THE SPRINGBOKS.
(To the Editor.) Sir, —I would be very pleased if you would publish in your paper tile proper way to pronounce “Springbok.” Is it not pronounced “Springbuk” P I am, 6tC '’ WAGER. It was stated recently in the “Standard” that the South Africans pronounce the final syllable “buk” and not “bok.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 212, 7 August 1937, Page 8
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53THE SPRINGBOKS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 212, 7 August 1937, Page 8
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