There’s a bunch of rules. Yes, you pronounce each vowel but in a weird way.
“Booo-er Boo-well” is how it sounds to me. Direct translation is “Farmer dog”.
The animal “Boomslang” Americans say “boom-slang” hard “a””.
It is pronounced “Boo-oowem-slong” which directly translate to “tree snake”.
A couple other cool ones are “Kameelperd” which sounds like “cameel-pard” to my gringo ears. Directly translates to “camel horse”. This is a giraffe.
Guess this one: “Seekoeie” which I won’t even try to write as pronounced. It directly translates to “sea cow”.
What animal is it?
When in SA, they love taking the piss out of me by having me read menus and shit. I had to start pronouncing English words their way so as not to have to repeat myself.
Rob became “Rrrroob” and I ordered pancakes once “Flep jeks please”. Oh, of course, flepjeks. I forgot to run words together…like hoddoggs.