Doctor John wrote:

> clipka wrote:
>> 
>> I was a bit worried that it might have a communist connotation in
>> English. Does it?
> 
> Certainly not to me. In my youth the war comics were full of German
> troops surrendering to the plucky British soldier and shouting 'Kamerad!
> Kamerad!' - they were also full of German pilots yelling 'Achtung!
> Spitfeuer!' but that's beside the point.
> ;-)

Well, in SA English it does have a communist connotation. Same in Afrikaans 
(my native language) - calling someone "Kameraad" (Note the similarity to 
German) can lead people to think you are a communist, and have something to 
do with the government.

Though, in English here, it is usually only used by government ministers who 
are in the Communist Party or the ruling ANC, usually when describing a 
fellow Communist or ANC member. In common usage it is not much heard.
-- 
Stefan Viljoen

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