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    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Thijs Kromhout on Fri Feb 3 03:02:18 2017
    On Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at 4:45:17 PM UTC+2, Thijs Kromhout wrote:
    Hi all,

    My name is Thijs and I am from the Netherlands.
    Recently I have been promoted within the scoutinggroup of which
    I am a member. I am now the leader of "De Stam".
    The leader of "De Stam" is reffered to as 'oubaas'.
    Everyone in my group says it is a nautical term, but after doing
    some research on the internet I have come to the conclusion that
    it originates from the African language. The only problem now is,
    that I can't find the exact meaning of the word 'oubaas'.
    Can anyone help me, it would mean a lot to me.

    Thanks in advance,

    Thijs Kromhout

    Hi Thijs, I am Afrikaans speaking, living in South Africa. "Oubaas" means the old boss. It is often used for the father of the baas (the manager/boss/owner) of for examaple of a farm. It is a kind of respectful/effectionate term. A term a serf would use
    for his lord in the 1800. It is not easy to explain the term. It has the sound of caring, a parchtarchal relationship. It is the one to respect. That was how it was used in the apartheid times. I now life in a city and it might have changed and not been
    used so regularly.

    Hermann Wehrmeyer

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Thijs Kromhout on Mon Mar 13 13:16:37 2017
    On Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at 4:45:17 PM UTC+2, Thijs Kromhout wrote:
    Hi all,

    My name is Thijs and I am from the Netherlands.
    Recently I have been promoted within the scoutinggroup of which
    I am a member. I am now the leader of "De Stam".
    The leader of "De Stam" is reffered to as 'oubaas'.
    Everyone in my group says it is a nautical term, but after doing
    some research on the internet I have come to the conclusion that
    it originates from the African language. The only problem now is,
    that I can't find the exact meaning of the word 'oubaas'.
    Can anyone help me, it would mean a lot to me.

    Thanks in advance,

    Thijs Kromhout

    Baas means boss, Oubaas means the knowledgeable one, the one who oversees and looks after the welfare of his team. You also have "Kleinbaas" the one who follows in the footsteps of Oubaas,normally it would be a son of the oubaas.

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  • From Strandkruier@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 14 22:51:47 2017
    Op Fri, 03 Feb 2017 03:02:18 -0800, schreef hermann:

    On Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at 4:45:17 PM UTC+2, Thijs Kromhout
    wrote:
    Hi all,

    My name is Thijs and I am from the Netherlands.
    Recently I have been promoted within the scoutinggroup of which I am a
    member. I am now the leader of "De Stam".
    The leader of "De Stam" is reffered to as 'oubaas'.
    Everyone in my group says it is a nautical term, but after doing some
    research on the internet I have come to the conclusion that it
    originates from the African language. The only problem now is,
    that I can't find the exact meaning of the word 'oubaas'.
    Can anyone help me, it would mean a lot to me.

    Thanks in advance,

    Thijs Kromhout

    Hi Thijs, I am Afrikaans speaking, living in South Africa. "Oubaas"
    means the old boss. It is often used for the father of the baas (the manager/boss/owner) of for examaple of a farm. It is a kind of respectful/effectionate term. A term a serf would use for his lord in
    the 1800. It is not easy to explain the term. It has the sound of
    caring, a parchtarchal relationship. It is the one to respect. That was
    how it was used in the apartheid times. I now life in a city and it
    might have changed and not been used so regularly.

    Hermann Wehrmeyer

    Hé, mr Thijs! Waarom praat jy hier nie gewoon die Nederlands nie? Hulle
    sal jou verstaan! Moet wel weet Afrikaners hou eintlik nie van die
    Nederlands nie! :)
    --
    Norbert die strandkruier & vrugtekweker (uit Vlaandere)

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