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Subject: </span><span class="cgselectable"><span style="cursor: pointer;" title="View all messages with this subject">Hoeka en
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">Beste</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> Ron,</span><span style="" lang="NL"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="NL"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">Dankie</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">vir</span> <span class="spelle">jou</span> <span class="spelle">antwoord</span>
<span class="spelle">oor</span> die <span class="spelle">aantal</span> letters <span class="spelle">benodig</span>. <span class="grame">Ek </span><span class="spelle">het</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">dit</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">ook</span><span class="grame"> so.</span></span><span style="" lang="NL"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="NL"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">Ek</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">skryf</span> <span class="spelle">vanuit</span> die <span class="spelle">standpunt</span> <span class="spelle">dat</span> die <span class="spelle">horing</span> <span class="spelle">oue</span> QWERTY <span class="grame">sleutelbord </span><span class="spelle">nie</span> <span class="spelle">meer</span></span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">geskik</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> is <span class="spelle">om</span> die <span class="spelle">ortografie</span>
‘n <span class="spelle">verskeidenheid</span> van tale <span class="spelle">te</span>
<span class="spelle">weergee</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span>. As <span class="spelle">ons</span> <span class="grame">kan</span></span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">vasstel</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">hoeveel</span> <span class="spelle">nodig</span> is <span class="spelle">vir</span> die <span class="spelle">Germaanse</span> tale, <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">ons</span> <span class="spelle">ver</span>
<span class="spelle">gevorder</span> <span class="spelle">om</span> <span class="spelle">vir</span> <span class="spelle">alle</span></span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">ander</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> tale
‘n <span class="spelle">maatstaf</span> <span class="spelle">te</span> gee, <span class="spelle">selfs</span> die met <span class="spelle">hulle</span> <span class="spelle">eie</span> letters <span class="spelle">soos</span> <span class="spelle">Russies</span>, <span class="spelle">Arabies</span></span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">en</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">Koreaans</span>.</span><span style="" lang="NL"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="NL"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">In <span class="spelle">ieder</span> <span class="spelle">geval</span>,
<span class="spelle">ek</span> <span class="spelle">wil</span> tot die word “<span class="spelle">hoeka</span>”. <span class="spelle">Ek</span> <span class="spelle">wil</span>
glad <span class="spelle">nie</span> die <span class="spelle">invloed</span> van <span class="spelle">Maleis</span></span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">Ontken</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">soos</span> in die <span class="spelle">Apartheidjare</span> <span class="spelle">gedoen</span> is <span class="spelle">nie</span><span class="grame">..</span> <span class="spelle">Ek</span>
<span class="spelle">wil</span> <span class="spelle">eerder</span> <span class="spelle">beklemtoon</span> <span class="spelle">dat</span> die</span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">trekkery</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> (<span class="spelle">migrasie</span>) van <span class="spelle">mense</span> <span class="spelle">wat</span> <span class="spelle">hoofsaaklik</span> van <span class="spelle">laaglanders</span> <span class="spelle">afstam</span>, reeds in die</span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">vroee</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> 1700’s
begin <span class="spelle">het</span>. <span class="spelle">Eers</span> <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">hulle</span> <span class="spelle">ooswaarts</span>
<span class="spelle">getrek</span> al met die <span class="spelle">kusvlakte</span>
tot by</span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">die</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">Visrivier</span> <span class="spelle">waar</span>
die Xhosas <span class="spelle">gewoon</span> <span class="spelle">het</span>. Met
die <span class="spelle">Engelse</span> <span class="spelle">bewind</span> in die <span class="spelle">vroee</span> 1800’s</span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">het</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">hulle</span>
<span class="spelle">verder</span> die <span class="spelle">kusvlakte</span> <span class="spelle">verken</span> tot <span class="spelle">diep</span> <span class="spelle">noord</span> in die <span class="spelle">Zoeloes</span> se land. (My
<span class="spelle">eie</span></span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">voorvader</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> Hans Dons de
Lange was <span class="spelle">een</span> van <span class="spelle">hulle</span>.) In
1838 <span class="spelle">het</span> die <span class="spelle">Groot</span> Trek
begin.</span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">Toe <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">hulle</span> <span class="grame">na</span>
<span class="spelle">hulle</span> self as <span class="spelle">Voortrekkers</span>
begin <span class="spelle">verwys</span> en <span class="spelle">nie</span> <span class="spelle">meer</span> <span class="spelle">Grensboere</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span>.</span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">Daarna</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">hulle</span> <span class="spelle">binnelands</span> (<span class="spelle">weswaarts</span>) begin en die <span class="spelle">republieke</span>
van die <span class="spelle">Oranje</span></span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">Vrystaat en Transvaal </span></span><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">verwys</span></span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">.</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">Hulle</span> <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">hulleself</span>
<span class="spelle">Boere</span> begin <span class="spelle">noem</span>.</span><span style="" lang="NL"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="NL"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">Die punt <span class="spelle">wat</span> <span class="spelle">ek</span> <span class="spelle">wil</span> <span class="spelle">maak</span>,
is <span class="spelle">dat</span> <span class="spelle">hulle</span> <span class="spelle">kontak</span> met die <span class="spelle">Maleiers</span> en <span class="spelle">Khoi</span> (<span class="spelle">Hottentotte</span>)</span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">sedert</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> die
1700’s al hoe minder <span class="spelle">geword</span> <span class="spelle">het</span>.
My Pa en Ma se <span class="grame">families</span> <span class="spelle">kom</span> <span class="spelle">almal</span> van</span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">hierde</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> trek <span class="spelle">roetes</span>
<span class="spelle">vandaan</span>. <span class="spelle">Hulle</span> <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">dikwels</span> die word “<span class="spelle">hoeka</span>” <span class="spelle">gebruik</span> <span class="grame">om</span>
<span class="spelle">na</span> “lank”</span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">(<span class="grame">groot</span> <span class="spelle">verskil</span> in <span class="spelle">tyd</span> en <span class="spelle">ruimte</span>) <span class="spelle">te</span> <span class="spelle">verwys</span>. <span class="spelle">Daarom</span>
<span class="spelle">vermoed</span> <span class="spelle">ek</span> <span class="spelle">sterk</span> <span class="spelle">dat</span> die “<span class="spelle">hoeka</span>” ‘n</span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">laaglandse</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">oorsprong</span> <span class="spelle">moet</span> he.</span><span style="" lang="NL"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="NL"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">‘<span class="grame">n</span> <span class="spelle">Ander</span>
<span class="spelle">woord</span> <span class="spelle">wat</span> my Pa en <span class="spelle">Oupa</span> <span class="spelle">dikwels</span> <span class="spelle">gebruik</span>
<span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">om</span> <span class="spelle">na</span>
“<span class="spelle">groot</span>” <span class="spelle">te</span> <span class="spelle">verwys</span>, is</span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">“<span class="grame">hene</span>”. Op <span class="spelle">skool</span> is <span class="spelle">ek</span> <span class="spelle">herhaaldelik</span> <span class="spelle">gestraf</span> <span class="spelle">omdat</span> <span class="spelle">dit</span>
‘n <span class="spelle">eufenisme</span> <span class="spelle">vir</span> “Here” is.
<span class="spelle">Ek</span></span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">het</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">opgehou</span> <span class="spelle">om</span>
die word <span class="spelle">te</span> <span class="spelle">gebruik</span>. <span class="spelle">Baie</span> <span class="spelle">jare</span> later, so <span class="spelle">omtrent</span> die middle 1980’s,</span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">het</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">ek</span> begin <span class="spelle">navorsing</span> in die <span class="spelle">geskiedenis</span> van die <span class="spelle">laaglandse</span> <span class="spelle">volke</span>. (<span class="spelle">Dit</span> was <span class="spelle">voor</span> die</span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">begin</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> van die LL-<span class="spelle">poslys</span>.) <span class="spelle">Ek</span> <span class="spelle">wou</span> van my <span class="spelle">stoel</span>
<span class="spelle">afval</span> toe <span class="spelle">ek</span> lees <span class="spelle">dat</span> die <span class="spelle">ou</span> <span class="spelle">Saksers</span></span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">op</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">grafte</span> <span class="spelle">afgekom</span> <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">wat</span> <span class="spelle">hulle</span>
<span class="spelle">heunebeddens</span> <span class="spelle">genoem</span> <span class="spelle">het</span>. Die <span class="spelle">heunebeddens</span> is</span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">gemaak</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> van <span class="spelle">lang</span> small <span class="spelle">klippe</span>, <span class="spelle">twee</span> <span class="spelle">vir</span> die <span class="spelle">sykante</span>,
<span class="spelle">twee</span> <span class="spelle">vir</span> die <span class="spelle">bodem</span> en <span class="spelle">deksel</span> en</span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">twee</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">vir</span> die kop en <span class="spelle">voete</span>. Die <span class="spelle">resultaat</span> was <span class="spelle">dus</span> ‘n <span class="spelle">klipkis</span>. <span class="spelle">Uit</span> die <span class="grame">groote</span> van <span class="spelle">meeste</span></span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">van</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">hierdie</span> <span class="spelle">grafte</span> <span class="spelle">kon</span> <span class="spelle">afgelei</span> word <span class="spelle">dat</span> die <span class="spelle">Heune</span> GROOT <span class="spelle">mense</span> was, <span class="spelle">sommiges</span></span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">meer</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> as <span class="spelle">sewe</span> <span class="spelle">voet</span> lank. <span class="spelle">Hierdie</span> <span class="spelle">naam</span> <span class="spelle">Heune</span>
is later <span class="spelle">gebruik</span> <span class="grame">om</span> <span class="spelle">na</span> <span class="spelle">groot</span> <span class="spelle">te</span>
<span class="spelle">verwys</span></span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">en</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> ‘n <span class="spelle">duisend</span>
<span class="spelle">jaar</span> later <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">dit</span> by die <span class="spelle">Boere</span> “<span class="spelle">hene</span>” <span class="spelle">geword</span>.</span><span style="" lang="NL"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="NL"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">Dis</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">jammer</span> <span class="spelle">dat</span> <span class="spelle">niemand</span>
<span class="spelle">ooit</span> die <span class="spelle">lengte</span> van die <span class="spelle">Vryboere</span>, <span class="spelle">Voortrekkers</span> en later <span class="spelle">Boere</span></span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">oit</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">gemeet</span> <span class="spelle">het</span>
<span class="spelle">nie</span>. <span class="spelle">Maar</span> my <span class="spelle">eie</span> <span class="spelle">twee</span> <span class="spelle">seuns</span>
is <span class="spelle">naby</span> 2 meter elk – <span class="spelle">indrukwekkend</span></span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">groot</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">. <span class="spelle">Dis</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span> <span class="spelle">verniet</span>
<span class="spelle">dat</span> <span class="spelle">hulle</span> van “de Lange” is
<span class="spelle">nie</span>. ‘<span class="grame">n</span> <span class="spelle">Mens</span>
<span class="spelle">vind</span> <span class="spelle">sulke</span> <span class="spelle">lang</span> <span class="spelle">mense</span></span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">dikwels</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> in die
<span class="spelle">ooste</span> van Nederland en die <span class="spelle">weste</span>
van <span class="spelle">Duitsland</span>. </span><span style="" lang="NL"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="NL"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">Geniet</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> die <span class="spelle">skrywe</span>. As <span class="spelle">jy</span> <span class="spelle">wil</span>
<span class="grame">kan</span> <span class="spelle">jy</span> die <span class="spelle">vir</span> <span class="spelle">poslys</span> <span class="spelle">aanstuur</span>
al is die <span class="spelle">ner</span> <span class="spelle">vir</span> <span class="spelle">mede</span></span><span style="" lang="NL"> </span><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">Laaglanders</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="grame">om</span>
Afrikaans <span class="spelle">te</span> <span class="spelle">kan</span> lees.</span><span style="" lang="NL"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="NL"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">Mooi</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL"> loop</span><span style="" lang="NL"> <br>
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="NL">At de Lange</span><span style="" lang="NL"> <br>
<span style=""> </span></span></p>
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