The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-31


The language of the Beers is identi-
| cal dramatically, but not in idiom,
with that of the people Of Holland. The
Dutch Afrikanders are called Beers be-
cause that word describes their class
farmers. The pronunciations given the
letters in these Dutch words are not
| like those of the English. The double
TO-" for instance, in Dutch has the
same sound as co. in Rome, while the
diphthong zoe" is pronounced by the
Dutch as we pronounce 100 in boot.
The English pronunciation of these two
diphthongs is the reverse of that given
| them by those who speak Dutch. lou"
has the sound of cow in owl The
sound Of ''ui" is nearly like that of the
English "oy' in boy. The Dutch dou-
BILE Ia" is the same as the English
"a" in war AS there is no ~" in
| Dutch it's place is taken by eli" which
| is sounded as 'y" in defy. If one.
therefore, would pronounce Dom Paul
properly he would say it as if it We're
| spelled "Ome Powl.' The family name
of General Joubert would, for the same
| reason, be pronounced as if it were
spelled "Yowbert." The word Boer IS
pronounced by the Afrikander as if it
We're of two syllables the first long
and the second short, thus: "Boo-er."
| The plural is not Beers. It is "Boer-
en- and it is pronounced "Bo-ereh,"
because the final IN is slurred.
An authority gives the following list
| of Dutch words that are oftenest in
| print in connection with the news of
the Transvaal, and their pronuncia-
| ton and meaning:
Bloemfontein fon-tine) .....
49, ..,.. ....,.Flower fountain
Boer fboo-er) -. .............. Farmer
Buitlenlander (boy-ten- lont-er) :.
| -. ........ .......... Foreigner
| Burgher (buhr-ker) -. :. ....Citizen
Burgherregt (buhr- ker-rekt Citizenship
Burgherwacht (buhr- ker-vokD..
......... ....- :. Citizen soldiery
Jonkherr (yunk-hare) ...........
Member of the raad-gentleman
Dom Gomez ........ :. .......... Uncle
| Rad rahd) ..... =. !. ........ Sena te
| Raadsheer (rahds-hare) :. w Senator
Raadhuis (rahd-hoys) .:.Senate house
| Rand CrahnD .Margln-edge
| Staat tstaht ....... :. :. State
| Staatkunde (staht- kuhn-de) Politics
| Staatsraad (stahts-rahDCo uncilo of state
Stemmer (stemmeD :. Votes -e'ector
Transvaal (trans-fahD Circular valley
| Trek (treCk) :. .....Draught.-jOur
| Trekken (treck-en) To draw--to travel
| Trekpaard Oreck-pahrd, Dralght horse
| UT (oyb So. .Out-out or
| Uitlander (oyt-lont-er) :. ..Forelgner
Vaal GfahD :. :. :. valley
Vaderlandsliefde (fah- -lonts-leef-
I te) Love of ones cehntry--pHiriotism
Weld felt) .......... Fiell--open lands
Veldheer (felt-harelf Observation-Disclosures.
| 49,. :. :. :. ..Genera1@ coinmandant
| Veldwachter (felt-vock- ter) Rural guard
Volksraad fulks-rahO !. ..........
! :. ;. -. Lower house of congress
| Voorregt (fore-rekt ...............
! :. :. :. =. =. -. Franchise privilege
YTeemdeling Crane de-lins). Stranger
| Witwatersrand (vit-vot-ters-ront
| NIL. :. Margin of the white water
| Pretoria, the capital Of the South AT
rican republic, is nalne1 in honor of its
| first president, Pr2.orius. who led the
Dutch in the great trek. or journey
Out of Cape Colony GO years ago and
into the Tranavaal t. escape the domin-
| ion of England. johannesburg is cas-
| lily trans;>ted into English as johns
| town. The term "Afrikander' is used
| to designate the Dutch from the other
white people of South Africa.