Is told to neep keep to tho the left links houden it if he wants to dinall a letter back home homa he must by a stamp joseel and it if he buys more than one stamp he will find that while one Is inscribed south africa the next la Is marked setd suld afrika at the railroad station hewell he hlll find that the name of the city la is given ns as cape town and knapstad and the dining cars are labeled car on a railroad known both as south african railways and suld buld AfrIgan nse Spoor weg and so on every official or notice in the union Is printed in two languages english and afrikaans Afrikan ns meanwhile the englishman grumbles about having baying to pay extra taxes to meet the cost of reprinting notices in and tile the dutchman wonders why thy the expense of using angll sh as well as hla his own language should be tolerated |