The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-28

BOER WORDS As SPOKEN.
Terms That VIII Be Seen often In
the News From the Trausv,nl

Inc language OF the Beers In South
AFRICA is grammasically the language OF
the people Of Holland They speak Dutch
as their forefathers In Holland spoke 1;
ana speak IL now. They are called Beers
because that Is a Dutch word which de-
scrihes them I, means a farmer. and
agriculture is the main pursuit Of the com
patriots OF Dom Paul. A knowledge Of
Dutch would supply an explanation OF the
odd-iooking words that are used now and
then In the news reports from the repub-
lie 1t would also enable one to pronounce
these words rs they should be enunciated.
Dutch diphthongs are not given the same
sounds as their equivalents In English.
The double 80" for instance. in Dutch.
has the same sound as 20" In Rome, while
the d!phthong ''oe'' Is pronounced by the
Dutch We pronounce 90" in boot. The
English pronunciation OF these two diph-
thongs Is the reverse of that given them
by those who speak Dutch. And ''ou'' has
the sound of cow In owl. The sound OF
''ui' Is neatly like that OF the English
'oy'' in boy. The Dutch double "aa Is
the same as the English "a in war. AS
there is no ~ In Dutch, its place Is Ia
ken by a." which is sounded as ''y'' in
defy.
II one, therefore. would pronounce Dom
Paul properly he would say II as II II were
spelled 'Ome Fowl" The family name Of
Gen Joubert would. for the same reason,
be- pronounced "a IL IL We're spelled Vow
bert" The word Boer is pronounced by
the Afrikander as X II were OF two syl-
tables: the first long and the second short
thus: ''Boo-er' The plural is not Beers"
II Is "Boeren." and IL is pronounced 30
ereh." because the final IN" is slurred.
Here are Some Of the Dutch words that
are ofteuest in print In connection with
the news Of the Transvaai. and their pro-
nunciatlon and meaning:
Bloemfontein teloom-fon- tine). Flower
fountain
Boer (hoo-erl. Farmer.
Buitenlander -ten-iont-er). For
eigner.
Tsureher fblfhr-kerl Citizen.
Burgerregt tbuhr- rckN. Citizenship
Burgerwacht tbuhr-ker-vokO. Citizen SOL
diery.
Jonkherr (yunk harep, Member OF the
Voksraad; gentleman.
Dom lprel, Uncle
Raad trahdl. Senate.
Raadshucr (rahd~- harel. Senator.
Raalhu.s frahd hoysl Senate house.
Rand frahutl. Margin. edge,
Staat tstahtl. State.
Staatkunde tstaht~ kuhn-del. Politics.
Staatsraad tstahts-rahdl. Council OF
States
stad tstotl. City.
stenmer ts.emmerl, Voter; elector.
Transvaal ttrans -fahD. Circular: valley.
Trek (treckl. rraueht; journey.
Trekken ttreck~eas. tn draw, 10 travel.
Trekpaard ttreck-pahrd). Drausht
horse
TIT (ovn. out. out Of
I'ttlander (oyt -lout-er). Foreigner.
EaRl fahO. Valley.
Vaderiandsi.efds tfah-ter-iauts-leefte
Love Of ones country, patriotism.
Welt (felN. Field. open lands.
Veldheor efeit-hare). General command
ant
Veidwachtor 0eit-vockterl, Rural
guard.
congress
Voorregt (fore-rekt. Franchise; prIvi-
IeCe
Vrcendeling tfrauoe-tic-ling}. Stranger.
Witwatersrs I'd 1vit-V0t -tsrs-rontt. Mar
gin ~ the white water
Pretoria. the capital ~ the South Afri-
can republic. is named IN homer of Ia
first president, pretoriuS. who led the
Dutch in the great trek, or journey. out
OF Cape Colony sixty years ago. and into
the Transvaal 70 escape the dominion ~
England Johannesburg Ia easily trauslAt-
ed into English rs Jamestown. The term
"Afrtkanaer' ia used ~ designate the
Dutch from the other white people Of
South Afrlea.-Toronto Globe.