The times., 1899-11-05
BoER WORDS as SPOKEN.
FERNS That Figure in the Nc,s-
From the TranSvaaI
CFrom nc Toronto GIobc.I

% rom tHe iuiCLt0 it.ouc.H
The language Of the Beers in South A.
rica is grammadeaIly he language Of the
people Of Holland They speak Dutch as
their forefathers in Holland spoke it ami
speak il now They are called Beers be-
Cause hat is a Dutch word which describes
them. IL means a farmer, and agri-
culture Is the main pursuit of the coupa-
rriOts of Dom Paul. A knowledge OF Dutch
would supply an explanation Of the odd
looking words that are used now and lheu
in the news reports from the Republic Il
would also enable one 10 pronounce these
words as they should be snuuciated.
Dutch iiphthOngs are not given the same
sounds as their equivalents In English. The
double 20, Tor Instance in Dutch has the
same sound as % in Rome while the
dlphthOng 'Oe' is pronounced by the Dutch
as we pronounce 90 in boot. The English
pronunciation Of these two diphthOngs is
the reverse of that given them BY those
who speak Dutch. And lou has The sound
of "ow" in owl The sound OF .ui'' is
nearly like that of the English -'oy' in
boy The Dutch double IA" is the same
as the English "a in war As there is no
" in Dutch its place u taken by Ill"
which is sounded as y" iu defy
If ore. therefore, would pronounce Dom
Paul properly he would say ID as If 10 were
spelled "Ome P0wL" The family name OF
General JOubert would for the same rea-
son, be pronounced as If Do were spelled
"fOWheTt-" The word BOer is pronounced
by the Afrikauder as if il were Of two syl-
lables. the first Song and the second skor,.
thus, bcO-er-" The plural is not Beers
IL is "B0eren, and it is pronounced 'B1-
ereh, because the EEal IN" is slurrCd
Here are some oflhe Dutch words Jhar
are Oftenest in print in connection with
the news of the Transvaal and their pro-
annexation and meaning
BIacmfou,ciu tbloom-iou-tiu-l. Flower fsuar5iu
BuiJ,uIuder tboy-teu- -IouI -erI ---...- -Farri-az3
Burshe- ,huh--Ssr .s.u
BurgerrcGt tbuhr ker-Feku} ---.------ Citizenship
Bul-fr0leht lhglIr Ser-v1 krl --- Citizen sold, y
JoHshcrr tvunk-hare} Member of the F-lt=laIt
Oom l1meJ .--.....--.-..-- uc.s
Rlad-heer ~ NIs-hIre]................. senator
RlIdhus fr8hd hoys} ---.-.-------. Senate Hfust
Rand lrahut} Margin. edge
Staatkur,e tSt5Ht- -suhu-daf f...........--- Politics.
Ntlalsflld lsJlhts-rlhdl -,-.-.. Council oi State
Sr4H f--.rI tH.-
Trau-vali Grans-flHu ..---.-----. Circular valley
Trek trre.b} OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Drllr journey
Tr-kkgu iJrees-rui ---------...tl o. draws fs .rag-
Treapl4rd ireea-p -pdhrtl ---------.--- -pT1i- logs,
IEr fuytI -fI-t. arl-
rithuder t'yt-iont--ri- -.--------.-----. Foreign
y,4T tf4hT l-.l..-
y9deriaud-lietde ,tlh-ter-IaaJ--iees Love g.
.-----------o lone e'laLI Hit.i'-fslS
Weld tiet1 Observation-Disclosures Field, apen Ian,
Aeidhee- trrt-HareI tfH--Ial .ulfrllf.l
Veldwachter lisIt-vock terl--------- R1ral gsari
Nolk,rald .tulk=-rll,.I Lower house .t congress-
Neovregt lioTC TeEtI ..---.- -FrInchis-. privilege
NreemdeIinS lirsme -de-IinEl ---.-----.- Stranger
Witwatsrsrand lvit-vot-tefsrou Margin OF lhe
---------- -'vilite water
Pretoria. the capital Of the South African
Republic is named in honor Of its first
President. Pretorius. who led the Dutch In
the great trek or journey. out Of Cape
Colony sixty years ago, and into the Trans
vaal 20 escape the dominion of England