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From: "Dennis Pretorius" <>
Subject: Boshof(f) Geskiedenis
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 12:08:04 +0200


Die eerste Boshoff in S A word aangegee as Willem Hendrik Boshoff (voorheen
Guillaume Henri Bossau) vanaf Bayonne in Frankryk. Het eingiemand meer
inligting in verband met Bossau (dws geboortedatum, ouers ens)

Ek sal enige hulp waardeer.

Message from: Dennis Pretorius
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----- Original Message -----
From: Leo van de Pas <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 1999 3:47 AM
Subject: Re: Languages in SA

>
> Dear Sonia,
> Where do you come from (Belgium?)? You are
> aware, of course, that the French borrowed :-)
> several Dutch words. Venster, tafel and paraplu
> just to mention a few :-) I'd better stop here :-)
> Best wishes,
> Leo van de Pas
>
> At 03:07 PM 7/2/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >I am glad that the article by Andre van Rensburg was translated. I am
> >sure Andre would have answered thre queries on his post himself, but he
> >advised me he was going to NZ and probably had not seen the postings.
> >
> >You may not have realized that there are a number of French words which
> >somehow got squeezed into Afrikaans.
> >
> >I come from a bi-lingual country also, ha, ha, but our French is very
> >minimal. But even this non-French speaking Canadian noticed on my first
> >visit to SA that the word for window was spelled like the French, but I
> >marvelled at your pronunciation of the word. In French it is pronounced
> >FENETRE, whereas in Afrikaans it is pronounced FENSTER.
> >
> >Then your pronunciation of Mont aux Sources really amazed me. In French
> >it would be pronounced MONT O SORS.
> >
> >Just some observations from an outsider.
> >
> >Sonia
> >
> >
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