wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (01/07/86)
Back before the recent prominence the news media have given the South African situation, and when they first began to mention it, it was just about universal that "apartheid" was pronounced "apart-hite"; interestingly, now it is just about universal that it is pronounced "apart-hate". I first heard that pronunciation amongst black anti-SA speakers, and thought of it as a form of editorializing the term (a perfectly legitimate technique, I might add -- I see no reason not to use every weapon you can against something you oppose). Now, it seems that most of the network news people use the "apart-hate" form. Actually, it seems rather obvious to me -- to associate the english word "hate" with this policy is to attach all the negative connotations subliminally. My dictionary here (copyright dates from 1953 through 1968) lists both these pronunciations, along with two others that drop the "h". Anybody know what the actual Afrikaans pronunciation really is? (The "correct" or formal one, that is; I suppose their are accents and dialects that would equate to any of the four mentioned! :-) Will Martin UUCP/USENET: seismo!brl-bmd!wmartin or ARPA/MILNET: wmartin@almsa-1.ARPA
mrgofor@mmm.UUCP (Michael Ross) (01/14/86)
In article <1299@brl-tgr.ARPA> wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes: >Back before the recent prominence the news media have given the South >African situation, and when they first began to mention it, it was just >about universal that "apartheid" was pronounced "apart-hite"; >interestingly, now it is just about universal that it is pronounced >"apart-hate". > ... > ... Anybody know what the actual Afrikaans pronunciation really is? >(The "correct" or formal one, that is; I suppose their are accents and >dialects that would equate to any of the four mentioned! :-) > >Will Martin > >UUCP/USENET: seismo!brl-bmd!wmartin or ARPA/MILNET: wmartin@almsa-1.ARPA I used to live in Holland, and Dutch is very similar to Afrikaans. In Holland it is pronounced somewhere between "hite" and "hate", perhaps a little on the "hate" side. --MKR
dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby) (01/16/86)
In article <1299@brl-tgr.ARPA> wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes: >...about universal that "apartheid" was pronounced "apart-hite"; >interestingly, now it is just about universal that it is pronounced >"apart-hate". >Actually, it seems rather obvious to me -- to associate the english word >"hate" with this policy is to attach all the negative connotations >subliminally. Here in the South, I have actually heard the abomination "apart-heed." Of course, some abominable people here in the South may wish to suggest by this pronunciation that we should "heed" the doctrine. Personally, I would rather "hide" from it. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Kirby ( ...!ihnp4!akgub!cylixd!dave)